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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-04

him any in the least if lightning should
very shortly get in its deadly work.
At an early hour, this morning, two
Randolph men made their appearance on
the river In boats, and all day long did1a
rushing business, rowing hundreds of
passengers from one shore to the other. A
well-regulated ferry will probably be
established as soon as the river assumes its
normal condition, in order to accommo-
date the people who wish to get across.
There were many peculiar scenes in
connection with the flood For instance,
a cotton bag with words, Buy your cloth
ing of o. Tyler & Son, inscribed thereon,
to which a postage stamp was affixed, was
found floating in the store of Gooden & Co
the morning of the great affair. This is
quite remarkable. considering the fact
that Tylers store is several doors down
the street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-04
ICE DAMNED IN BAY.
Big Jam at the Narrows Holds All
the Ice and Debris.
High Water a! Bath But as Yet No Serious
Damage Done.

Bath, March 3.-(Special) .-Bathites
have been watching the kcnnebcc all day
to see the ice and debris come down from
up the river but as yet 1t has failed to
come and it is reported that big ice jam
up near the Narrows is holding it back.
So far the freshet has done but little
damage here To be sure the streets along
the river front have been flooded and tbs
highest tides for years have prevailed but
no serious damage has been done.
Treasurer f. W. Hyde of the Bath Iror
Works says about $1,000 damage was done
to the plant.
Los to G. 2. Richardson 5 lumber mill
5000 to $1,000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-04

4 merchant lost q large amount of his
goods on account Of his inability to wake
up, and stay awake. When the general
alarm was sounded, his wife aroused the
man and told him to arise and see what
the matter was, she thinking at that
time that the whistle blew for fire The
man did his best but failed, and never
again came to his senses until it was too
late.
The pictures from which the cuts in
connection with this article were made
were taken by Photogra pher Reynolds,
Tuesday, when the flood was at its eight
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-04
HEAVY DAMAGE
TO the Somerset Railroad North Arson
Suffers ennebcc Highest for Years.

Notridgewock, March 3. IT SpeciaD.--
The damage to the Somerset Railroad i,
avery large one. A large trestle in Scion
and three culverts in Norridgewock were
washed away. Trains will be DELAYED
several days.
Damage at North Arson by the Cara.
bassett stream is very laig, The under
pinning of the Shank factory and the dam
are partly washed away.
Inc Ice IN the kennebec is gone as far
as Madison. The river is the highest for
years. NO mail has been received since
Saturday.
Sunday night, fears were entertained
ior the safety of both the railroad and
toll bridges.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-04
At wAIERvILLE.
Continued from page /. !

Howard loses several hundred dollars
worth of pine logs.
The Hollingsworth & Whitney pulp and
paper mills resumed operations, Tuesday
and the Lockwood mills will start today
The old Winslow bridge, over which so
much anxiety was felt for two days and
nights, is still on earth, and bids fair to
battle its blackened sides in the Sebasti-
cook waters yet many times again. En-
core
Watervillc has received no mail from
west Of Augusta since Saturday night.
The flood of 1896 surpasses history
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-04
STILL IN DARKNESS.
Skowhegan Without Lights, TeIe-
phone or Electric Car Service.
Much DAMAGE al Mhens-Part OF Leavitt' s
Mill Carried Away.

Skowhegan, March 2. - (SpeciaD. -
Skowhegans streets are again in dark
ness, tonight, the Electric Light Co. being
unable to get power and fearing to open
the gates because of the continued float
ing ice and logs. The sign Danger" is
still posted on the bridge over the south
channel. The wooden bridge at Malbon 5
Mills over the Wesserunsett was moved
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-04
All Free.

Those who have used Dr. Kings New
Discovery know its value, and those who
have not, have now the opportunity to try
10 free. Call on the advertised Druggist
ana get Trial Bottle. Ere. Send your
name and address to II f Bucklen &
70, Chicago, and get a sample box OF DR.
Kings New Life Pills Free, as well as a
copy of Guide to Health and Household
Instructor, Free All of which Is Guar
anteed to do you good and cost you moth
Ing. Chas X. Partridge's Drugstore.
Sept23dM W&F&wfolrm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-04
It's Soap,
- All Soap.

Welcome Soap is abso.
lutely free from excess OF
alkali, corrosive, and other
authorizations: that is why it
is superior to any other soap.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-04

Inc garment strike at Baltimore is still
on and the strikers are firm in their stand
Ine employ es ara in ec-pt of ,etters fro,n
New York cutters, asking for emnlov.
''isbt. IL local men Ito not 20 to work in
lew days, the board of trade will GU,
ploy the New Ycrkols. There are COCO
now on strike 80
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-04

Trims and mail reached here, this
evening, for the first time since Sunday
afternoon. The loss to the city and bust
ness men will run nearly to SIS 900. BY
tomorrow, the railroad will b, passable
east towards Waterville.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-04
When to Marry.

A correspondent of the New York Sun
writes: what are so many people coming
to The Sun for about the doubts and fears
OF matrimony? 1t is simple thing. this
deciding whether to marry or not, and is
all contained in this one bit of advice:
Whenever you are more miserable without
the person you love than you could posi-
bly, be with that person, marry
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-04

"A beam Of light shoots through space
with the prodigious velocity of 1856 900
miles second, occupying eight minutes
IN making its trip from the sun to the
earth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-04

Mrs. Nellie Baker, who shot her br1s-
band at Lskeport, N. H., Monday even
ing, furnished $1,000 for a hearing
March 4.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-04

Are You n sufferer from that terrible
plague Itching Piles? Doan's Ointment
will bring you instant relief and perma-
nent cure. Get it from your dealer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-04

Minnesota employs 1899 factory hands,
with an annual output of $192, O33, 47S
worth of goods.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-04
Governor GreenhaIse in Critical State.

Lowell, Mass, March 4.-Governor
oreenhalge is in very critical stute and
his death is hourly expected
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-04
Emma
EameS'
PARTING LETTER
FEEL that | owe
to the Genuine
JOHANN H0FF'S
MALT EXTRACT,in
a great measure, the
fact that, at the end
~, n, Ll

am in better voice and general health thar
at the beginning. | have constantly used the
Johann Hof's Malt Extract with my meal.
and kindly ask you to send ONE case, IN care
Of the Steamer City Of Neso YORK, on Tues.
day, as leave on Wednesday, and would
not like to be without it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-04
OVER 10000 NEW ENG
LAND PIANOS MADE AND

OVER 10000 NEW ENG
LAND PIANOS MADE AND
SOlDlN 10 YEARS, NEVER
BEFORE EQUALLED, ARE
YOU AMONG THE NUM-
Der? LARGEST WARE
ROOMS IN THE WORLD.
LARGEST ASSORTMENT.
CIR --LATEST VARIETY.
COME LOOkl EASY PAY
MENTS. TO RENT BY
THE DAY, WEEK, MONTH
OR YEAR.
200 fremont ST., Boston.
NEW ENGLAND PIANO co.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-02-29
Salvation Army Troubles.

The trouble in the Salvation Army
ranks Is not yet entirely settled. 1t
appears from all reports that the basis
of the unpleasantness can be located in
Gen. Booths own household. 1t would
also appear that Gen Booth fears that
the organization is becoming to Ameri-
cInized, and is pulling away from the
parent apron string. Perhaps this is
true, but as long as Mr.. and Mrs
Darlington Booth have so wonderfully
succeeded in their work, and have al
WAYS recognized their Superior Com
mander, and in all things conducted
the army according to the rules made
by him, why bring about this disturb
ance? Why, if the time has come,
as it evidently has, for the Salvation
Army Of the United States to become
Americanized, did not Gen. Booth
recognize the fact and bid it God speed?
No one should have a patent on the
methods used in such work as these
good people were engaged in.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-02-29
DcnouncinS Frauds.

Many Southern as we'll as Northern
papers are denouncing the fraudulent
schemes of land owners who are using
every means to induce northerners
to invest in Southern property, claim
| ing that fortunes can be made in a few
months from the soil. We quote the
! following from Dixie" Southern
periodical devoted to Southern enter
! prises, which considers it its duty to
send up warning cry. The immediate
cause of the article is the suffering col
Ony of old soldiers of the Union located
on waste lands in Southern Georgia.
YES, indeed, the question may well
be asked, What are these people 60
/ ing TO dC". Think of it-5,OOO people
practically without money, set down in
a barren wilderness, All are in a des-
perate condition. but hat is to become
of the thousands that are peunless?
The pensioners cannot support them,
and admitting the fertility of the soil,
which is admitting a very doubtful
point, years must elapse before the
only possible means of sustenance-
agriculture-may be put in successful
operation.
Discussing the matter a few months
ago, friend of the enterprise said:
The scheme has been complete sue
cess in the one essential feature that
concerns Southern people; the land has
been sold and the money paid down"
Is 1t true that this is the only phase Of
the matter that we are interested in?
Does ii not concern lis to know that,
aside from the question Of humanity,
there has been located among us
great colony of people that must, of
state? That these homeless and penni-
less people will learn to hate the South
ern people and Southern institutions?
That so many Of them as can will return
to their homes and become living adver-
tisements against the South"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-02-29
LEGAL.
Voluntary Assignment.
lglas County. Circuit Court.

STA r or W LIST pNSiNt
Douglas County. Circuit Court.
In the matter of the voluntary assignment Of
Harvey Greene, Albert MOores and James
Lyons. partners as Greene, MOores 4 Lyons, 10
Isaac ltOsS, Assignee
! On this 18th day of January, A. u. 1896 upon
/ the fling Of the application for discharge from
/ his debts of the HbOve-named Harvey Greene
praying that lie may be discharged from his
debts IN pursuance of the provisions Of said
Crownhart, owen 4 Foley, attorneys for said in,
! solvent debtor
/ 1t is Hereby Ordered. ~ That all the
creditors of the said Harvey Greene show cause.
II any they have, before the Judge of the circuit
court OF Douglas county, AT my Cnambels, to. Wit
At the court house in the city OF superior in the
| county OF Douglas. aud state of Wisconsin, on
! the 18th day of March. a. ID. 1896. at 10 O'Clock
| in the forenoon of that day. thereafter
| rs the matter can be heard why such insolveut
! debtor should not be discharged from his debts
under said Chapter 80 Of tie Laws of 1859, and
! why such other aud further order should not be
made as shall be just and equitable i'll the prem
! ise>: and
! % That copy of this order be published
once IN each week for six successive weeks
/ prior to the day of hearing in the Superior
/ Times, which l. a newspaper published mt Supc-
/ Eior, in the county of Douglas i'll the State of
Wisconsin, which is the same county in which
/ the application i made
! 90 That copy of such application and of
! this order within five days from the date of this
order. be deposited i'll the pOstOtfce post paid,
directed to each of the creditors of such insoly-
| ent debtor whose address is known to such in
/ solvent debtor.
This order is made under the Voluntary
/ Assignment above mentioned which is iii
| the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court for
said Douglas County OH the 27th day Of August,
1 1898 which clerks name and pOSofice address
| are q. W. i thompson. superior. Douglas County.
/ Wisconsin, the name and address of the as
slgnee therein are Isaac Ross, superior, Douglas
! County Wisconsin and said application for dis
charge was filled on the 2Sth day of January.
ls96 in the Office of the clerk of the Circuit court
! aforesaid.
Dated at Superior. Wisconsin, this 18th day OF
January, A, d. 1896.
By the Court
\. !. VINE, Judge,
/ CROwNHAET, OWEN & FOLEY,
Attorneys for ASSignor finn
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-02-29
Papers. One Price s2-sENTISEL
An OxerMOrkcd W, ID.

inquired of the head mistress of a
girls school why she 50 frequently
made use Of the adjective mi -" She
replied: Because it is such a useful
II id f-;ll-w DIRK adjective. and saves
one the trouble of thinking" Then
You teach your girls to be ina accurately
Il don't think ii is being inaccurate.
q - >>-@,-si IN most cE-praSS ~ NV
meaning better than any other" A
relative Of mine rcproved one Of her
nicces for her liberal us. Of 'awfully
jolly" The young lady replied: 20
aunt. do not deprive me Of that awfully
Jolly expression. If | were deprived
of II | should not know what to say"
The frequent use of the e1pletive
you know" was justified to me on
the ground that it keeps the listeners
attention awake.
The fashionable novel presses into its
service these flowers Of speech. IN
Mr. Norris Countess Radna" n young
gentleman thus addressed young
lady: I'm so awfully sorry that you
are going to desert us" I'm awfully
sorry to have To GO" replied the girl,
comEoscdly, and my parents will be
awfully sorry to see mc.'-Notes and
Queries
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-02-29

The Cattlcmen of Montana have had
4 very successful year. While the flock
owners and the grain raisers are more
prosperous. perhaps. than last year.
the grower Of beef cattle is much better
off than he was twelve months ago.
The stock raising business of the
state has been undergoing changes of
revolutionary nature. The great ranges
are being cut into by the progress
sivc farmer, and there has consequent
~ D,Sr, q tenIeIss;- 20 los.ron -
size Of herds. There are not so many
so-called cattle kings" in Montana as
there once were The business is be
coming year by year more general.
While there are as many cattle on the
range. there are more owners 10 look
after them.
AS this tendency to distribute the
business to many people instead Of =
few increases, the cattle business Will
grow in Importance. The man who
owns 10000 range animals will nOt.can
not give them as good care as the
small owner gives to his herd of 600.
Upon the attention they receive de-
ponds the condition of cattle to a large
extent. ON the condition of the stock
depends Their price in the arkct and
the success of the bCsirCSS.
While tie prices rrcciNtd this year
by the cattlemen We're not altogether
satisfactory, they were very much
higher than last year. A careful est'-
mate Of the amount brought into the
state this year from the sale Of cat
tie aIonc places it in the nei%hhorhood
of S9.Oeo.OH. This enormous amount
IS distributed to more people than the
total of any previous year. The ship
mentS were not much heavier than
last year but the condition Of the stock
insured better prices.
Not a few Montana cattle were bought
for export This class is the best and
demands the highest prevailing prices.
In 1893 the stock was in poor cOndi-
ton. but ewing to the necessities of
the stockmcn. caused by the hard
times. they were shipped east and
sold at most any pcicc.-HeleDa Re
publican.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-02-29
Large Meeting to be Held in Mil.
waukee Beginning March II.

The authors convention 10 be helu
under the auspices Of the Milwaukee
Ethical society in the city of Milwaukee
beginning Tuesday, Marcel 10, will, from
present indications, be largely attended
Several hundred stories and poems
have already been received, and many
of them are of high literature merit
The two mOtiyes-a desire to promote
authorship in the state and the wish to
secure the prizes offered have contrib
uted to this result. Cash prizes to the
amount Of $40 are offered for the best
short stories. poems and essays. Con
tributions will be received from dele
gates TO the convention under condi-
tons which will be furnished upon
application to John +. Powell, 4l9 Eff
teenth street Milwaukee. Separate
prizes are offered to writer's who have
received pay and to those who are
practically without experience.
Wisconsin has produced many writer's
who have gained worldwide renown.
and the coming convention is destined
it is believed, to bring into prominence
others no less deserving. 1t is expect
ed that one result of the coming con-
vention will be the foundation of a
National Association of Authors.
The Milwaukee Ethical society has
planned a number of excursions and
entertainments which will make the
visit Of the delegates pleasant one.
WANTED ;-Scverll trustworthy gentle
W men or ladies to travel in Wisconsin for
Established. reliable house Salary $50 and
expenses. Steady position. Enc iOScd refer
encc and self addressed stamped envelopes.
She Dominion Company, Third Floor Omaha
Bldg, Chicago Ill,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-02-29
Voluntary Assignment
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Douglas County iCirCuit Court

" I~fIlNNINI
Douglas County jCirCuit Court
In tho ,natter of tho yo1,,ntor,. ,s;,,. :
UaTvay rome ,1h.rt 49, - IN I ~, y"
Lyons. partners as Greene, Moores 4 LYONS 10
~, tbis ps,b ,yo,. "a I,,,,,os. n ,ooc
.. tIirt, ~ ~, .'y ~ =, - $50 upon
his drbIs Of the nIoZe named ATtn+t l I'm
-a,.i'J f,st h ] na,lJu Algetf Mo"res
debts i'm nnrsmarc.. ~ no 80 80 non ~
CboTfar 81 ",rs of ESQ p,4'IHl"'S ~ S"I4
, -lai',Tl ~ LAWS ~ 90, anu on mut"h OF
;nsIx ,ili,t Even foie! attorneys for SAID
- - w 81 Nto'"i. 49, m
- = r ttA, DIeIeu, ~ IHat All the credlt
beTt Nonres sbo,, co,,s a dS4ms ana Al
F .iooIes Sno" tause' Il any they nave, before
~ M. Soh eas '2'lt Oh Doug!as county
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-02-29
SomcyyiI1 Nfstuk en-.

Young Man Sir, l have come to in
form you that l intend TO sue for the
hand
Railroad MaGnatc-But how do |
know sir, that you can make my
daughter happy:
Young Man-YCur daughter? Who
said anything about your daughter:
repeat. | have come to inform YOU that
| intend to sue for the hand | lost in
your last railroad accident. l want
$50 600. sir.
Magnate Hfter n p ausel-As COM
promise would You accept the dauSh.
ter?
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-02-29
What Can BE Done?

From statements made in various
authentic articles upon affairs in Cuba,
it looks very much as though the
tnited States was IN for war with Spain.
Congress, beslegeG by petitions and
members asking them to act in behalf
of the Cubans, is considering the con-
sequences. 1t is not likely that Spain
would take up the war cry fthe United
States did declare in favor of humane
treatment, and for the independence of
the CuDans. Spain has got to relIn-
quish her hold of the island, soon, and
she might just as well do so gracefully
as to be forced to it. Under the rule
of the new General the most hor-
rible outrages have been perpctrated.
No person, man, woman or child, can
maintain = neutral position. If sus-
pected OF sympathy with the Cuban
cause they are taken to prison or at
once put to death. How is it we read
and talk of this matter as if it was of
little Importance? 1t seems to be so
far away from us, and yet it is only a
little way. If similar acts were perpe-
trated IN any immediate locality a mob
would be formed, and some action
would be taken at once to see that the
perpetrators were properly punished.
and in desperate cases they do not al
ways wait for the law to take its course
Are We not going to put ourselves on
record rs in sympathy with the op-
pressed?
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-02-29

I've worn for the dear public's sake
For long, official fetter;
I've worked and toiled DER many scheme.
Pride cannot overratc them;
And fearing they be lost TO view,
Ill briefly tabulate them.
I've always voted to restrain
The lawIess in right fashion;
I've not got mad at wickedness
And shown fanatic PASSION
But rather shrewdly have devised
Wise p ans 10 cope with evil,
And so. without much falling out,
Have handicapped the devil
We always put tax on sin,
As large "a was consistent;
One that at least we could collect
BY effort most persistent;
I've always made dive disgraced,
And every voter knows it,
BY having officers pretend
At twelve 7. NJ to close it.
I've always held TO this belief
Crime must be kept we'll under;
To let its doors stand always stretched
Is an egregious blunder;
And so I've always firmly held,
Despite of captious scOrning,
That License should be muzzled tight,
TwiXt midnight and the morning
I've always held that in one block
Two whiskey shops were ampe;
And that. upon this fair allot,
No license law should trample
And if the social evil dens
should on some street align them
My plan to squelch was once Il month,
Enumerate and fine them.
Nor dill We fix the fines so large
That the did much annoy them;
Our object being 10 restrain.
Not recklessly destroy them;
By doing this both sides succeed;
Success both sides are winning;
The city pockets pay for sin,
The sinners pay for SHINING.
I've always kept a sharp lookout
Concerning such finances;
city that. these times. succeeds.
Must have no silly fancies;
No puritanic zeal must come
Within its walls for marplot;
Good sense must license everything,
From gambling den to harlot.
OF course. zeal for great reforms
Must still be we'll pretended;
I've always, with my mouth at least,
The virtues blcst defended;
Municipal religion means
To close saloons on Sunday,
Provided, that with proper screens,
They open up on Monday.
I've also held that a saloon
Shall keep but one door swinging:
Too many routes to hell no doubt
Are endless troubles bringing;
All Ladies Entrances, by law,
We shut with wise acumen;
For it is reason men may do,
What brutalizes woman.
A gambling hell. "A den. a dive,
No matter which why sickle?
We can't expect to boom and thrive
BY using too much sickle;
OF course. at heart. We are opposed
To all such things and threat them,
With ordinances that we pass.
Then, business like forget them.
OF course, I've also had to be
In conduct half way pious;
Since | confess for keeping sweet
Such awful dangers try us;
our week day walks make plugs our
friends,
Though strokes OF conscience fay some;
And so on Sabbaths. for amends,
We go to church and pray some.
Thus have spent a life of toll
To build prosperous city;
An unpaid toiler. but alas !
DishonOred mOres the pity;
For though I've laid a fortune w.
My grief what can console it?
l cannot make a single soul
Believe but what | stole it.
II. W. HOLLEY
vERETT, Wash. Feb. 20, 1896