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Republican District Convention.

The Republicans of the First Con-
gresional District will hold con vention
in City Hall, Biddeford, on Tuesday.
July "a, 1894, at 1870 p. m, for the pur-
pose Of nominating a candidate for Rep
resentative in Congress and transacting
any other business that may properly
come before it, egg
The basis of representation will be as
follows: Each city, town and plantation
will be entitled to one delegate, and
for each IS votes cast for the Repu blican
candidate for governor in 1899, an addi-
tional delegate. and for fraction of 40
votes in excess of IS, an additional
delegate.
Vacancies in the delegation of any city
or town can only be filed by residents
of the city or town in which the vacancy
exists.
The district committee will be in ses-
sion in the reception room of the hall at
1890 on the afternoon of the conven-
tion for the purpose of receiving the
credentials of delegates.
Per Order:
REPUBLICAN DISTRICT COM.
Andrew Halves, Chairman.
Samuel W. Junkins, Sec'y.
Portland. M e., June %, 1894.
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SHE is A PsYcHIcAL WONDER.
A Brooklyn Woman Who Is sightless and
Yet Can Read.

A Brooklyn Woman Who Is Sightless and
Yet Can Read.
In telling the remarkable story of a
Brooklyn woman who was the victim of
street car accident and was injured for
life in various ways a Boston Herald
writer says:
The most remarkable thing about Miss
Fancher is the fact that she is blind and
yet sees. This is the point where creduliUy
rebels and refuses to be convinced.
With eyes sightless she does the most
beautiful embroidery, paints flowers,
writes letters and numerous other things
which one hardly dares to mention for
fear of being laughed at
When the dainty, prettily embroidered
handkerchief cases, neatly crocheted iced
wool fascinators and other fancy things
were shown to me by her nurse, my one
thought was that either Miss Fancher
could see OR else she had sklllful needle
woman in her employ
'sBut, DOCTOR I asked, "don't you
think there is great opportunity for decep-
tion?'
'sHardly,'' he replied s'The case has
been under constant scrutiny for SO long
that if there had been any humbuggery in
IL IL WOULD udV6 U6ell lOuuu OuU long ago.
Besides" he continued, II believe that
she is perfectly honest. My prejudices in
duced me once to take my oculist, DR.
Wright, up to see her, to ascertain wheth-
er her blindness was or was not assumed
He tore off a slip of newspaper which he
himself had not read, and placing his hand
over it asked her to read it, which she
did When he removed his hand for the
benefit of his own eyes, which could not
see through such barriers, he found that
she had read it correctly.
HE then tried her with colored worst
eds, asking her to name the shades of each,
which she did correctly in every case.
HE then examined her eyes and found
twas impossible for her to see, for two
reasons In the first place, the optic nerve
was practically dead, and in the second
place the condition of the eyes themselves
was such that it would be impossible to
sae without glasses.
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. s.. ,oND JUMP.
Lshe Children Doubted if Their Sister Would
Be Allowed One.


Be Allowed One.
Children are affected in divers ways by
che prospect of wedding in the family.
The idea of their sister getting married
and going way, way off to live, or Of
brother having house of his own like
papa, impresses them wonderfully. Ii
they are very fond of them, awe and sor-
row are predominant, but as the occasion
comes nearer and nearer the general air
of festivity exercises powerful influence
upon them, and they become joyous and
curious.
There is family not far from Philadel-
phia with which a well known man of
this city is about to ally himself 1t is a
good sized family, and the children range
in age from 2 or years upward. Having
lived in the country all their lives, they
had never seen a wedding, and after the
desolateness caused by the thought Of los
ing their sister had worn off they began
to be very curious about the ceremony.
Their questions fell thicker and faster,
and their fond mother, who was very busy
with matters of much more moment than
answering questions, finally told them
that the happy couple must jump over a
broomstick, and whichever jumped the
u1SueSu WOulu NC UIlS EulSI9 VI u1o lOttS6.
This made profound impression ON the
minds OF the young people. The boys took
their sister aside and in frank and open
way gave her some good advice about
handicapping herself with that long
train on your new dress"
why, you won't have the ghost of a
chance with that thing tagging after you, !"
they told her, very earnestly. Finally aft
er numerous pleadings and jestings from
her brothers, who thought they were doing
their best to save her from dreadful
tyranny, they persuaded her Ito practice
little''
"I'n bet she's practicing every day, +"
said one, with an evident desire to remove
any doubts about the fairness Of the pro-
! ceeding.
At the first jump the bride tripped and
| knocked down the broom.
LET me try again. she said, entering
into the spirit of the thing.
The children debated awhile. Evidently
they were in deep doubt. Then they went
| to their mother.
'Wiu sister be allowed a second
| jump" they aslzed.-Philadelph Press.
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BROOKLYN BRIDGE RlDrRs.


Men Who ny ~ @'S LING Dy jumping
From Moving Cars.
"It is an interesting thing to watch the
way people get off these bridge cars said
the confirmed Brooklynite, seating himself
near the door and filling up the adjoining
seat with his bundles. ''There's enough
energy wasted here every day to run the
whole cable, and nobody gets any good out
of it at that. You just watch the people
as the train pulls in at the platform.
There are always a dozen or more men
who crowd out to the gate, and long be-
fore the train stops they open it and Jump
to the platform. One or two of EN- usual
" tumble down, which give those follow
ing good chance to trip over them
Those that do keep their feet Immediately
began to hustle to keep up with the train
''They never see the fallacy of jumping
off prematurely until after they have
jumped. Then it suddenly dawns upon
them what idiots they were to get off the
car when it is still going at faster pace
than they can walk with comfort Being
convinced of their own idiocy, the next
thing is to keep other people from realiz-
ing it, They must keep up with the train
at any cost, so they stride or trot accord
ing as they are long or short of limb, and
finally arrive at the finish neck and neck
with the platform that they would have
stuck to with profit and much saving Of
wear and tear.
1.-The queer thing about it is that ex
perience never teaches them anything bet
ter. AS soon as some paretic opens he
gate all the other imbeciles troop out j.
er him. Hello, here we are at the plat
FORM
And the confirmed Brooklynite, gather
ing up his bundles and packages, rushed
for the car door, pushed through the G; !,
leaped from the moving train to the plat
form along with a dozen others to give the
car a good race as far as the head Of the
stairway, where. he suddenly slows up and
walks leisurely down the stairs, thought
fully mopping from his face the beads of
perspiration brought out by his wasted
energy New York Sun. q
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GRAND TRUNK Rail WAY.
On and After MONDAY, june rs, 1894
Trains will leave as follows:

DEPARTURES.
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-04

Amar;can Society of Naturalists, the
Snn;ntv of Morphologists and the Society
~ Phys;oloyists was held at Osborn
Hail. Yale University.
Two weeks ago Patrick Hickey, sIa-
+or d;canpeared at Cincinnati. Ills
hody has been found on the root OF the
PRESBYTERIAN Church at Sliverton, w.,
where he had died while at work.
AT Rosalie, Tex, Ben Hamilton got
Trunk and meeting Thomas Bush shot
him through the breast. AS Bush was
falling he sent bullet through Haull-
toms head. Both died on the spot.
A MAJORITY of the Episcopal bishops
have formally confirmed the Kew. A. I.
\. Halls election to the blshoprlc OF
Vermont. His conservation rs expected
10 take place in January at Burlington.
HENRY NJ. HENDERSON asks that the
partnership Of Phillips u Henderson,
boot and shoe dealers at bloomington,
III be dissolved He alleges that
Phillips, his partner, has taken over
ST 600 more Of the firm cash than ne
was entitled to.
S1LAs STUART, dealer in diamonds,
watches and jeWelry at New ork, made
an assignment.
THE body of Jerry Leary, entombed
in the East Bear Ridge, Pa, colliery,
was found under tons OF coal.
INDIANA temperance workers propose
to begin crusade to force saloons out
Of residence sections.
X ATE JOHNSON, charged With counter
feiting, viciously attacked her acclser
in an Indianapolis courtroom.
MURDERER Wilson Howard, OF St.
Louis, has been granted a stay of execu-
ton from December 20 to January -.
Miss ESTHER NJ. THURBER, Of Chicago,
was sentenced at Boston to two years
imprisonment on a charge of forgery.
NrroRS cHoELCHER, the French states
man, author and traveller, died IN Paris
from pneumonia. He was born IN 1903.
DYNAMITE was found under a saloon
at Ossian, Ind, where it is supposed
to have been placed by incensed villa
gers.
SIXTEEN hundred miners in the Bel
laire. O., district will strike January
if the operators insist on reduction IN
wages.
TIE stranded steamer City Of New
York is being battered to pieces by
storm at the Golden Gate, San Fran
cisco.
WIrH a corn knife for weapon, Mrs.
Ellen Kelly, 70 years old, living near
Shawneetown, Mo-, beat off masked
robber.
RELIGION in the public schools is caus-
Ing trouble at Raymond, Ill. Catholic
children refuse to repeat the LORD
prayer.
p. J. SCHWARTZ, a Louisville crank,
tried to kill Mayor Henry S. Tyler, but
was disarmed before he could use his
weapon.
WHILE skating on the river at Wa
peilo, Ia, Sprsgue lsett, 8 years old,
went through al air hole and was
drowned.
JEFF CRAWFORD, negro, was COM
united to Jail at Iorkville, 5. c., for the
alleged murder of W. H. Blackburn, a
white man.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-04
TWO OMAHA GRAVES ROBBED.

Co-pses Removed from q Cemetery and
Shipped to Iowa City, Ia.
OMAHA, Ncb., Dee. 30.-rwo corpses
were found in a box last night at the
Pacific Express Company's office, and
they have been identified as the bodies
Of a woman and q man who were
buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery here
this week. The graves had. been
robbed by unknown parties. The box
in which the bodies were found was adj
dressed to John Robinson, Iowa City,
la. 1t is believed they were intended
for the medical college connected
with the Iowa State University.
No trace has been discovered
OF the man who took the
bodies to the express Office. The names
Of the dead are Mrs. C.. A. d. Brown,
wife of well-known Omaha man,
buried Thursday, and NJ. w. A. Nc
Whinnery, the old soldier who died at
the county house and was buried Tues
1ay,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-04
TESTING THE FLORIDA LAW.

The English Pugilist Taken in Custody
at Jacixsonville.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. 2S.-Charles
Mitchell, the English puglist, was ar
rested to-day on a warrant charging
him with arranging to take part in a
prize fight in the state in violation of
the law. A warrant is out for Corbett
and he will be arrested also
but the writ has not been
served as yet. The prosecution
is intended as a test of the law regard
ing ring contests. Mitchell and Cor
bett will seek to secure release on
habeas corpus proceedings and thus
test the law
Mitchell was subsequently remanded
for trial He at once took steps for a
writ of haheas corpus.
The criminal court, to which Mitchell
was committed, does not meet until
next Tuesday, and the accused gave a
bail bond signed by the officers of the
Duval Athletic Club.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-04
AFTER A GOVERNORS LIFE.
Executive of Oklahoma Narrowly Escapes
MurderOuS Crank.

GUTHRIE, Ok, Dee. ga long haired
crank giving his name as Buckley, from
Perry, called at the executive office
yesterday and asked to see Gov.
Renfrow Mr.. Blincoe, the school
land commissioner, occupied the
room he entered. Mr.. Blincoe
became suspicious of his manner and
inquired his business. He replied that
he wanted to see the Governor as he
had been promised an appointment
and now they were trying to send HIM
to an insane asylum. Mr.. BIN
coe notified the chief of police
by telephone, who placed the
man under arrest. He was armed
with a six-shooter and a murderous
dirk and had arsenic enough in ph'Hl
to Kill ten men. He admitted that If
the Governor had not appointed him
he would have killed him and taken
lis own life. He was placed in custody
and strict inquiry has thus far faile / to
disclose his identity.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-04
IN MURDERERs' ROW.
Assassin Prendergast Given a Ne" ce'' J"
the Chicago jail.


CHICAGO, H., Dec. 3o-rfenoelsae' :,
4he Condemned assassin. was removed
today from Anarchist Lings's ola cen
No II in the first corridor, to cen 20 IA !
n,urderers' row in the second TIER o,
cells There are now three condemned
murderers in adjoining cells n n'
Higgins, George II. Painter ana freh-
dergast. ,.1 +b;e morn
mo He was very gloomy but ate a
hearty breakfast and then 1aiA ..oh III
a while with the death watch. On, /
slent Well last night" said he IN reply 70
8 nnestion from the guard, won
HANG he continued. Il VII! get new
trial and it will be more tar than tn -
one lts inst closed. No, sir, they won't
hang me-" continued the prisoner nope
When reporter sent in request Tor
q short interview with PrendergasI; th :,
assassin sent back very decisive NO.
."The newspapers have all been against
me-" he said, land | won't talk 1or
publication. G., a.
"There is no possibility OF flnal o .,
cision being reached IN Prend ,e .
case for at least year" said Attorney
r. A. Wade, who defended the prison
er. to-day. eve shall move 1or new
trial. and if this is denied by the court
an appeal to the supreme court VIII nc
IN l,an ~
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-04
OPPOSES A BOND ISSUE.
Sensational Circular Issued by Master
Workman Sovereign.

Workman Sovereign,
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 29,-General
Master Workman Sovereign, of the
Knights Of Labor, before he left here
for his home IN Des Moines, issued an
address to knights throughout the
country, appealing to them to protest
against the proposed bond issue. lie
gays:
The sixteenth plank in the preamble of
the knights OF Labor reads as follows:
THAT Understanding bonds, bills OF credit
or notes shall never be issued by the gov
eminent; but that when need arises, the
emergency shall be met by issue OF legal
tender noE-intcrest bearing money l
wish every local assembly OF our order
in the United States to read the plank
above quoted and discuss 1t at their
first regular meeting IN January. The rea-
son for asking new agitation Oh TINS sun]ecSc
at this time is obvious. The secretary OF
the treasury, Mr. Carlisle. has asked Con
gress to grant him authority to issue $500, :
OOO, 900 in Understanding bonds. | am
in receipt of letters from cotton
regions of the South and from
declaring that the issuing Of interest bear
ing bonds blythe national government will
be considered sufficient provocation TO JUS
Ii a call to arms. God forbid that we
should ever again feel justified in using bull
lee, in country where ballots arc so free
i ugGest that upon the first attempt of Con
8 IS to grant the authority asked by the
i,rurctary the members of our order,
from Maine to California. hold indignation
meetings and send an unequivocable protest
to their respective members of Congress.
The issuing of bonds is an outrage upon a
liberty-loving people and should brand with
eternal infamy every name connected with
tie iliSreuutablc transaction.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-04
FIRED ON A YANKEE VESSEL.
San Domingo Soldiers Attack the Grew

San Domingo Soldiers Attack the Grew
of an American Boat.
New YORK, Dec. 2S.-The steamer G..
w. Clyde, from Turks Island, which
arrived here to-day, brings report of an
outrage inflicted on the crew of the
American schooner Henry Crosby,
which lost her bearings and put into the
port of old Azua, San Domingo.
The first officer and four sea-
men got into the boat and
pulled for the shore. When about 800
yards out file of soldiers in uniform of
the government came running down to
the beach, and fired two rounds from
their carbines at the men in the small
boat. The sailors turned the boat
about and desperately pulled for the
schooner. The men were taken on
board when it was found that the first
officer had received Il bullet in the
shoulder and one seamen was struck by
several balls. A bad wound in the
back made it doubtful if the man would
recover. A report of the affair has
been made to the United States gov
eminent by the coIsul-general at San
Domingo City.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-04
INJURED IN A COLLISION.
Several Persons Hurt in Railway
Wreck in Pennsylvania.

wreck IN pennsylvania.
PlTTsBURG, Pa, Dec. 30.-The Hast
ings accommodation on the Cambria &
Clearfeld Railroad collided with local
freight train seven miles from Eben-
burg, last evening, demolishing both
engines and wrecking the passenger
train. A number OF persons were in
lured but none killed. The most seri-
ously hurt are:
Miss MCMAHON, internally injured
BLAIR CURRY, brakeman on passenger
train, two ribs broken, head and face badly
cut and bruised.
CoNDUCroR MONTGOMERY, badly bruised
about the head and body.
Curry was thrown twenty feet over
an embankment, but regardless of his
injuries he picked himself up and ran
back 500 yards to flag the Ebenburg
accomIm1odationn, which was coming to-
ward the wreck at terrific speed. The
accident was caused, it is said, by fail
ure to obey orders.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-01-04
YELLOW FEVER IN \,
The Plague Added to tho uo,,,.
in the CAPITA 0f pn., S,' v

BUENos AYREs, Dec. .,
reached here to-day from ~ :,
Janeiro that the unfortunata =, III
has for months past been snfrn': WI
the ravages Of war, is now, ' VI
the ravages of the worst a W.,
dreaded Of all diseases-ron% Du
Five deaths from this disoaSsooaO /
reported. The news that I r %nea,t
has added it's burden and o9sguoNi
sufierings already endured bro Hst
pie OF Rio has caused wjdeDSS.llae
tention here, and much svmr opIte't
pressed for the plague and v S%saE.
inhabitants. The governments ""' :i
every precaution possible ~ MN
circumstances to prevent " a,
the disease; bat the work os spIG
Gals at Rio de Janeiro is cr yl 5at
pered by the condition 10 w Th'ia Y
has been reduced by the borroI.1 d
The yellow fever which ho v'' q q
out in Rio de janeiro is NOT ,%' . o.
form Of that fever, but is the y, wo 'le
Of black vonit. WIN