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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-01-14
MAINE TOWNS.
OtisfeId,
EAST oTIsFIELD.

EAST oTIsFIELD.
While Frank Spiller and William Smith
were shingling on Moses Spiller's house
at East Otisfield the other day the stag
ing on the roof gave way. Smith chung
to the ridgepole and held himself. but
Spiller slid down the roof and shot off
over the caves, falling to the ground.
He was badly bruised and shaken up,
and has been confined to his bed since.
Smith remained perched upon the ridge
pole until rescued By neighbors with
ropes.
Cape Elizabeth.
AN AGITATION STARTED FOR THE DIvIs-
ION OF THE TOWN.
A series of meetings is being held in
the farming districts for the purpose OF
advocating division of the town. Two
such meetings have already been held.
one at Bowery Beach, the other at Pond
Cove, and the third one of the series is
appointed for next Monday evening at
/ Grange Hall, Spurwink.
Two committees have been appointed,
one to draft and circulate petitions pray
ing for division. the other to arrange fol-
holding the agitation meetings.
Buxton.
The funeral service of the late Marcia,
eldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Berry, occurred Thursday afternoon.
This is the third daughter which has
been taken from this family, two having
died from diphtheria. A large number
of relatives and friends attended. Rev.
E. W. Weber of Westbrook conducted
the services, assisted by Rev. B. F. Tur-
ner of Buxton.
Kennebunk.
The Ocean National Bank of Kenne-
bunk have elected bank officials as fol
lows:
President-Edward w. Morton.
Cashier-C. r. Ettlefeld.
Directors "A drew Walker, Nathan Dane.
Fred P. Hall, W. f. Moody. Robert w. Lord,
nj q Mailing Edward w. Morton
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-01-14
o MoTHERLAND or MAINE.

Tonight across my senses steals the perfume
of tue Pine. ,,,4.
o sweeter far to homesick hearts than draughts
OF fragrant VINE!
Again uplift the sea-grt isles Wnere Sylvan
beauties reign, 90,
And dreams of thee come back to me, o moth
erland OF Maine.
Thy glories CLEAN before my eyes as in the
see again the labyrinths of Gaseous lovely
The sea-gulps cry rings in my brainas DER the
foam ne flies, ,,.a,.,
darkened skies
There's laughter in the bending trees, there's
music in the gale.
Each ship upon the sea tohisnb Is some re-
membered sail;
their mystic spell,
I cry, What, ho 0, Mariners!" The answer
is, FAREWELL
Lik phantom ships before the wind they to
their Ravens fee,
While |, the Wanderer, must drift upon a
shoreless sea!
But while the lights OF being burn within the
conscious brain,
Ny eye will seek thy far-of coast, 0, mother
land of Maine.
a-RoBERT RExDALE.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-01-14
.rn revive The Ethical Record and he

Pll revive The Ethical Record" and he
did.
After it had been running for five months
the stranger, whom he had not seen fer
over forty-nine years, appeared in his bed
room and begged him to stop the paper,
urging that there was, after all, a limit to
his treasury.
Sarsield swore that the paper must go on
fend tore up the contract and vanished in a
sheet of sulphurous flame.
The next morning the pockets were
empty, but Sarsfeld sold out the plant. He
aged rapidly after this, and when he died
he was a temperance man and distin-
guished member of the Tammany society.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-01-14
A GRACEFUL POEM.
Read at the Sons of Maine Banquet at
Chicago

At the oanquetof the Sons and Daugh-
tiers of Maine at Chicago January 10th, a
brief account of which was published IN
the PRESS, Mr.. Robert Rexdale, OF this
city, guest of the Association, read the
following graceful poem:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-01-14

For hoarseness, sore throat and cough take
DR.. BULBS Cough Syrup, the specific for affec-
lions of the throat and chest
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-01-14
FUR TRIMMED JACKETS.
COLORED JACKETS.

20 Tan and Brown Jackets. all new plain and
fur trimmed, sizes 80 to 3S, at about SOC on the
$1.00.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-01-14
MISSES JACKETS

27 Misses Jackets, IA to 1S years (all new,
plain and fur trimmed, black and fancy. at
about soc on the $1.OO.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-01-14
COLLARS and CUFFS.

Neptune Waterproof Collars to close, re-
duced from zoe to IL 1-2c.
Neptune Cuffs reduced from 81 LIZ to %
cents.
Three Ply Linen Cuffs 25c.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
winter Novelties for Ladies'.

A pretty walking costume is a pleasing
picture, but a beautiful ball dress is
poem. Never before has winter season
presented a wider range of fascinating
styles as are witness this year. The taste
for historical costumes is increasing as we
go on. and indeed dressmaking at the pres
ent time. absolutely requires some knowl-
edge of the costumes of tie past. Such
knowledge is especially needed in ball
dresses, as the latter more closely reSem-
ble their historical models. 1t is also in
viYed styles, such as Henry IL, the Re-
gen9e, the lsi5, etc, which do not appear
an the street IN their pristine garb In or
der To lind one's way In this labyrinth of
old and new fashions one has only To con-
suit the Mcdowell fashion magazines pub
lished al West l4th street. New York
city They furnish every needed informa-
tion in most practical manner. Paris
Album of Fashion" and La Mode de
Paris are invaluable, and they cost only
$3.50 year or 81 cents a copy. La Cout-
uriere," price 800 or 30 cents copy. gives
the most practical styles in Paris. A
premium book, ''Dressmaking Simplified."
is given with each wears subscription for
one of these journals. La Mode is the
greatest magazine Of fashion for family
use, costing only s1.JO per annum or Il
cents copy. If you cannot get these
journals fromIyour new sdealers send To the
publis hers direct
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
Confessed ON His Death Bed,

BANGOR, January 2.-The confession
of man in logging camp in the
northern part of Maine, while on his
death-bed, explains the mysterious death
of a man named Walker, who was found
shot in the woods two years ago. Walk
er who had been laboring in the forest
in the SeboomOok Lake region, started
out of the woods with $500, which he
had earned, in his possession.
While on his way he came to a camp
occupied by two men and asked to be al
lowed to stay there that night. His re-
quest was granted. According to the
confession, soon afuerward one of the
men to whom the camp belonged asked
Walker to go to spring near by and
get some water. He started to do So
but as soon as his back was turned the
man seized gun and shot him. The
wound vas a mortal one, but the woods
man did not expire for AN hour. While
lying bleeding upon the ground he asked
the man who had shot him why he had
done so and received the reply that it
was for his money.
The murderer and his companion took
the dying man to a bear trap, placed
his hands in it SO that it would look as
though death had been caused by his be-
ing caught there, and left him. 1t was
the companion of the murderer who re-
Gently died and made the confession be-
fore passing away. The murderer is
still at large somewhere in the northern
part of the state.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
Died of Lockjaw.

NEWARK, N J., Jan. 2.-Thomas Ry-
an, of "a Newton street, died last night
of lockjaw On Christmas eve, while
working in the yard of his house, he
slipped and fell to the ground. His
hand struck the remains of suniiower
stalk and small but painful wound was
inflicted. He went to a hospital to
have his hand dressed, as there were
two splinters in the wound. On the fol
lowing "Wednesday the wound began to
trouble him and the flesh around il to
swell. He went back to the hospital
and there, it is alleged, was told that the
swelling did not amount TO anything
This did not satisfy Ryan and he called
on a physician, who poulticed the hand
and otherwise treated it.
On Friday night Ryan began to act in
a peculcar manner and to yawn His
manner caused his wife to become un-
easy. and she called upon the druggist
The druggist told the woman that the
symptoms resembled lockjaw, and she
called physician. About 4 O'Clock on
Saturday morning she was awakened by
her husband uttering a terrible yell, and
she found him frantically trying to hold
his jaws apart. She seized a spoon and
placed it between his teeth, and sum-
moned doctor. Everything possible
death was unavoidable. The spoon
which his wife had placed between his
teeth was there when he died. He was
about 40 years of age and had been mar
ried nine years, but had no children.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06

A LARGE growth of humbug states
manship will be summary cut down
and sent to the rubbish heap, says the
New York World when this Republican
Administration ends.
A Democratic Congress will put an
end TO the charlatanry which Is called
reciprocity. There will be no more
threatening to tax citizens of the UnI-
ted States if some poor nation in Cen
trail or South American does not stop
taxing its citizens.
There will be an end to taxation for
bounues only, under the false claim of
protection to American industries"
The Behring Sea difficulty will be set
tied by the arbitration already appointed
for that purpose. There is little chance
that we shall come out of the affair with
honor, because honor was not consulted
in the making up of our case. But
there will be no more nonsense OF that
sort
There will be an end of the Calico
Charley methods of Treasury manage
ment and of Treasury bookkeeping.
We shall know where we stand as a ma
ton financially within a few months
and there will be no further attempts to
conceal the truth and fool the people.
There will be an end of the partisan
and corrupt Tanner Raum manage
ment of the Pension Bureau. Millions
will not be squandered during the next
Administration for pensioning the un-
deserving in order to bribe voters.
There will be an end of the Wana
maker regime of cant, hypocrisy and
counter bargaining in the Post Office
Department.
The next President is Democrat and
his name is Grover Cleveland.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06

Before the retirement of Governor
Pattison from office Pennsylvania will
prac 'ically be out of debt, says a Harris
burg special of Wednesday. According
to the annual statement of State Treas.
urer Morrison and Auditor General
Gregg the net debt at the close of the
fiscal year ended Nov. 80 last was
81, 2,606, 592, 43. The debt is being re-
duced at the rate of nearly million and
"A half dollars annually while the Ordina-
ry receipts from taxes are largely in
creasing.
Although an increase of s., 900, 900
was paid to the school districts of the
state last year, there was balance inthe
general fund of the State Treasury on
November 80 last of 50, 39S, 19l SO.
The receipts from all sources last year
were not as large as during the twelve
months ending on November 80, 1891,
but the difference is due to the large
amount then received from the Nation
al Government and favorable litigation.
The receipts last year were so, 74S-
759,0S, while the payments aggregated
S11, ,727, 96S, ,6S. The state debt was re-
duced 81, Az, 1O3 and 1915, 223, 46 were
paid to defray expenses incident to the
Homestead riots.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06

THE chagrin of the Republicans, says
the Harrisburg Patriot at the apparent
loss of the Senate in November through
the elections of that month is doubled
now by their failure to "cOunt in as
they had hoped to do enough to con
tinue it Republican. The present Sen
ate stands AZ Republicans, 80 Democrats
and members of the Peoples party
Thirty Senators go out with Mr.. Harri-
son, 10 of these being Republicans and
II Democrats.
In the new Senate the most hopeful
view our opponents can take gives the
Republicans 80, the Democrats IA, the
Populists 5, with Stewart of Nevada in
the latter classification. As the vote of
the vice president will be cast with the
Democrats this will make one of a Demo
cratic majority all the time, with the
likelihood that at least of the Popu-
lists will vote with the Democrats on all
important questions, particularly on
the tariff
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
Refused TO Marry Her Parents Choice.

MERIDEN, Conn, Jan. 3.-The par
ents of Annie Sopatski, comely Polish
girl, have tried To force her to marry a
young Polander, who halls from New
Britain, and is known as Valentine
About two weeks ago Annie met him for
the first time, and, yielding to the i'm
pOrtunities of her parents, agreed TO
marry him. The wedding was set for
Dec. %, but when Valentine appeared
the girl refused to fulfill her part of the
agreement. Valentine gave two DAYS
grace and appeared again on Saturday.
The girl had awakened to realizing
sense of the deal" and absolutely re-
fused to get married. This so enraged
her mother that she burned up the girls
wedding trousseau and otherwise abused
her. Annie sought police aid, and her
lover was ordered out of town under pen
atty of arrest. Before he went, however,
he demanded recOmpense for her failure
to keep her agreement, and the girl gave
him S13 of hard-earned money.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
A Strange Murder.

BRINKLEY, Ark, December 29.-One
of the strangest murder cases ever
brought to light in Eastern Arkansas is
the one in which John Thomas, 13-
year old boy, is charged with the muir
der of his mother on Monday night in
the Dark Country neighbOrhood south of
this place. The boy is apparently of
sound mind, and when seen acknowl-
edged the murder and gave as his rea-
son that she got the gun and gave it to
him and compelled him to shoot her
under the threat that she would shoot
him If he did not do as she told him to
do. Medical experts believe the boy
sane and that his story is correct. He
does not seem to recognize the enormi-
ty of his offense. He was to-day re-
manded to jail to await the action of the
grand jury.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
The Sports Jumped.

NORWICH, Conn, Jan. 2.-While a
cockfight was in progress near Taftville
yesterday morning, attended by about
100 prominent residents of Norwich, the
police raided the building. Without a
moments hesitation the whole company
plunged through the windows at the rear
of the room and amid the sounds of
crashing panes of glass and splintered
sash jumped head long three stories to
the ground. The hall was cleared of
every man in about one minute. Some
fell on the tops of carriages, three or
four on the backs of frightened horses,
others come down turning over and
over in the air.
One man, Edward Welsh, 2S years of
age, who weighs 200 pounds, struck a
projecting ledge and his skull was
crushed in from above the temple to his
lower jaw bone. He died instantly.
Three others sustained broken legs.
The police arrested seven men, includ-
ing the cripples, but most of them were
released on bonds.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
Charcoal Furnace Blown Up.

HUNTINGDON, Pa, Jan. 3.-Green-
wood furnace, in the upper pat of this
county, the only charcoal furnace in the
Juniata valley, sustained serious loss
yesterday by a terrific explosion in the
crucible. The lack of sufficient escape
for gas caused a terrific explosion which
blew out the entire top of the tcrucible,
and disarranged the entire plant. 1t is
the only cold blast charcoal furnace left
of the 100 which once dotted this valley
The furnace is operated by the Logan
iron and steel company, and w. II.
Woomer is the manager The company
owns 90, 900 acres in this and Nifflin
counties and employs 800 men. None
of the employees were injured.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06

AMONG important matters of legisla-
ton 10 be taken up at Harrisburg it is
expected that the labor troubles at
Homestead will receive large share of
attention. Bills will probably be intro
duced in this connection providing for
the compulsory arbitration of disputes
between employer and employees and
others prohibiting the introduction of
Pinkerton detectives or other armed
bodies of men To- any locality pending
the settlement of such disputes. Others
aiming at the alleged use of the militia
in behalf of capital and limiting the
power of the Government in calling the
state troops into active service are an
Gcipated.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06

THE Supreme Court of Pennsylvania,
on Tuesday handed down decision sus-
tanning the action of the Allegheny
county court in fining a newsdealer four
dollars for selling newspaper on Sun
day. The fine was imposed under an
old law passed in 1894, and while it may
have fitted the times when it was passed
it is very much out of joint with the
present age. The Chief Justice and his
learned colleagues declare that they are
in favor of the law as "a wise and bene-
fetal statute, but against it's enforce
ment exceptin special cases because "too
literal an Interpretation and enforcement
of it may create an antagonism that
may lead to its repeal"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
A Church Riot.

Macarthur, o, Dec. 31.-Particulars
have reached here of a shocking affair at
a country church near Porter, a dozen
miles from Gallipolis. Just as revival
services were beginning Clark Watkins
caught his sister-in-law, Mrs. Peter Wat
kins, walking with man with whom
her name had been unpleasantly con-
nected and attacked him with a knife.
Both he and the woman rushed into the
church, where a general fight stopped
the services. When the row was ended
it was found that Peter Watkins, the
woman's husband, was slain; Harris, the
woman s escort, fatally wounded, having
q broken skull and several knife wounds;
James Grover had one eye cut out, Clark
Watkins was beaten almos to death and
half dozen Others were hurt. The
church was almost completely wrecked
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06

TWENTY years ago General Garfield
asserted in a speech in the House of Rep
resentatives; 81 am the last man to say
word against voting pensions to all
persons who deserve them. But l wish
TO say to the House that more frauds
are being perpetrated on the Government
by claim agents in different portions of
the country than from almost any other
single source" These assertions were
made at "A time when the total annual
pension expenditures were less than $50
OO0,OO expenditures which General
Garfield declared to be "swollen beyond
all account" The official de nands for
the next fiscal year are $165, 600, ,OO0l
Were he living to-day how would Gen
eral Garfield dascribe these demands.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06

FOUR years ago President Cleveland
sent few minor appointments to the
Senate, which the Republican Senators
refused to confirm on the ground that
they were made after the Presidents de-
feat Now the same Senators are vot-
ing to confirm large number of Presi-
dent Harrion's appointments, although
made nearly two months after his over
whelming defeat This Is Senatorial
courtesy or discourtesy, according to the
point of veiw from which you look at it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06

FOLLOWING is complete list of articles
each member of the House of Represen-
tatives found on his desk on Tuesday
morning, they having been placed there
under the direction of Chief Clerk Noor
hees: Smull's Legislative Handbook,
brass penrack, paper and envelopes,
writing-pads, a costly ivory letter opener,
knife, paper of pins, box of pens, bottle
of ink, scissors, bottle of mucilage, pens,
and pencils, handsome gilt edged leath-
er-covered memorandum book with
money purse attached, an eraser, fold
ing corkscrew, paper weight, hair brush
and comb. Several members kicked
because they had not been supplied with
box of toilet soap, towels, bath
sponges, valise and bathing robe.
They may get all these things later in
the session.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06

ELECTION contests are not popular with
the people, but this one was forced upon
the Republicans by the action of the
Democrats in bringing the Allen-Stine-
man contest, and as it has been com
menced, we hope it will be thoroughly
contested on both sides and let the man
be seated who has a majority of the le-
gal votes cast.-Ebensburg Herald.
The man who got the majority of the
legal votes cast is seated now and if it
was not owing to the fact that the county
is expected to pay the costs the contest
would never be heard of
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06

The crisis in the French government.
precipitated by the exposure of the
Panama Canal fraud and bribery, Is be
lieved to be past, and the Republic is re
garded as being still safe from the in
trigues of Bonaparte and Bourbon Roy
alists. But France is always in state
of unrest. Its Republic is not like the
United States. Its Cabinet goes up or
down with the whim of the populace,
or its Parliament, not depending, as
here, on the verdict of a general election
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
Just as II She We're Single.

The Supreme Court, through Justice
Green, yesterday decided in the case of
the Latrobe Building and Loan Associa-
ton against Margaret A. Fritz, that a
married woman can now make any
kind of a contract in relation to the inn
proVement of her separate estate, which
she could make if she were single wo-
man, including even the giving of
bond. The Supreme court reverses the
county courts treatment as illegal and
void bond given by Mrs. Fritz for the
repayment of money by the association
for the improvement of her real estate.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06

THE public scandals connected with
public moneys that are breaking forth
in Europe seem to indicate that monar-
chies and empires as well as Republics
breed office-hoiding rascals; hut appar
emily they have had greater power of
suppressing news about them and their
doings. Germany is now discovering
that there is something unpleasant to
learn about the relations of some of its
own officials to the public funds.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06

The memorial of the Legislative As
sembly of New Mexico praying Congress
for admission to the Union should re-
ceive favorable response at the epresent
session. The Territory has population
of 175, 900, which is nearly equal to the
combined population of Montana, Ida
no and Wyoming at the date of their
admission. The assessed value of the
property is also much greater than that
in any of these States.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06

The Jersey Central Railroad officers
Friday completed their investigation of
the railroad collision at White House.
The collision occurred early "Wednesday
morning, when engine No. 319, big
hog locomotive, crashed into the rear of
freight train, destroying much valua-
BILE merchandise. Engine No, 319 WAS
thrown down the steep embankment,
and now lies at the bottom of the hill.
The engineer of No. Sl9 acknowledged
that the cause of the collision was his be-
ing fast asleep at his post. He excused
his fault by the statement that he had
been on duty thirty hours continuously
and could not keep awake.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06

The Treasury Department at Wash
ington has sent out an order absolutely
prohibiting the importation of rags from
foreign ports where ch0lera is known to
be prevailing or may hereafter prevail.
Collector Beard, of Boston. in COM
menting on the order, said that the pro
hibition was of great concern to the
manufacturers of fine paper in Massa-
chusetts.