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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-11
THEORIES AMONG SUICIDES.
One Way and No other by Which Individ-
uals Desire to Die.

Queer thing that suicides should have
pet theories, the thwarting of which would
in every case prevent their death. 1t is a
fact, however. If q person has made up
his or her mind TO die by hanging, drown
ing would probably DO cmphatically OBJ
jcctcd 10 l remember an attempted case
Of suicide by poisoning, which, curiously
enough, was prevented by a threat OF
shooting 1t happened in the central po-
lice station in this city, and how it escaped
the vigilance of the eagle eyed reporter mt
the time l do not know. 1t was in this
way: We were all sitting about when a
young man came in looking around wild
eyed, and suddenly turning to one of tho
patrolmcn he produced n little paper box.
There's so grains of morphine in this,
and I'm going to take it. Goodby, boys.
He took the top off the box, raised it to
his mouth and was in the act of putting it
into his mouth when Patrolman Y. threw
his club, striking the wrist of the youth
with such true aim that the poison flew
all over the floor.
You - fool!' growled y. and step
ped toward the young man, at the Same
time drawing his pistol. IF you want to
die, I'm going to shoot you, but you can t
SnuIle OH Here III suVh Soiu pioouSu, W"
ardly manner"
The young fellow turned pale and re-
treated before the frowning pistol of the
policeman, but the latter put it against
the others. breast and snapped it twice,
while thc,weuld be suicide piteously beg
gcd for his life! He did not want to be
shot.
Whether he was afraid that he would not
make a sufficient pretty corpse with hole
through his body or whether he disliked
the noisy report of gun has never been
clear to me. AT any rate, he did not want
to die in that way. ...s.-.
might add that the policeman's pistol
was not loaded at the time, and the owner
knew it9.G
1t just proves that suicides object to dy-
ing in any other than their own way. In
this particular case the scare effected per
feet cure Louisville Courier Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-11
City Government.

The regular meeting of the city govern
ment was held Monday evening.
An order was passed authorizing Otis G.
Webster to erect hitchiug post in front Of
his residence.
Roll of accounts amounting to s6oo3 'O'
was passed.
A petition was received for concrete
sidewalk on the east side of Melville street
This was referred to the committee on high
ways.
J.H, Chandler was authorized to erect
hitcbing post in front of his residence OF
Bangor street.
An order was passed for an arc light or
Green street in front of the Methods
church.
A petition was received for widening ant
travelling the sidewalk on the west side Of
State street, south of Scott street, was re
ferred to the committee on highways.
TWAS voted that the collector be allowed
a. conversation for collecting taxes, l.;
per cent. for all taxes of 1894, collected be
fore Feb. /, 1895, and | per cent. for al
taxes of that year collected after that time
peti,ion for An incandescent lamp OF
the corner of Mt. Vernon and Mill streets
was referred.
An order was passed for sewer OF
Cedar street, from the residence OF Georg'
MotherwelI to the river, the location to b
left to the committee on sewers, with powe
to act. There was opposition to this in TIT
common council, on the ground that nj
statement or petition accompanied tn
order, and no one knew the length OF TIN
proposed sewer or the condition OF tn
sewer appropriations.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-11
ANTIQUARIAN COLLECTIONS.
Many Things Of Historical and Scientific
Nature 10 be Seen.

One Of the most interesting places to visit
in the city 10 the room of the Kennebec
Natural History and Antiquarian Society.
There spread before you are articles in use
many, many years ago, as peculiar looking
to US, probably, as the articles of today
may be, q century hence. Old papers,
tied back several centuries, the color of
the pages even stamped with old age and
the print faint.
The collection of this society is good
one, and year by year it is growing. The
lectures delivered before the society, gen.
orally by one of its members, at various
times during the winter, prove very
beneficial, educating AMI interesting
To anybody interested in old and curious
things hours could be passed away in this
room.
One interesting thing to be seen there is
a piece of wood called "bread peel, which
was in use when the early settlers were liv-
ing on the Kennebec. 1t is about four
Ieet IOuH, tuhuc sOiicWuht einiAioA w o oHo'e',
and was used to place the loaf of bread into
the stone oven, the bottom of which was
covered with leaves, usually green cabbage
leaves. When the bread was cooked this
"bread peel was run in under the loaf and
the leaves peeled of. 1t was claimed
that cooking the bread with the leaves un-
derneath made it sweeter.
Another interesting article is a
bench bearing the imprints OF
British soldiers rifles during the Revolu-
ton. Part of this bench was made from
the rail of the pew occupied by Daniel
Webster. Upon the wall is the picture OF
w. Scott Hill, the first president of the
society. When the Litbgow library is COM
pleted the large and fine collection will be
removed to the lecture hall, where 1t will
be much better displayed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-11
A Singing Rebuke to Democratic In
competency and Dishonesty.
The Proud Bird Proclaims the Dawn Of
Brighter Days.

1t is doubtful if the most eanguine Re-
publican in our city had any idea Monday
morning that his party would schieve the
sweeping victory that crowned the days
vote. II was veritable political landslide.
A large number Of those who had formerly
acted under the banner of Democracy an
ticipated its coming and prudently sought
cover. The few members of that ag-
gregation- is no longer entitled to be
called an organization-who incau-
tiously ventured into the storm
were caught aud buried beyond hope of
resurrection. What was the occasion of
this remarkable changer 1t cannot be laid
entirely to the change of Democratic voters
to the Republican party, although num-
Der of them chose this manly and effective
method Of expressing theit contempt of
Democratic rule. Many who were reluctant
to turn their backs entirely upon the polit-
ical associations of former years, did not
vote at all, while others sought to
find expression for their disgust at
Democratic incompetency by voting with
the Populsts. The old-time Bourbon war
horses were conspicuously absent from the
polls and the few followers of Grover and
the Sugar Trust who came out to vote were
apathetic and Respondent. The mass OF
them frankly admitted that it was not
Democratic year, although some of them
endesvored to do little whistling to keep
uptheir courage. A few tyros of the party
who have been wont in days gone by to i'm
sgine themselves organizers and to take to
to themselves all the glory for the results
achieved, on rare occasions, by the war
horses, winked and blinked and looked
lonesome as they strove to keep some track
of the cyclone.
The Populists gained some little show OF
strength-not on account of any of their
profession of faith, but wholly IS result
of Democratic disgust at the existing order
Of things in the national government.
The voting was attended with very little
excitement. Indeed a more quiet and order
ly election has never been held in our city
The vote was not heavy one, save in the
size Of Its Republican majority. 1t will be
found in full, by wards, in the table given
elsewhere on this page.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-11
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.


The following are the transfers of real
estate in Kennebec county for the
week ending Sept. S.
AIRIoS-G. NJ. Jackson TO Josephene VI. Jack
son, land. 81.
AUGusrA-David Walton 10 F. F.. Merrill, land.
AIS: Rosella Consnt and W. III. Conant to ID. +.
Scribner, land, 800; j. II. Church and Harvey
Chisam TO A. N. Bennett. land. $500.
Observation-Disclosures Trask TO Annie L. Wes
ton. land. AGO.
HALIowgIL-F. T.. Best TO John Burns, Jr
land with building.. $3.50
LTrcnFIELD-B. b. Douglass Of Bowdoinham
70 Rachel j. Batcheilsr la I'd with bui dnss, $50
MONMOUTH Mary l.. Howard to George r.
Howard land, $500.
wArFkvmiE-M:F: Davis. to Cora F. Davis,
land, $3.50.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-11

The British museum possesses an iron
AK head of 1870 3. G., the oldcstrauthen-
ticated iron implement known, but "A piece
of iron was found in an air passage of the
great pyramid which may have been there
300 b. {. a bronze cylinder of 1928
b. G. is the oldest bronze in the British
museum. The Chinese still harden cop
per with iron, as the Hindoos used to-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-11
Call II a Craze,
AN ALARMING STATEMENT
CONCERNING WOMEN.
HOW BAD HABITS ARE FORMED.

The Mar York T,fbNac SAYS: "The habi, of
taking headache powders is increasing 10 au
alarming exten; among great number of yvo-
men throughout the country. These powders as
their name indicates. are claimed by the manu-
facturers to be positive and speedy cure for any
form of headache. In many cases their chief
ingredient is morphine, opium, cocaine or some
other equally injurious drug having a tendency
to deadeu pain. The habit Of taking them is
easily formed, but almost impossible TO shake
Oft Women usually begin taking them TO re-
leve raging headache and soon resort TO the
powder to alleviate any little pain or ache they
may be subjected 10. and finally like the NOR
phine or opium hend, get into the habit Of taking
them regularly, imagining that they are in pain
il they happen to miss their regular dose
In nine cases out of ten, the trouble is
in the stomach and liver. Take a simple
laxative and liver tonic and remove the
offending matter which deranges the
stomach and causes the headache DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are composed
entirely of the purest concentrated,
vegetable extracts One Pellet is a
dose; sugar-coated, easily swallowed.
once nSc3, aisoa,S in favor. They posi-
lively chJr sick headache and remove
the disposition to it.
Mr.. f VARGAsoS, of O1sry YaEr fcs,,, n,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-11
NOTICE TO WATER TAKERS.

Owing to bad break in the Water street
main the Augusta Water Co.'S customers
are requested to be spsring in the use of
water until the break is repaired. The
water from the north side of Bridge street
will be shut off during the repairs.
W. Ii. WILLIAMS, Supt.
Augusta, Sept. 10, 1894.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-11

Word was received, Monday, of the sui-
den death in Colorado, of Mr.. Charles
Pierce, whose wife is now in this city. He
had several relatives here.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-11

JIM. Fogg and family who have been
At Bowdoinham and Squirrel Island fol-
some vee k, past have returned to the city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-11

An agreement has been made BY the
grocery firms to close their stores Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday even.
inn, each week, at 6 so. commencing Sep
TENDER IL.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-11

Among the oil paintings at the Maine
State fair, those exhibited by II. l.. Stone
of this city took second and third prize.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-11
Marrieo.
RNSEBEC.

hESNEBEt.
Augusta-Sept. 5, by Rev. G. S Cummings, John
c. Bennett ana Melinda j. Sawyer, both of Au-
gusta-
Hallowel-Sept ;, by Rev. c. J. Parsons. Mr..
Chas. +. Butterfield of Belgrade and Miss Elsie
NJ Friend of Hallowell
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-11

Mr.. and Mrs. E. Hartshorn left here,
Monday morning, for Buffalo, N. y, where
they will remain about week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-11
Die1.


Lakeshort-Sept. s. Elbridge g. Morrison, age
50 years.
West.Gardjner-Sspt.9 Mrs. Eunce W, widow
of the late William farr, aged II years, Io5 mo.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-11

-
ATtA.. writes II not
inircquently have an at
tack of the headache.
II usually comes on in
the forenoon. At my
dinner ! cat my regular
meal, and take one or
two of Doctor ricrce's
Pleasant Pellets iInme-
dialely AFTER, and in the
course of an hour nv
headache is cured aud
no bad effects. I feel
better every way for
having taken them
not worse. as is usual
after taking other Kinds
OF pills. Pleasant rel
lets . are worth more
than their weight IN
gold, il for nothing else
than 10 cure headache, A"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-09-11
To All 10 Whom Il Mar CONCERN.

Tbs ceriifes that hereby relinqnish 10 nv son
Blim r. Bailey, the remainder Of ~ time dyrinr
his minority, that shall claim none OF his earnings
TOR pay any 81 his bills contracted after This daf,,
A,Sa-l Zl,1icHt, &. BAILEY.
y KNIGHT, witness. augi%iIues3.s
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-15
All Aboard for Canon City.

The two ca mps Of Pueblo Woodmen
will give a joint excursion to Canon
City next Thursday. Apple day. over
the old reliable ID. & r. G.. and every.
body is invited to ride on the great
excursion trains.
1t will be happy event for all the
excursionists, and everything will be
done for their convenience.
The train will leave the Union depot
at 0 u N. and arrive at Canon City an
hour later when the spectators viii
witness the tiremen's tournament and
then help themselves to three car loads
of choice apples.
After the feast they will be con,
Quoted through the state penitentiary,
and take in the town. which they will
own for the time being,
Splendid music will be discoursed.
Al 300 p. m. the train will leave for
the Royal Gorge, and returning leave
Canon in time to reach Pueblo at 6:45
So according to programme you can
leave here late and arrive home early
The fare for round trip to Canon
will be only Isl.25, and to the Gorge
Fl SO.
This will be the best excursion OF
the season.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-15
Mixing Politics.

1t is reported to this paper that Mr.
Fred Sabin, chairman of the democratic
county central committee, is being
urged by Kilgore and other leading
populists to accept the nomination for
judge from the hands of the democratic
judicial convention, to convene on the
18th inst. in Pueblo. Kilgere was
defeated for judge himself by his own
Pueblo convention which provided for
him his political burial robes, and with
all apparent sincerity said, Gentlemen,
am for the ticket. You can depend
on me-" etc. Four or five days later,
we apparently find the crafty and dis
appointed candidate for the judgeship
of his own p. p. convention promising
the populist's support to f. A. Sabin.
chairman of the democratic county
central committee. The Advertiser.
Forum would like to ask the p. p.
Kilgore combine where its consistency
begins and where it leaves off? Is
Sabin going to prove traitor to the
party of his profession in order to give
Kilgore a chance to get even2 How
are you fixed, democrats?
From the above racy editorial taken
from the La Junta Advertiser-Forum of
the 18th, it seems that all is not har-
mony with the east end populists, and
that democrat from Oteo county
would be more acceptable to them than
populist from Pueblo county for
district Judge
The fact is that both the populists
and republicans have entirely ignored
the east end of the district in the mat
ter of the selection of candidates for
district judges and attorneys, and the
whole people feel little sore. The
democrats have not yet made their
selection for these offices and it would
not be surprising if Chairman Sabin or
some other good democrat were not
given one of the nominations, although
Lawyers A. W. Arlington and G. F.
Patrick are talked of at present.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-15
So Cripple Creek and Return IS

On Friday, September 81 the Monday
Evening club and their friends will
give grand excursion to Cripple Creek
over the Rio Grande, arrangements
having been made for special tram
leaving Pueblo at a. m. arriving in
Cripple Creek at II q. M. where the
excursicnists will be welcomed by the
hoard of trade and taken over the city
on tour of inspection; returning, train
will leave Cripple Creek az p. IN,
reaching Pueblo TT 1890 p. m. A rate
Of $3 has been secured for the occasion,
and as many of our society people will
be on hand, this excursion is one which
all ladies should avail themselves Of,
being a. 1t IL the only chance to take
In the great gsld camp before snow
fiies. Tickets can be secured from any
member Of the Monday Evening club
or at Rio Grands Offices,
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-15

THE populists in convention as
sembled at Pueblo gained nothing by
the discouItesies offered 7. NJ. Pa,ter-
son. Because Mr.. Patterson denounced
the vagaries of Governor Waite and
showed up the blindness and folly of
his administration, lot of the ultra
extreme In the populist ranks took it
as an affront to themselves. they being
in full swing and sysmathy with the
governors radical policy, and for
getting the dignity of the occasion they
refused to listen to the man who more
than any other gave organization and
tone to the party and who stands at the
head of the respectability within it
today. In denying him the right of
speech they trampled upon one of their
own most vociferous demands" and
the whole state is properly ento the
situation.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-15
Why Walpole Got Left.

Walpole was the slate man for treas
urer, but his position was not nearly SO
secure as that Of the others and he fell
by the wayside. In the first place,
Mulnix had rounded up strong per-
sonal following, regardless of any
deals. and in the second place, the
Smith men were sore at Walpole and
took advantage Of Mulnix's strength to
make = break and hit blow back.
They accused Walpole Of hnving pledg-
ed the nfty-six votes Of Pueblo to
Smith and Of having gone back on the
agreement in order to get ON the Nc
Intire slats. This is precisely what
.'ths young Napoleon" Of Pueblo ia
accused Of doing It Colorado 6pringa
two ysas ago. when he turned over
from Hosea Townssnd to 3. 3. EDDY
Ia rstsia for the support q 1tdy Il
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-15
The Iron Outlook.

Indications continue to appear tha,
a period of sustained activity is ahead
for blast furnaces, rolling mills and
steel works; influences affecting prices
are not so clearly defined. In the case
of Western Pennsylvania and Ohio
furnaces, for example, the price Of
coke is not settled more than 60 days
ahead in most instances, and higher
price for furnace labor is likely to be
paid Mt some plants. These considers
tions cause hesitancy on the part of
sellers to enter into contracts for long
deliveries. Further trouble is threaten.
ed in the Connellsville coke region,
moreover, and furnacemen are not as
sure as they would like to be, as to
their supply of fuel.
The position of buyers is that when
all the back contracts are out of the
way, new demand will not be sufficient
to take up the Bessemer that will be
blast. 1t is conceded that continued
demand for raw and finished products,
such as has been seen in the past few
weeks, would preserve practically the
the present basis. The railroads are
somewhat better buyers, and the hope
is entertained that the demand from
this source will steadily increase.
Eastern rolling mills are still well en-
ployed, and while encountering SHARP
Pittsburg competition on large con
tracts have taken a good aggregate Of
small orders at fair prices. In New
England some large orders of cast iron
pipe have been given la!ely.-The Iron
Trade Review.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-15

THE eighth ward has an alderman
who has original if not prrctical ideas
of fair play. The levee north of the
river having been built and the south
siders making kick to the city council
because they feared that if the river
ovsrtiowed again more water would be
turned on the south side, Alderman
Williams moved to tear out 100 feed Of
the levee so that the south siders would
have an equal show. The idea didn't
seem to occur to him that while they
were tearing ont big chunk of the
81, 900 levec that they could be putting
that much work on the other wing.
His notion was for fair play, and if the
people of Pueblo must drown let them
at least have an equal show and drown
all together. Now what have the puny
statesmen from across the river to say
why they should not be drowned as
well as their brethren. Let them
speak out.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-15

THERE is strong probability that
some of the Irregularities practiced in
the republican primaries and the con
vention, where sundry cases Of bribery,
illegal voting and counting out are
alleged. will be investigated, and that
charges relating thereto have already
been lodged with District Attorney
Gibson and that certain parties who
took an active part IN the proceedings
will be prosecuted to the full extent of
tue law.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-15
Grover Must Go.

A crowd of Kansas free thinkers,
personal rights fellows, met at Topeks
few days ago and wound up set OF
blood curdling resolutions with the
following:
Therefore we, the undersigned, do
humbly beg. pray and entreat--nay,
demand, that you take off your crown,
vacate your throne. lay down youI
scepter and take yourself away from
the sight of human eyes forever
1t would be interesting to know how
many of the resoluters are native born
citizens and how many of those who
are native born are compus mentus.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-15

The nomination Of old Tom Bowen
at the hands of the republican congress.
ional convention was a tribute to Mr..
Bowen's ability and shrewd bit of
political work. for he is perhars the
one man who can easily defeat John
G. Bell for Congress. His popularity
among the miners is great and no one
questions his fitness for the place.
His nomination means that Mr.. Bell
will have to do some very tall talking
to explain the reason why he voted for
free lead. free iron ore and free wool
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-15
SENATOR Bsrela, the janus.fa,

SENATOR Barela, the janus faced
politician from Las Annimas county al.
lowed his greed to overbalance his
judgment when he disowned the demo
cratic party and accepted the nomina-
tion for state treasurer on the populist
ticket. The democratic central com
mittee has duty to perform in taking
Barela's name off the ticket and read.
ing him out of the party, ungrateful
Mexican that he is. With him twenty
years in the state senate is nothing to
be thankful for.
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-15
THERE must be something signiflcan

THERE must be something significant
in the action of the democratic leaders
who met to hold their county conven-
tion Wednesday evening but adjourned
until next Tuesday because of the
great dissatisfaction in the republican
party with the nominations it made.
The INDICATOR doesn't pretend to
fathom the meaning of this strange
move. Heretofore one party didn't de.
pend upon any other party for its nom
nations but made selections to suit
itself. A few days more may throw
light on the subject
The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-15
JOIN Hipp has challenged Mrs. j. T

JOHN Hipp has challenged Mrs. j. Ell
len Foster to series of joint debates on
the free coinage of silver and prohi-
bition. When will public speakers
learn that the people of Colorado are a
unit on the free coinage of silver and
that a public discussion of the question
is bore to them? Next thing somebody
will come along and want to discuss
the question: "Resolyed. That women
should have the right of suffrage" I"
Discuss prohibition in Colorado and
free coinage in New York.