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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-09
WANTS TAXES AsArED.
Windsor Man Says Intersection Of Railroad
Hurts His Properly.

There was an interesting hearing.
yesterday. at the court house, before
the county commissioners Of the case
or Horace Choate of Windsor. This
gentleman owns a farm which
ne says has been injured by
being divided in two by the
Wiscasset & Quebec Railroad.
The railroad goes through his prop
erty from one corner to the diagonally
opposite one. The farm is now as
sessed for $1,000, and Mr.. Choate has
experienced SO much inconvenience and
loss III various ways that he feels JUS
tined in asking for an abatement.
There We're present at the hearing.
j. ii. Barton, Francisco Colburn and
Frank Ashford. tax assessors of the
town of Windsor.
The decision of the commissioners
was reserved.
Sarah Furbush and w. b. Arnold
have grievance against the Maine
water 60. OF Waterville, in regard to
land taken by the latter by right OF
eminent domain. 1t is understood
that the former owners of the property
are not satisfied with the amount paid.
Mr.. Samuel Smith of Litchfeld one
of the commissioners has been in poor
health. the past fall, and has not been
a BILE To attend the meetings of tho com,
missioncrs. His many friends will be
glad to hear that he is improving. and
expects to be on hand when the last
regular monthly meeting of the year
is held, December Is.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-09

The December number of Godey's
Magazine contains most interesting
story, entitled by Any Other Name.
from the pen of Miss Gertrude Morton
Cannon, of this city. Miss Cannon has
done some very creditable work in
literary lines, and this, her latest
story, will not only rank with her best
work, but gives unmistakable evidence
of marked literary talent. Our readers
will be specially interested in this issue
of Godey's which at all times is one
of the best of the high grade periodical
publications of the country.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-09
Obituary.

The late jeremiah Kempton, VIII,
died, Monday night. of nephrts, at his
home on Hospital street, was born il
Pennington, April T. 1S49. He was
enlisted in the 10Th Maine Volunteers
and was q member of the G. A. II.
He was married. June 8. 1869, t.
Annie f. Wright of Augusta, who, witt
two sons and daughter survive him
The deceased was a man of ability
and his many friends will miss him
He was keenly appreciative of kind
ness and was of a warm. loyal dis
position.
The funeral will take place, this at
terncon at 80 o'clock at the residence
on Hospital street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-09

shire. &c In Vermont. 27S in Massachu-
sets. 31S in Rhode Island. and 154 In
Connecticut. In our State Andros-
coggin county has the largest number
of persons to the square mile. 100, and
Knox with 95. and Cumberland with
90, stand near 1t.
Although the number of persons per
square mile in parts of some of the
northern counties is far from low the
population per square mile in these
counties as a whole is meagre A
glance on the map will show how it
happens that in Piscataquis there are
only four, in Aroostook, only seven, and
in Somerset only eight persons to the
square mile.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-09
LEE AND DEATH.
Report Of Names People,
Their Ills and Woes.
More Males Are Born But Women
0utIive the Men.
The Causes Of Death and Divorces Various
Other Interesting Figures.

The Vital Statistics report by the
registrar. Dr. A. G. Young, for the
year 1894, is now in the bindery and
will shortly be ready for distribution.
The report includes statistics of
births, marriages, divorces and deaths
for that year, as received from the re-
turns from the town clerks. These
returns We're not made until June, 1895.
In explanation of what might seem a
surprising lateness. the report says:
While most of the town clerks make
their returns very promptly, a smaller
number have not done so, and from
some of them the returns have come
only after repeated notifications. The
extreme delay of very few clerks has
compelled me to put their cases into
the hands of the county attorneys.
After their receipt in this office, the
returns from every town are counted
and then they undergo successfully.
several critical examinations for the
purpose of determining whether each
return is properly signed by the town
clerk; whether each birth, marriage, or
death occurred within the calendar year
for which the returns are received:
whether each occurred within the city
or town whose clerk has sent them:
whether each blank is fully and cor
rectly filled, and whether there are in
dications of carelessness and the alb
sence of facts which might have been
obtained.
IF the count in this office does not
agree with that returned by the town
clerk, the discrepancy must be investi-
gated: if unsigned returns are found,
copies are made and sent to the clerks
for signature: if dates are other than
that of the year for which the returns
are made, doubt necessitates inquiries
of the local registrars; the careful ex-
of excluding duplicates from the tabu-
lation, particularly duplicates of mar
riages: if any of the more important
facts of record are wanting. or there
is doubt as to the real cause of death.
or uncertainty in other directions, the
town clerk or other person to whom the
matter is properly referable receives
an abstract of the record which he is
requested to fill out and return.
The first demand in reports on vital
statistics is the elimination, so far as
possible. of errors and DEFICIENCIES, and
the same assertion is emphatically true
of the central records which are to re-
main permanently in the State House.
more valuable with each years Access
sions to them.
THE foregoing is written in no
apologize spirit, but as a statement
due to those who think that 'timeli-
ness should be above all other consid-
erations in reports of all kinds.
I'm report of this kind, which is
prepared as a work which many
classes of persons will consult for vari
Gus purposes in the years to come, as
well as in the year of it's publication,
the nearest possible approach to truth
in every tabular or other statement is
the first desideratum; the earliest
practicable appearance of the work is
secondary one
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-09
Bucklen,s Arnic. s.,v..

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises. Sores. Ulcers. Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands. Chtlblains.
GCrns and al ,,s Skin Eruptions and pos
Is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price Is cents pei
box. For sale by Chas. Z. Partridge.
aug 1c.eoi&w. folrm.tf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-09

DR.. X. j. Martins Office hours will
hereafter be as follows: 1890 A. NJ. to
II NJ; to F. M; : to s p. NJ. Tele-
phone connection with house at 81
Western avenue. Office can he reached
by telephone AT John Coughln's drug
store
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-09

and I1,134 in 1891 which is equivalent
to a death-rate of 1856 for every 1000
Of population as returned by the CEN
sus of 1890 CS.37 in 1892 and 1884 in
1899 Based on the estimated popula-
ton for 1894, the death-rate would be
slightly lower, 1654
1t will be seen that the death-rate
OF Aroostook county was lower than
that of any other county, being only
1916, while the older counties, Kenne-
bee. Androscoggin. Cumberland, York
and Penobscot show death-rates of
1885, 1922. 1857, 1926 and 1910 re-
spectively.
The death-rate in the cities was 1866
(2046 in 1892 and 1899 in 1889 as COM
pared with that of the rest of the State
with the cities omitted. which death
rate was 1889 u7.46 in 1892 and 1854 in
1899
For the year 1894 the death-rate of
Maine was 1854; of New Hampshire,
1892; of Vermont. 1927; of Massachu-
sets, 1865 of Rhode Island, 1900; and
of Connecticut l6.S
The largest number of deaths oc-
CURED in January 1866; the smallest
number of deaths in any one month
was 761 in November During the
spring months 2164 deaths occurred;
during the summer, 2634; during the au-
tumn, 253S; in the winter, 3O66.
OF the 11,ol2 decedents, $50 were
males, 5422 females.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-09

often in the courts, regarding qucs-
lions of heritage, etc, in settling pen
sion claims, in questions of legal rights
of suffrage and in cases where it is
necessary to make Investigations.
When properly collected they are
of assistance in locating and controll-
ing diseases, and the discovering by &C
tual records of healthful localities, of
Importance in many ways, and in leg
islation. By an investigation of facts,
mistaken impressions are often rec
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-09

new table shows some deaths
caused as follows: 1928, brain disease;
1862 consumption: 1923, pneumonia: $40
heart disease, 697, old age; 474, cancer,
1863 infantile diarrhea; 342, kidney dis
ease; 2o9, bronchitis; 1919, diphtheria
and Group.
The death-rate from the zymotio
diseases is often used as an index OF
the healthfulness of states and towns
and cities, and of the efficiency of their
sanitary organizations. The lists OF
the zymotic diseases usually include
small pox, measles. scarlet fever, ty-
phoid fever. whooping cough, diphthe-
ria and Group. and the darrheal dis
eases.
The death-rate from these causes is
less in Maine than in any other New
England state.
The mean death-rate for 1892 to "a
from zymotic diseases is greatest in
Androscoggin; least in Lincoln: Of
cities. largest in Biddeford; least in
Belfast.
No death from small pox has re-
suited in Maine during 1892 to '94.
The total mortality from scarlet fe-
YER was 20 in 1894; from whooping
cough. 20: diphtheria II: cerebro-spi-
nal meningitis. a. typhoid fever, 277;
tuberculosis. 1449; pulmonary tuber-
culosis 1862: cancer. 47i; old age, 691
1854 men and SAG women.) Among the
decedents there were four centena-
rians.
There were 40S deaths from apo
plexy: 1923 from pneumonia. The
bronchitis death-rate of the State was
3.16; of the cities, 449 In the same
year the bronchitis death-rate was in
New Hampshire. 5lS: Vermont. LIS;
Massac husetts, 7.02: Rhode Island,
SIS; Connecticut, 541.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-09

In the year 1894, Hop deaths We're
registered in the State U2.147 in 1892
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-10-13
Marvellous Results.

From a letter written by Rev. j.
Gunderman, of Dimondale, Mich, we
are permitted to make this extract: 81
have no hesitation in recommending
DR.. Kings New Discovery, as the re-
suits were almost marvellous in the
case of my wife. While 1 was pastor
of the Baptist church at Rives Junction
she was brought down with pneumo-
MIA succeeding La Grippe. Terrible
paroxysms of coughing would last
hours, with little interruption and it
seemed as if she could not survive
them. A friend recommended DR..
Kings New Discovery; it was quick
ia its work and highly satisfactory in
results" Trial bottles free at VIM. S
Lioyd's Drug Store. Regular size 80
cents and $l.0O.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-10-13

Sales on our market for the week
Jus. closed amount to 2947 hhas. with
receipts for the same period 1923 hhds
Sales on our market since January l
amount to 1873, $50 hhds. Sales of the
crop of 1895 on our market to this date
mount to 1919 hhds.
prices.
The offerings of hurley tobacco this
week have been very poor in quality
The good to fine grades and the me.
dunn clean reds in good condition
have sold fully up to prices current
for some time past, but all other sorts
were irregular and easier until Friday
when the market was active and
prices somewhat better for these lat
ter grades. There has been few
hhds of new hurley sold this week the
quality of which has been poor and
prices low.
The following quotations fairly rep
resent our market Tor hurley tobacco
1895 crop.
Trash. Ozark or damaged tobacco)
$l.O0 to $3.50.
Common ,colory trash, $500 to $3.50
Medium to good colory trash, $3.50
to $500.
Common lugs, not colory, $500 to
$500.
Common colory Tugs, $500 to $500.
Medium to good colory Jugs, $500
TO $500.
Common to medium leaf $500 to
800.
Medium to good leaf, 800 to $12.
Good to fine leaf, $12 to SIS.
Select wrappery leaf, SIS to $500
The above quotations are not APP
plicable to green and frosted crops.
GLOVER Il DURRETT.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-10-13
TO Paint Frost Tinted Foliage.

To paint a group of leaves just
touched by the frost is not easy, bat
the variety of coloring in them is
beautiful, the reddish tints in them
being specially effective. For the lea
yes turned yellow at the edges, mix
yellow ochre with white. For the
pale green tints toward the center add
to pale lemon yellow some ivory black ;
glaze here and there with raw sienna
A gray green can be made with yell
low ochre, cobalt blue and white, add
raw lumber In the shadows. A rich
green can be made with light cadmi-
um and indigo. For brighter green
substitute Prussin blue for the indigo.
For the reddish tints crimson make
slightly modified with raw lumber is
good, while burnt sienna gives the
rich, bright brown tone into
which the crimson generally merges.
When the green's are too bright in
parts glaze them with ivory black.
When too gray glaze with raw or
burnt sienna, according to the tone
desired.-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-10-13
M'KlNLEY QUOTED.
Bryan Tells What He Said In q Speech
In 1891.

Bryan Tells What He Said in q Speech
In 1891.
Mr.. Bryan in recent speech, said:
"And in 1891, on the 18th day of Feb
ruary in Memorial hall, at Toledo, o.,
Mt the Lincoln day banquet, the pres
ent candidate for president upon the
republican ticket used the words
which ! shall now read to you. have
found these words published in a To-
ledo paper, and they have been pub
lished so long without correction that
we may safely assume that he was cor
rectly reported.
"These are the words which he is
said to have used: During all of
Grover Cleveland's years at the head
of the government he was dishonor-
ing one of our precious metals, one of
our great producers, discrediting sill
yer and enhancing the price of gold.
He endeavored even before his inaugu-
ration to office to stop the coinage Vi
silver dollars, and afterward, and to
the end of his administration. persist
emily used his power to that end. He
was determined to contract the circu-
lating medium and demonetize one Of
the coins of commerce, limit the vol
ume of money among the people, make
money scarce and Therefore dear. He
would have increased the value of every
thing else-money the master, every
thing else the servant
Following these same lines the re-
publican convention in 1892 declared at
Minneapolis that the American peo-
pie from tradition and interest were in
favor of bimetallism. That is the
language of 1S92-that the American
people from tradition and interest are
In favor of bimetallism. Have tradi-
tions changed in four years? Have in
terests changed in four years? No, my
friends. and yet, forgetting the plat
form of 1883, forgetting the denuncia-
tion uttered by their distinguished
leader in 1891, forgetting the platform
Of 1892, the republican party in con-
yention assembled declared that the
Z: Ap3syiSfI nsust tIprsgp the AZ!
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-10-13
Wonderful.

The long distance telephone conveys
to hundreds of men in distant cities
the enthusiastic shouts of VIM. }.
Bryan's friends in Chicago, on Friday.
The editors and employees of the
Louisville papers could hear the tramp
of men in the procession. The strains
Of "The Star Spangled Banner" were
distinctly heard cheering, wild and
tumnltuons, was heard as if near by.
fHurrah for Bryan! Three cheers
for the workingmsn's friend" etc and
the music of passing bands made Lou
i'ville people feel like they were in
Chicago.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-10-13
STARTLING
THE ADMISSION FROM A PREJU-
DICED ORGAN.
New York Herald's Table a Virtual
Admission of Bryan's Elec-
tion-Got Seven States
Wrong, However.

The New York Herald Of Sunday,
Oct. 4tb, published some figures on
on the probable Presidential result
that have filled the Mckinley support
ers with alarm. The Herald has
strongly opposed Bryan, and would
certainly not accord to him more than
the indications warranted. While the
figures indicate McKinley's election
by a narrow margin, the result is
reached By giving tn. Canton man
states that ne has little or no chance
of carving. Really, it is confession
that Bryan's election is not only
probable but, almost sure. In other
words, Mckinley, according to the
Herald, is gone if he loses Indiaiana
or Illinois, and even granting him lib
erai concessions, besides these two
states, he will have to win in Kentuc-
ky to have more than one majority.
To reach this result the Herald also
accords Mckinley the votes of Con-
nec,icut, Delaware, Iowa, Maryland,
Minnnsoto, New Jersey, New York,
and Wisconsin, either one of which
may give the Republicans an unpleas-
ant surprise and prove fatal to their
calculations. Those on the inside of
Bryan's campaign have no doubt OF
carrying California, Colorado, Idaho,
Kansas, Michigan, Montana, Nebras-
ks, Nevada, North Dakota, Utah,
Washington, West Virginia and Wy
oming, and the Herald's canvas shows
that these claims are we'll based.-The
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-10-13

Dr, Robert N. Barrett, Baptist pas
tor at Ashland, delivered an illustrat-
ed lecture at the Baptist church last
Friday evening, subject, Japan" DR..
Barrett is an authority Of no mean
reputation: Ills two principle works
are "The Child of the Ganges" and
'The Land of the Sunrise. :" When
ever a lecturer comes into our midst to
tell of foreign lands, their people, GUS
toms, etc., we should attend, for such
lectures are usually interesting and
instructive.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-10-13
Marvellous!

The results attained right here at
home have been marvellous. Hun
dreds of your neighbors who have
used Wright's Celery Capsules say so.
They cure Kidney, Liver and Stomach
trouble, rheumatism, Constipation
and Sick Headaches. Why pay 81
every two weeks for bottle of medi-
cine when you can get treatment at l
cent day. Wright's Celery Cap
sules give 100 days treatment for$l00
backed by a bank, to cure you or re-
fund your money. Sold by w. S.
Lloyd Druggist. 43-tf
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-10-13
A Firm stand for Silver.

The popular colored cartoon paper,
Up-to-Date, which has heretofore been
neutral politically, in its present issue
announces to the world it's purpose to
hereafter give its pages heartily to the
cause of Bryan and bimetallism. This
Endorsement of the silver party is Of
much Importance, since Up-to-Date is
high-class periodical, ably edited, and
has a circulation of over 100000, ex-
tending to all parts of the country.
Being conducted and edited by western
energy and brains it will no doubt
prove q worthy competitor of the east
ern goldbug cartoon papers, its present
circulation being greater than that OF
any other cartoon paper in the United
States. In the cause of American
financial independence and the election
of Bryan it will certainly prove a pow
er and q vote winner.
sc@lbEr4.lxS foo1r 1rtx ox,oa asnerf "A that
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-10-13

In the early hours of Friday morn
ing near Noblesville, Indiana, Albert
Bray, farmer, killed. his wife, two
children, Carl, aged 9, and Edna, aged
2 years, and himself. An axe and ra-
zor were used. 1t is said that finan-
cial troubles and sickness in his family
for some months had affected his
mind.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-10-13
Lost.

On last Saturday evening on the
pike between Camargo and Mt. Sterl-
ing, r.. S. Stokley, of Jellersonyille,
lost a pocket book containing $36
A liberal reward will be paid for it.
recovery.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-10-13

The Richmond, Nicholasville, Irvine
e. Beattyville railroad was not sold at
Versailles on Saturday. The q. S.
Court at Louisville granted an exten-
sion. The Reorganization Committee
hope soon to reach an agreement with
stockholders and bondholders.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-10-13
All Recommend II.

Ask your physician, your druggis
and your friends about Shiloh's Cure
for Consumption. They will recon-
mend it. For sale by Thos. Kennedy
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-10-13

/ have discharged Spencer Johnson
AS superintendent of my blacksmith
and repair shop. He is unauthorized
10 collect any Of the accounts and the
RssIIe aslllsd netto p . ! sny Z !. a.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-10-13
Deaths.

Miss Margaret Alexander, daughter
of George B. Alexander, of Bourbon,
died at Macon, Ga, of typhoid fever.
Funeral was held at Paris, on last Sat-
urday.
Edward Breen, who during a polit-
ical difficulty in Fleming county was
stabbed by Robert Mcdonald, died on
Thursday.
George Talbot, of Cynthiana, uncle
of Mrs. VIM. A. Durham, died on Sat-
urday, Oct. 10. Buried on Monday.
Mr.. and Mis-. Durham attended the
funeral.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-10-13

Remember J. B. Upton has a CONF
plete line Of Plain and Tinted Crepe
Tissue Paper.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1896-10-13
Foreigners the Gamers.

The European manufacturer and
tradesman gain that sum.
They cannot get food products and
raw materials for manufacture at half
price If they cannot get silver at half
price. They cannot compete with
American manufacturers in the mar
kets of the world unless they retain
that advantage. We are selling all
products that are in competition with
silver-using countries ON the silver
basis of India, and it fixes the price here
for all of such products.
We are taking European goods in ex-
change for our products on the gold
basis Of Europe. and that equally APP
plies to all prices here, except as modi-
fed by our tariff.
This policy cannot be long continued
without impoverishing American farm
ers and destroying the value of their
property. 1t will force them to the
same plane of living and expenditure
as the people with whom they must
compete.