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The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
Gray.
WEST GRAY
resign.
[From our Regular Correspondent

[From our Regular Correspondent
The weather continues cold and the
season is atleast two weeks later then us
ual. The heavy rain of last week washed
the roads badly and raised the river the
highest that it has been for long time.
Mr.. E. I. Huston lost several thousand
logs by the breaking of a boom, the logs
going over the dam. Many others we re
foated on the intervales and left there as
the water receded, requiring much labor
to get them into the stream again.
West Gray is booming, four families
having moved into the place within two
weeks. Mr.. Charles III. Lawrence from
Quincy, Mass, has moved into Mr.. Isaac
Libby's house, and will carry on his
farm the present season. Henry L. Law
renee, recently of Gorham, has moved
into Albert Pencils house. Daniel
Foster, from Casco, has hired and moved
into Charles Hunts house.
Mr.. Stevens of Cumberland Mills. has
bought the farm formerly owned by
Elias Harmon of DR.. McCollister, and
moved onto it last week.
Mr.. Isaac Libby is very low. There is
little or no hope of his recovery.
Mrs. sewell Frank is reported to be
failing. eA
Mr.. r. A. Allen has commenced dig
ging the cellar for his new store.
Mr.. r. A. Allen gave an oyster supper
Friday evening May 18th to those who
iabored for the preservation Of his other
buildings at the time of the burning of
his store last winter. 1t was well attend
ed and all had good time.
Mr.. Howard Manchester has finished
saving his 'u->,l,nG an,l ra-,rsnd home
last week
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09


While no tickets of admission to the
Worlds Fair were sold on Sunday dead
heads were permitted to go inside the
gates and wander about at will. But
while the fair was ostensibly closed Buff
falo Bills wild west show just outside
the grounds was very much open, and
agreat many of the disappointed appli-
Giants for admission to the fair patron
lied the Buffalo Bill show. The net
gain to morality by closing the fair and
allowing the Buffalo Bill show to keep
open is not very great, and we do not
think it at all strange that the great
majority of the fair commissioners are.
under the circumstances, opposed to
closing the gates On Sunday.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09
ARRoR DAY I'M MAINE.

In no way can we add more to the adornment
of our homes and the attractiveness of the cit
les, towns and villages of our state than by a
general recognition of this day. I trust that
every citizen will endeayor to encourage GUS
tom which, in after years, must prove SO ben
eficial. and that especially the public and pri-
waite schools of the state will take a conspicuous
part in its observance.
Given at the Council Chamber in Augusta
this 2Sth day of April, in the year OF our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninsty-three, and of the Independence
of the United States of America the one
hundred and seventeenth.
HENRY B. CLEAvEs.
By the Governor:
NICHOLAS FESsENDEN
Secretary of State.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09
The election for tba nam carnan Ro;eh

The election for the new German Reich
stag will take place June Is, and from
this time on the political battle will rage
with great fury. There is not much
doubt that the people left to themselves
are opposed to the new army bill, their
burdens already being all that they can
bear, It does not follow, however, that
the Kew Eeichstag will contain major
ity adverse to the measure The infu-
ences which the Kaiser can bring to bear
are tremendous and the opportunitie s
for intrigue are many.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09

President Cleveland has informed the
office seekers that hereafter when he
wants to see them he will send for them.
This will save Mr.. Cleveland good deal
of time and the Office seekers good deal
of both time and money. The average
Office seeker has felt it to be part Of his
duty to show himself to the President to
enable the latter to judge what kind of a
man he was, and has incurred great
deal of expense in making his pilgrimage
to Washington. If he can stay at home
without hurting his chances, he ought to
feel grateful. The President has, there
fore, done the office seeker kindness by
his order, as well as protected himself
from being bored to death.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09

The Cuban revolutionists in New York
are not inclined to believe that only
twenty men were involved in the Cuban
revolution, and that has ended with their
surrender. They do not believe the
Captain General would have been stirred
up over an affair of only that magnitude.
The probability is, however, that the
Captain General was deceived as to it's
real size. The revolution broke out in a
4emote land comparatively inaccessible
part Of the island and nothing was more
natural than that exaggerated stories of
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.
MAINE STATE PRESS.
AND
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NA-@~N~- --~~'~-"
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months; $1.5o quarter; 80 cents month.
The DAILY is delivered every morning by
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Woodfords without extra charge.
DAILY (Not in advanced. invariably at the
rate of 81 year.
MAINE STATE PRESS, weekly published
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Persons wishing to leave town for long or
short periods may have the addresses OF tEer
papers changed as often as desirec-
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The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09

its magnitude should have gone abroad.
On the other hand the theory held by the
Cuban revolutionists that the Captain
Generals proclamation minimizing the
movement and declaring it at an end is
simply ruse to discourage foreign sym
pathzers with the revolt is not an un-
reasonable one.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09
Walter II. Libby returned to Boston on
Friday last for short time.
DRY MILLS.
DRY MILLS
[From Our Regular Correspondent

from Our Regular Correspondents
Fred Mayberry finished work for S. W.
Foster and hired out with the Rickers at
Poland Springs. We hear that the 70
land Shaker property has been sold and
the purchaser is renting the buildings.
and that Mr.. Mayberry will move one OF
them. Mr.. Foster has hired Willis
Thompson to work on his farm this year.
Mr.. Thompson will move in as soon as
Mr.. Mayberry vacates the house.
Frank Quint has bought the Charles
Mcdonald place, so-called, and will
move onto it as soon as Mr.. Bailey, who
now occupies it, moves away.
Gilman Quint has gone to Rumford
Falls to work for N. E. Redlon, laying
brick. Richard and Lewis Quint are at
work in Portland for the same man.
Mr.. Thomas Quint and wife attended
the Reform Club convention at Raymond
village last Saturday and Sunday.
The heavy storm of rain and wind last
Thursday, did little damage in this town
as far as heard from.
There has been but little farming done
up to this writing in this vicinity
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY, MAY 8.
STATE OF MAINE.
A PROCLAMATION
BY THE GOVERNOR.

In compliance with the law of the state, which
requires "That the Governor shall annually set
apart day in the spring as Arbor Day, and
shall issue proclamation recommending that
it be observed by the people of this state in the
planting of trees, shrubs and vines in the
adjournment OF public and private grounds, places
and ways. and in snch other efforts and under
takings as shall be in harmony with the general
character of day so established l hereby
appoint
Friday, the Twelfth Day of May
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09

Over 100 styles in French Brocaded
Cachemirienne, Henrietta Brocades,
French Broche Satines and Organdie
Muslins, at 81 lie per yard.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09
LFrom Our Regular Correspondent
Windhan.
NEwHALL STATION.
From Our Regular Correspondent'

From Our Regular Correspondent
Mrs c. F. Hooper, one Of the devoted
readers of the Daily PRESS, spent the
Sabbath with her daughter, Mrs. Babb
of Westbrook, and was met at the sta
ton By her daughter and ssgrandchild
Milford.
Mr.. c. F. Hooper accompanied Mr..
William Leavitt Saturday, on fishing
expedition at Songo river.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09
COTTON DRESS FABRICS.

We can show you several hundred of
fine Cotton Dress Fabrics, viz: Satin
Glorias, Silk Finish Pongees, Wool Fin
ish Llama Cloths, at II lie.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09

140 styles in 30 inch Anderson Scotch
Ginghams," Persian Dimity, Printed
Swiss Muslins, Plain French Crepes, Bro
caded Satines and Brandenburg Cloth, at
3so = q y
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09

Double fold Chambrays and Pampas
Cloth at tic.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09

Printed French Cross Barred Muslins,
Toe.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09

so shades in Plain French Satines at
30c.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09

Silk Stripe Ginghams, Shirred Zephyr
Ginghams, Printed Swiss Muslins, at SOC.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09

80 inch best Anderson Scotch Cling
hams at 35c.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09

We shall offer large assortment of
fine goods, not mentioned above, in
Black and Colored, which will represent
some of the best values, prices
soc to $I.5O.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09

All Wool and Silk and Wool French
Chaliies, at SOC, 50 lie, 75c and s5c per
yard.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09
Baldwin.
WEST BALDWIN.
[From our Regular Correspondent.
OBITUARY.

>-~N Se@- -sStfesAe"A OOAA
OBITUARY.
Jessie, daughter of Aaron and Ellen
Burnell, aged 10 years, months and 20
days. A few weeks ago, she left home
in comparatively good health to fill the
position of teacher in Lubec, Me. After
teaching four days she was stricken
down with pneumonia. She was young
lady whose character was without
stain. Always ready to lend her time
and talents for the benefit of others, her
cheerful voice will no longer be heard in
the home circle, neither will it assist us
in our public gatherings. She had striv-
en- to fit herself for a life of usefulness,
which she had just entered upon. We
can only offer our tears of sympathy to
the bereaved father and mother, who
could not be with their loved one during
her sickness, yet we can point them to
Him who "healeth all our wounds The
services were held in the M. E. church
Friday. Rev. William Congdon officiating.
The well-filled house told of the respect
that the deceased was held in in the COM
munity.
Jessie's gone; her chair is vacant,
Place it, then, against the wall.
Lift the curtains, lift them higher,
Till we wait the SaviorS call.
Darling Jessie. loving sister.
When you hear ME at the gate,
viii you stand with arms OutStretched,
AS linger there and wait?
How we miss your voice and footsteps
Miss your coming at the door;
But in Heaven we hNpe to meet you,
There to live forevermore.
W.
Cornish.
The 10th annual fair of the Ossipee Val
ley Union Agricultural Association will
be held at Cornish, August 20, 80 and 81.
The purses are as follows:
FIRST DAY.
800 class-Trot or pace, $500.
2,34 clasS-Trotting, 5000.
SECOND DAY.
2.45 class-Trotting, 5000.
2.30 class-Trotting, 5000.
THIRD DAY.
Free for All-Trotting $500.
2.40 clasS-Trotting. 5000.
2.5o class-Trotting, 5000.
James G, Aver of Cornish is secretary.
Cumberland.
WEST CUMBERLAND.
[From Our Regular Correspondent
Mrs. Fred Morrill, of Woodfords, has
been spending the week with Mrs. +. Fl.
morrill,, who was reported as sick with
Pneumonia. She is slowly recovering. III
Mrs. Silas Pennell has been visiting her
daughters in Portland.
Oscar E. Shaw, who has been at work
in Portland, has returned home.
The storm of the 4th was very severe
here, doing much damage to the roads.
Harpswell,
From Our Regular Correspondence
The valuation of the real estate in
Harpswell is 1882, 210; nonresident.
$91. $50; personal property, $130.675. The
rate of taxes is $11.70 per thousand.
Number of horses, 1872, value, $13, 765 !;
oxen, 81, value, $3.50; cows, 1872, value,
$7,304; sheep, no, value, $2,31O; swine,
AS, value, 1924; colts, 10; young cattle,
"a. Average value of horses, $75.63;
COWS, $22; oxen, $57.56.
Windham.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09

After July if the consumer will pay
his bill promptly he may get his gas in
this town at $3.50 per thousand feet.
This is reduction of 80 cents a thousand
from the present rate. On the whole
this is pretty liberal reduction and
speaks well for the disposition of the
company. The effect upon the COM
pany's income will eventually, no doubt,
be favorable. A greater consumption of
gas will follow, the tendency to substi-
tute electricity for gas will be checked,
and there will be less inclination to
bother with kerosene. We incline to
think that it will be demonstrated in the
near future that the company Las done a
good thing for itself as well as for the
people Of the city. A most gratifying
feature of this reduction is that it has
been brought about without any friction
between the company and the con-
sumers.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09

PlSAo dlO AlutdPAJtAf uiieso ONAiioiO .
position at the head of the treasury is
not altogether a pleasant one. The
New York Sun declares that the New
York bankers recently suggested to the
President that he had made an unfortu-
nate selection for financial secretary, and
that the President virtually admitted it
by apologizing for the secretary. 1t has
been pretty conclusively shown that Mr..
Carlisles circular relative to the pay
ment of the bonds was very materially
altered by the President. The truth is
that Carlisle has always had strong
leaning toward free silver, and his SYM
pathies have been with the Southern and
Western Democrats, a part of whose
creed is to hate gold bugs and Wall
street. Carlisle, when he took charge of
the treasury, evidently intended to cater
SO far as possible to this Western and
Southern sentiment. His remarks about
New York bankers and his reluctance to
have anything to do with them show that
he shared the Western aud Southern
feeling, but when he undertook to re-
duce it to practice he quickly found the
President in his way, and had to turn
about face as gracefully as possible.
The financial views of New York bank
ers are the financial views of Mr.. Cleve-
land and always have been. Under po-
litical pressure once he seemed to wobble
little, to be ready to make some conces-
sion to Western and Southern sentiment.
But it was only for short time. Today
the views of the New York bankers are
his views, and Mr.. Carlisle will either
have to accommodate himself to them or
resign.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09
75c Per Yard.

A quantity of Novelties in the newest
weaves, and a lot of plain goods, that
have been $685. will be sol at
- $I.OO Per Yard.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09
SILKS and VEL VETS.

Our Silk Department is very busy
place, because we have such large as
sortment of the latest styles and shades
in Silks and Velvets, and at very popular
prices.
Plain and Figured Changeable Silks in
great variety.
Bengaline, Fable, Surah and China
Silks, in all the new shades
We have just received an invoice of
Velyets in the new green shades, that
are in such great demand.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09

Gov. Pennoyer of Oregon is making q
great fool of himself Secretary Ores
hams despatch to him was perfectly
proper. It had come to the knowledge
of the President that there was danger
of an uprising against the Chinese in
Oregon and Secretary Gresham sent tel
egram calling Pennoyer's attention to the
rumor and asking him to use his best en-
deavors to avert the threatened riot.
There was no occasion for the insolent
reply that he sent back. The Secretary
had not attempted to dictate to him as
the Governors reply intimated. Now
Pennoyer has had himself interyi ewed
and declares that the President has en-
tered into an unholy compact with the
Chinese Six Companies to break the ex-
clusion law. What the President has
done is to defer the execution of law
which would work great hardship to a
hundred thousand inoffensive people,
burden the country with great expense
and imperil our relations with China until
the constitutionality OF the measure about
which there is grave doubt is affirmed
by the Suprsme Court. The Presidents
action il this respect undoubtedly meets
the views of the great majority of the
people of this country and is accord with
justice and sound policy. Pennoyer's
rawlings may commend him to the Chi
nese haters in his own state, but they will
have very different effect upon the vast
majority of the people of the country.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09

We have now open good assortment
of Women's ready-made Eaton and
Blouse Suits, and the demand for them
promises to be large.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09
JACKETS AND CAPES.

In addition to our splendid assortment
of Jackets and Capes, we shall receive
this week large lot of new style Jackets
and Capes, which will be very attractive.
Remember that this is the place in
which to buy Jackets and Capes.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-09

New Silk Waists, Saline Waists, Cham
bray Waists and Percale Waists, in all
the latest styles, are now open and on
sale in the Cloak Room.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-07-28
A Suffering IaIand.

The little island of St. Helena has sur
fered grievous disaster by the decline Of the
shipping. Vessels no longer touch there
as they had to do before the opening of the
Suez canal The population cannot thrive.
and. as may be gathered from Mr.. Sydney
Buxton, all the efforts of the government
to develop the native industries have had
but scant success. The population Is out
growing the resources of the island. and
the only thing left Is emigration. Two or
three years ago the admiralty removed
some of the inhabitants free Of charge TO
the cape. and the experiment will probably
have to be repeated
The case is by no means unique. Years
since Pitcairn island became too narrow
for its growing population. and 1t was va
Gated with the help of q ship of war. The
settlers were taken to Norfolk island. which
has one of the finest climates In the world.
and they were set up there In the business
OF life in fairly liberal way. Most OF them
prospered and were content to remain, but
some pinned for their earlier island home,
and they had to be taken back to 1t. It Ia
not much bigger than Hyde park and KEN
sington gardens combined, but it's very
smalIness enabled them to love every square
inch of it. If St. Helena were within reach
Of excursion steamers, its people would
earn enough on bank holidays to keep them
for the rest of the year.-London News
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-07-28
An Odd Kind of a Club.

The Locust Grove Swimmers had q
dinner once a year, and each man,
whether member or guest, was obliged
to eat whole duck and one complete
lemon pie. He who cleaned his plates
most effectually was presented with .
piece of silver plate. Suspended over
the dining table was a great wooden
paddle. which was taken down when the
toasting began. The significance Of this
article became apparent when a men,
Der, in responding to toast, told a story
which had been heard before. Another
member whistled "Auld Lang Syne"
and finished the story, thus proving that
he had heard it before, and the paddle
was put into vigorous use upon the Of
fender.-New York Times.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-07-28
Telling an Old Story.

Among the Jews it is still considered a
sacred duty among all classes on the night
Of the fourteenth of Nizan, the first month
of the ecclesiastical year. to tell the story
Of the departure from Egypt. The rabbis
anticipating that an objection would be
raised to the annual repetition where there
happened to be no children Of history so
we'll known, laid it down that though we
might be all wise men, men Of understand
ing, aged and learned In the law. 1t would
still be incumbent upon us to relate the ex-
odus from Egypt"
The book used for this purpose is the
Hagadah (Narration). Of which the first
edition, printed in London, is dated 100;
the first edition, with an English transla-
ton, ITO Neither of these works, by the
way, Is in the British museum. 1t is often
Illustrated with quaint, old fashioned
wood cuts, admirably suited to the oddness
of the narrative. This is written in the
Chaldee dialect, except the numerous pas
sages from Scripture, which are In the
original pure Hebrew.-Temple Bar.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-07-28
Heroine Of Her Own Story.

Mary Hartwell Catherwood. one of the
brilliant Indiana coterie Of writers. Is the
heroine of her own Caravan Days" which
depicts the erratic wanderings of her early
youth Mrs. Catherwood began her liter
airy career as contributor to a Juvenile mag
azine in Boston. ''She was nothing but a
child when she commenced her work for
u.s." says the editor in "reminiscences of that
time but always recognized her promise
and had faith that she would sooner or later
take the place which she now occupies in
the front rank of American story writer's.
1t is strange that Mrs. Catherwood's first
novel-a brilliant example Of the realistic
school-should be SO little known, even by
the reflected light of her subsequent fame.
1t is tale of Hoosier life among the poor
whites.-New York Times.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-07-28

should say that chouse can only be con-
sidered good English in the same sense
that burke macadamize. boycott, bowdler-
ize and grangerize can be held to be Eng
lish. Chouse has a very curious origin of
which the writer in The Daily News does
not seem to be aware. 1t was formerly
spelled chiaus, chiauz and chaous-various
corruptions of the Turkish word for a mes
senger, agent or interpreter. It happened
that Turkish commercial in London in
the reign Of James I swindled some Of the
merchants trading with Turkey out Of
large sums of money, and from the no
toriety Of the circumstance the word came
to mean cheat, and 50 gave rise to the
verb to chouse. Ben Jonson mentions Q
chiaus in THE Alchemist. &c. A. Sala-