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The Portland daily press., 1896-03-04

How One Young Man Saved Another's
Life-The First Grab Tore Away the
Cape of the Coat-The Second Held the
Collar.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.]
Sanford, March 3.-Below the Sanford
mills, the river widens out into a large
pond. There are two outlets, the streams
coming together below an island.
At one of these outlets is a dam twelve
feet high, called Bailey dam. There is
a foot bridge over it about three feet
above the dam.
Last Sunday the water was so high
that it was flowing almost up to the foot
bridge. Three young men, Earnest Lib
by, Walter Ashworth and William Getch-
ell, went down OF this dam to chop away
Ashworth was standing on the ice and
chopped off large piece of it. The rush
ing water swept the whole sheet OF ice
against one of the supports of the bridge
with SO much force that Ashworth
slipped, lost his balance, and under the
DRUGS HIlQ UNtE tuc udul LII tWiAhiidS
into the rushing current below. Both
the other young men rushed for the shore
to get down to rescue their companion.
Libby saw him as he came UP after
striking the current. He stood upright
for an instant, the water being about at
his breast and then was swept away turn
ing over and over and bobbing up and
down. Luckily he fell off near the end
of the bridge and Ii bby had reached the
shore below just in time to meet him as
he came down.. Libby waded into the
water and made a grab for Ashworth.
He seized the cape Of his macintosh, but
that tore off like paper. He made anoth-
er quick grab and luckily seized him by
f, the collar.
Ashworth shouted "Pull me out if you
can" Libby is large, tall, and a strong
ynung man and he pulled his friend out
ii the furious current with a mighty
Hort. If he hadn't made that lucky
grab Ashworth would probably have
en drowned, as no man could possibly
save himself in that furious, ice GOLD
current, even if he HADN'T experienced
| the shock Of going over the falls.
The Portland daily press., 1896-03-04
GARDENERS LOSS.

1t Will Probably Go As High as 1000.
Water Streets Big Loss.
Gardiner, March STRAINS and mail
reached here this evening for the first
time since Sunday afternoon. The water
has gone down very slowly during the
day but Is still higher than any ordinary
freshet. All stores on Water street suffer
and the loss to the city and business men
will reach s7b. 900. By tomorrow, the rail-
road will be passable east towards Water
Vile
The Portland daily press., 1896-03-04
OUT AT SANFORD.
A Man Went Over the Dam and
Saved.
Experience of Walter Ashworth-various
Other Facts.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.1

ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.]
Sanford, March 3.-A PRESS repre-
sentative visited Sanford yesterday and
Lea d many int resting 1aotssabou5 the
Unprecedented floods that have visited
that section, the little Mousam having
been transformed into torrent OF gigan-
tic proportion. The great Goodall mills
cover quite as much ground as the War
rem mills, at Westbrook, only they are
wood instead of brick. They extend on
both sides the Mousam and crowd across
it at one point, where short covered
bridge connects the buildings just
above the mills the main street of the
village crosses the river on the only
brigde that escaped the flood of the Mou-
sam from Sanford to the sea, except the
West KeEnebunk bridge. Jusi above this
The Portland daily press., 1896-03-04
MOosEHEAD DAM MAY GO.

Still Further Damage Threatens the Ken
nebec Cities.
Waterville, March "a report reaches
here from Greenville that the Moosehead
dam may give way. II it does the loss
to the pr operty will exceed that ever ex-
perienoed in the state. This would bring
the water into this. city's main street
and flood all the cities down the river.
1t has stopped raining, but there is no
change of temperature or appearance
of clearing.
The Portland daily press., 1896-03-04
FIRST FOR 80 HOURS.

Richmond Has Been Cut Off From the
Outside Worid-First M all for 80 Hours
Arrives-water in the Kennebec Subsid-
ing Somewhat.
The Portland daily press., 1896-03-04
AT UPPER GLOUCESTER.
What the Floods and Freshets Did in that
Locality
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.l

ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.1
Upper Gloucester, March 3.-The storm
of last Saturday and Sunday was the
most destructive here of any storm that
we have had for many years. At the saw
mill Of A. H. Jordan, the gateway OF the
mill went out at six O'Clock Sunday
night and swept everything before it. 1t
also took one large stone pier from under
the mill and started another. 1t was
hard looking sight this morning. F. W.
Winters mill which is below Jordan's Is
said at this time to be all right as far as
can be seem 1t is hoped that no more
damage may be done, unless the storm
continues longer. There is no signs of
It's clearing away this morning.
Mr.. Jorda with his crew worked hard
on Sunday to save his mill and surround
ing property, but despite all efforts, the
storm proved to he too great for him to
save all.
The snow is now thing of the past
here, and it proved to be very fortunate
that there was not larger body of it on
the ground for had there been large
body the damage must have been very
great to mill property
The Portland daily press., 1896-03-04
ON THE SHEEPSCOT.
Damage in the Wiscasset and Quebec Rail.
road-Trains INTERRUPTED

Damage IN the Wiscasset and Quebec Rail-
road-Trains Interrupted.
Wiscasset, March 3.-The damage from
the recent storm on the Sheepscou river
was the greatest in many years. The
spans Of the bridge at Sheepscot were
swept away and not a yestage Of the
bridge at head tide left Two bridges
in Whitedeld are gone. The damage to
the w. &. c. railroad is comparatively
slight. Trains were interrupted, but
will be running regularly tomorrow.
The dam at head tide gave way and the
Jewett mill is swept away. The Palmer
mill is greatly damaged. The loss at the
Jewett mill is over $1,000.
The Portland daily press., 1896-03-04
NEWEIELDs SHARE.
What lis Contributed by That Town to the
Story of the Freshet.
ESPECIAL. TO THE rnEss.1

Newfeld, March 2.-Newfield had the
heaviest freshet ever known in It's history.
4 The mill with all it's heavy machinery
and the dam belonging to Charles Moul-
ton was carried away. letting down a
large amount Of water on Weter street.
The middle pier of the bridge by Stan
ley's mills was pal TALLY carried away
making it unsafe for passage. The COR
ner post of Stanley's saw mill wax
washed out and the lower floor of his
single mill flooded. The next building,
the foundry, owned by j. Emery, was
injured considerably. Frank o. Davis,
carriage and store house, standing next
the foundry, was completely demolished.
W. q. Clifford's building, the lower
floor occupied by G. H. Chillis as
blacksmith shop, were flooded to the
depth of three feet. The families of Ed
ward Libby and Mrs. M. A. Piper, were
obliged to move. The water stood nearly
four feet deep ON Water street and boats
were used for transportation. At the
upper end of the village, the bulk head
owned by j. H. Smith on the Durgin
brook, WAS carried away.
The Portland daily press., 1896-03-04

HOODS PILLS cure Liver LIS,
Bilioaanesss Indigestion, Headache.
A pleasant laxative. ALI Druggists
The Portland daily press., 1896-03-04
A RlSEIN PAPERS.

They Are Worth e5 Cents Apiece in Ok
ford County.
South Paris, March 3.-The first train
over the Grand Trunk since Saturday
arrived from Gorham tonight. Therd
has boon no mail since Saturday. Daily
papers are SO ling for % cents copy.
The Portland daily press., 1896-03-04

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE. DAY.
Take laxastive Bromo Quinine Tablets
all druggist refund the money if it TAI
to cure. Zoo.
The Portland daily press., 1896-03-04
BRIDGES GONE BELOW SANFORD.

All the bridges on the Mousam below
Sanford village have been carried away,
except that at West Kennekunk The
town of Sanford must rebuild six b1idg-
es and pay one-half the expenses of re-
building three others which connect adj
joining towns.
They have been searching without sue
cess for the body of Charles Otis, the man
who was drowned at Springvale Sunday.
The searching parties were made up of
Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and G..
A. r. mon, to which organizations Otis
belonged. They are blowing the ice out
of the grist mill pond with dynamite in
hopes of finding Otis's body.
Six miles below Sanford are Whitoher' s
mills owned by B. G. Jordan. of Alfred.
The dam was broken down and 40, 600 feet
of logs went down the river. Mr.. Jordan
estimated his loss at $1,000.
RECEDlNG WATERS
And the Scene of Havoc and Destructi on
At Westbrook
The river at Westbrook is falling rapid
ly and is about to it's natural level so
The Portland daily press., 1896-03-04
At Machias.

Maohias, March ga As hours easter
ly rain storm flooded the streams and
logging operations are suspended. The
lcs has gone out of the Machias river.
GH In the Connecticut Valley.
Hartford, Conn.,, March 3.-The Con-
neoticut river is 10 feet above low water
and higher than the point made in the
spring freshet last April. 1t is about
stationary now. No further rise is an
at Springfield and Windsor Locks. The
channel is clear of Ice. The trestle work
east Of the New England railroad bridge
has been strengthened and trains are
running nearly on schedule time. The
water is falling below the city at Rocky
Hill and at Middleton danger is believed
to have passed.
The Portland daily press., 1896-03-04
IN A FIX.
Lewiston Looking to the Grand Trunk for
Temporary Help.

Lewiston Looking to the Grand Trunk for
Temporary Help.
Especial to the Press)
Lewiston, March ga request has been
made to the Grand Trunk management
to give rapid local service between
Lewiston and Auburn to CONNECT with
the street car service of each city.
A favorable reply is expected by tenor
rowland with the making of the arrange
ment one step will have been taken in
the direction of obtaining temporary
means Of local communication.
ANDROsCOGGIN PLUCK,
Already Planning at Lewiston to Rebuild
tho Bridges.
Lewiston, March 1.-TWO Thousand
people gathered at City Hall to discuss
the best means Of building the bridge al
once between Auburn and Lewiston.
There were 30 speakers. The genera
sentiments favored an iron bridge on
Main street and a wooden one on Broad
street, to take the place of those washed
away. The meeting passed vote in
structing the oity government to build
the wood bridge on Broad street at once.
Auburn was well represented and fav-
ored two steel bridges and a temporary
pontoon bridge.
The Portland daily press., 1896-03-04
OVER THE DAM.

How One Young Man Saved Another's
Life-The First Grab Tore Away the
Cape of the Coat-The Second Held the
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-28

In the early years of the repub-
lie, when the nation had free coin.
age of both gold and silver, gold
would not circulate as money when
1t was worth Q orb percent more
as bullion than it was as coin.
Later when the amount of gold
was reduced, so that silver was
worth little more as bullion than
it was as coin, silver went, out Of
circulation. Now the free silver.
tie says he thinks that if we
have free coinage Of gold and
silver, when the gold in adollar
is worth about 100 per cent more
than the silver in dollar, that
gold and silver will both circulate
as money. He has nothing in his.
tory to indicate that it is possible,
and all reason.is against it.. Free
silver means silver monometalis N,
and dollar of less purchasing
power. T. .s5- w
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-28
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURES SALE

4SOA4N0 VI ToNHNAo0ONH SkA1Ek.
Whereas, default has been made in the
conditions Of certain mortgage, made
and executed by William H. Selby,
widower, nortgag eor, to Emily H. Kinney,
TENDER, isss, and recorded in the Office 81
the register of deeds of the county Of
Morrison and state Of Minnesota, on the
ssh book seKss s
veying and n1ortgaging the following i Wing
described land and premises, situated in
thecohntyof Morrison and state of Min
The east one-ha1f of the southwest one
quarter and the west one-half of the south
ali Section SIX * and a Of
hundred thirty-two Q30, range twenty
nine Wt2g, in Morrison county, MINNESOTA:
power in said mortgage "a has e'b Become me-
hereof now SAID 20 ee
shs dsed taere mi the
hundredths S@S4j dollars, n and mo
action er proceedings at law have been in
edness or any part thereof.
NOV therefore, notice is, hereby given,
that ~ virtue OF the power of sale therein
in such case made and provided, the said
mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of said
apove described premises, by the sheriff
aa ct ea5 g Se Ga
front door Of the court house, in the city
OF Little Falls, county of Morrison, state
October, 1885, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon,
to satisfy the amount which will then be
due on said mortgage, the debt secured
fees and the costs and charges of forec1os-
ure as stipulated in said mortgage. - :,
q, 1896. s. EMILYaH. KfNNE,V1 e"s'
CEARENCE A. .YETTER &c CRAWFORD
<sHELDON, Attorneys for Mortgages. J.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-28

It is nearly twenty years since
the money question has attracted
great attention IN a national cam.
paign. Then the fight was against
the greenback imitation idea. For
several years. the. Populists have
been demanding the issue of more
paper money, and the free coin.
age Of silv er dollars at a coin value
Of much more than its bullion
value. But heretofore neither the
Democratic or Republican parties
endorsed any such wild financial
schemes, and comparatively few
voters gave the question much
Study. Nov 'thst Democrats and
Populists have combined: in a wild
financial proposition, the voters
are compelled to give attention to
the money question. Considering
the wonderful promises the Demo.
pops make, it is no wonder that
there is great desire on the part o.
all voters to become posted on
the money question. The position
Of the bllcans is rightin this
matter, and as information in.
creases among voters the strength
of Republicans will increase. +.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-28
SW.EIE,DEN.s, HISTORY.

IA WRITER in the Red Wing he.
publican, evidently very intelll-
gent Swedish. America, is strongly
opposed to the idea Of tree silver
,as advocated by the silver mine
owners and their efforts to debase
the money system Of the United
States. He says: 'History it is
claimed, always repeats itself. Let
me give a sample from Sweden 8.
.In,the beginning Of the lastc:ntury
"a ~smarty-and his name was
neither Bryan nor La Rosing it
was Baron Gortz, got it into his
head that to make money and put
aifictitious value on it,was an easy
matter, King Charles MDI., in his
war, being hard pressed for means,
was made to believe the same
thing. A. piece of copper about
.the>weight Of our cent was coined.
,On it's face was the inscription
"fOne dollar, silver money" For
asshort time everybody was flush
with money; but 1t did not last.
Gold and silver went cut Of. circu-
aation. What was in the'country
was. hidden away and finally by de.
cree of the powers in the land the
so.called silver dollar was by a
stroke of the pen put to its actual
value. A man who Supposed ne
had one dollar discovered he had
oue,hundredth part Of one. What
were the consequences Poverty
and famine throughout 'she land,
and domestic and foreign trade
stepped altogether. Beggars and
poverty stricken people wandered
around, no work, no money, moth
ing to eat. Hundreds of farms in
each province were left by their
owners and became wastes for
years. The author of this lnfa.
nous dollar was finally beheaded
in Stockholm by an outraged peo-
pie; and so ended that farce.
Honest policy has always been the
best. Let us have sounu money. -
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-28

.:,. A man named John Grasser, EN-.
ployed on the edger at he West side
mill on the night shift, was struck
by board yesterday and received
painful injuries. The board struck
him across the abdomen and so
violent was the blow, that he was
thrown ten or twelve feet. He was
unable to walk and was taken to the
Minnesota house, where he boards.
DR.. Roberts attended him, and does
not think his injuries are OF u serious
nature.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-28

Some free silverites make the
statement that the Republican
party is opposed to the use Of silver
as money, and that if the Republic.
cans win there will be no money
in the country but gold. Anyone
who knows the record of the Re
publican party, or its future in.
tsntions, know that is not so.
The Republican party believes in
using all the silver money that ia
needed in the business Of the coun-
try, and that can be kept as good
as gold. There is a limit to the
amount Of paper money (Which il
worth practically nothing itself
and silver money (Which is worth
only about 50 cents on the dollar)
which the government can issue
and keep as good as gold. Free
and unlimited coinage Of. silver
would make it impossible to keep
gold in circulation, because the
gold in dollar is worth nearly
twice as much as the silver in a
dollar. Under free coinage the
dollars in circulation would be
worth only about half what a dol.
lar is now, and. the sudden cutting
in two Of the measure of values
would cause a great business and
financial disturbance, and help. no
one. The Republican party wants
to keep the nations money good
as gold. The Demopops' plan
would drive gold out, and silver
would be the basis Of the. money
standard. te H., 49, T
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-28
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURES SAFE

Whereas, default has been made in the
and e1ecm+e OF "a, certain mortgage made
LaIlee, his wife, and E: W Iarle end i, nnnne
sa mSseg dasted the seRhi 81. MoTI
ter OF d DEEDS of the county OF Morrison ana
Ssan OF Hlnnesota, on the 18th day of Julv.
1nsW at It. g.. O'Clock a. M. in book 70" Of
mortgaging the following .des vsY , ana
Morrison and state Of Minnesota. toaWit: OF
oiock number forty-seven an, in MoEri;1i'a
aaG!ta iiu number two e., Of the civ az
a Littis Falls, according to the plat Of said
said county. - - = -. - anu 1or
debt Shi sec,,rs saTt{Gags together with the
Ry said Sophie ?. Morrill,, to William q.
SGhn dea by written assignment, dated the
o ofce eay Of April 1891 and recorder in the
county and state Of Minnesota, on The IS}h
day Of May, 1892 at O'clock D. M, in Book
AZ, q mortgages, on page 3s4.
the power in said mortgage became
operative; and there is now claimed to be
anG e. The fie date hereof in said mortgage
four-hundred eighty-nire and fI;rfv n,, %
hundredths dollars ($4S9 3O, and no sct;n1,
OF OF proceeding at law has been Instituted
any part thereof. ,,>'A-N VS. ~
NOV, therefore, notice is hereby river,
that by virtue Of the power Of sale therein
Sontta1ned, and pursuant to the statutes ia
s s,,ort case made and provided the said
a s! described premises BY the sheriff Of
SAY ti,a !9Ir1son county at public auction, to
f me naighest bidder for cash, at the north
ltont dooI Of the court house in the city
OF aittle Falls, Morrison county and state
q Ninnes0ta, on Saturday, the 10th dav Of
t DcsoInseI, 1875, at 10 O'clock in the forenoon.
60 satlsfy the amount which will then he
que on said mortgage and the debt Sc
c 4fed merely and the costs and charges
OF foreclosure as stipulated in said mort
Dated at Little Falls, Mimi, Aug. %. 1896.
To-: WILLIAM c. JOHNSON,
Assignee of Mortgages.
~ a. ASHLEY C.. MORRILL,.
Attorney for Assignee of Mortgagee.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-28

NJ. N. Young. ofSwan River, was in
Little Falls Wednesday. Heis a cnudi-
|datefor register of deeds. Among the
other candidates are T.. j. Gaudet,
Mark Murphy, ". Schallern and
Dana Brown. II we have omitted
any names that should be in the list,
we will cheerfully make corrections.
Mr.. Young did not say much about
what strength he had, but he would
evidently be pleased to lave the Re-
publican nomination. He is q loyal
Republican worker, and has always
been true to the party. 2. !.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-28
HONEST AND RELIABLE .I
Remedies That Are Always
Efficient.
Their Rfoprietors Know 1t and
Will, Prove It to the Public
in 4 Practical Manner.

The Kickapoo Indian Remedy com.
pany have the courage Of their con.
victions. They know that their
remedies will do all that they claim
they will. They want every one ellie
to know 1T, too, and In order to nc.
cOmplish this end they have adopted
a plan which will not only proves
advantage to them In the end, but
will alleviate no little amount Vi
suffering at ithis,time Of year when
humanity In general Is undergoing
more or less pain resulting from
rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica, lum.
bago, earachea, toOthaches and
kindred afBictions that always are
prevalent 4 .,s, #35s.
The kickapoo milan Medicine
company want to show the public
the wonderful efficacy of their rene.
dies, and are advertising to give
away free. q bottle Of their already
famous KaokapOo Indian Oil. This
will acconplish the most wonderful
results in the way of dispelling pain
Of every description when applied
externally. Although this is but ONE
Of the several patent medicines man.
ufactured by this company, YET
it IL undoubtedly used more for
minor Troubles than any Of THE
others. This is an opportunity
that no ooe should neglect. The
publishers Of the Transcript have
offered the use OF their Office for dis.
pensing this medicine, and it is the
intention of the agents of these rem.
edies to give away one bottle, tG
every one who will call between the
hours of a. M. and7 p. nj, Saturday
Aug. 20. In addition to the Indian
OH every one calling will get a pack.
age of the famous Klckapoo Indian
Worm Killer. which for it's purpose
is absolutely unequaled. All who
will avail themselves of this Oppor
tunity to give flair and unprecedented
test to these wonderful Indian Rem,
edies that have done SO much in tn.
past to make the red man famous
for their perfect health and longevity
will never regret it,. '+'- :S
Representatives. OF the KickapoC
Indian Medicine company will also
be ON hand and will gladly advise
any one concerning their other we'll.
known remedies. =~s =
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-28

Nels Anderson and family returned
yesterday from Cloquet, MIMI,
where MIR. Anderson has been EN-.
ployed this season In Johnson &
Wentworth's saw mill. The saw
mill shut down for the season last
Friday and Mr.. Anderson says that
all the other mills in that vicinity
will shut down on Sept. 1. The
mills can find no market for their
lumber. Mr.. Anderson has a farm
in the town Of Elm Dale and went
out to his home. ~
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-28

&C. ..
In about every speech Bryan
says he ''thinks'' that if the
United states adopts free silve,
coinage it will about double the
price of all the silyerin the world
compared with the,price Of gold
The people who own silver either
doubt his election or doubt his
claimed effects Of free silver. Sill.
yer is still selling at:abont6 6 cents
an ounce, while it will be worth
81 20 an ounce when the bullion
ratio reaches Is toll. No laws OF
this nation can ever bring oack
that ratio.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-28
81. DR.. Ames 'is;an independent
candidatesforg oyernor. He should
make fusion with the prohibi7l
tiOnists. -.
The PoDulists carried >out the
fusion deal with the Democrats
1On the state ticket and electoral
ticket.

A while ago e, "a. ,Towne an
nuo,unced that he would BE- re
elected by 1900 majority. Their
later his supporters claimed a ma
jority of from:6; Geo toN;0N. Thu
st. Cloud Times of Wednesda,
makes the prediction that Town'
will surely win bytfrom 5000 tt
5000 majority over Morris. Sool
their claims will not 'be more thar
from 1 to l6.