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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-06-24

In the annexation of Hawaii the United
States would become possessed of the Iarg-
est leper colony in the world. The most
hideous of diseases finds greater proper
tion of victims in those islands than any
where else on the globe, and the one on
which they are segregated has often been
described as the scene Of loathsome horrors.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-06-24
500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to in all its stages
and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the
ity. Catarrh being constitutional disease. re-
quires constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of the disease,
and giving the patient strength by building up
the constitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietorS have so much faith in its
Dollars for any ease that it fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address, F. j. CHENEY CO., Toledo, O
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-06-24

John l. Blair, the millionaire, of BIairs-
town, this State, is believed to be on his
death bed. On the I'D of next August he
will be 95 years of age. During life of
great activity he has amassed fortune of
S6o,oO0,O0O. His only appearancein public
life was as the Republican candidate for
Governor, when he spent $4,000 for the
honor, and losing, lost interest in politics.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-06-24
STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Another Day of Marked Strength in
Wall Street Dealings.
New York, June 2S-Today was another
day of marked strength in the market
for stocks. the dealings being large and
the buying demand keen, so that the
tendency of prices was strongly upward.
There were ups and downs during the
day. the latter on profit taking for the
most part. but the close of the days
trading found prices generally above last
nights close. Closing bids:
BALTIC. & Ohio... 10A Lehigh Valley. 277s
Chesa. G. Ohio. Is N. ]. Central. 1884
Del. & Hudson. .109A N. Y. Central 102A
D., L. & w.. .158 Pennsylvania . 533s
Erie............... 14s Reading ....... .*22k
Lake Erie & w. 1914 St. Paul. ........ S05s
tAll aSSts maid
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-06-24

Mr.. Wells. Democratic ex Union soldier
yacates the United States marshalship for
the district Of West Virginia, and Colonel
Thompson, Republican ex-eonfedeIate
soldier, takes his place.
The about-noted circumstance affords
Bro. Barber an opportunity to rend the
air with holy horror that Union sol
der should be supplanted By q rebel Bat
he won't, this is Republican rebel, pos
sibly one Of MOsby's gorrillas
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-06-24
psIas, g.sles, Itchipr PiIes.

Spurious Moisture; intense itching and
singing most at night; worse by scratching
If allowed to continue tumors form, which often
bleed and ulcefate, becoming very sore.
sWAYNr's 0IETMENT stops the itching and bleed
ing. heals liberation. and in most cases removes
the tl1mors. At Druggists, or by mail. for 80 cts
DR., SWayne Son, Philadelphia
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-06-24

The world is paying homage to Queen
Victoria this week, which marks the Goth
year of her reign as Queen of England.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-06-24

The farmer is putting forth claims for an
export bounty. He notices, while raising
almost everything in the country, that he
can't raise much money. [Phila. Times.
He is finding that the gold dollar that he
never gets his eyes on buys too large a
portion of his cultivated fields.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-06-24

There is a feeling abroad that food
of silver" wouldn't create panic just at
this iuncture.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-06-24

Added to the ills of tariff for trusts, the
Mckinley administration proposes to en-
graft colony of lepers on to the United
States.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-06-24

New Begonias, Gloxinias, New
Early Cosmos Dawn, japan Asters,
Tuberous Begonias, Asparagus
Sprengerii, Dwarf French Cannas
New Pink Water Lily DahIia( Wynn
phea). Pink, White and Blue Water
Lilies, and thousands of other plants
for present planting.
w. r. Carrie, Florist,
5soS7.6t Mantua, N. j.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-06-24
General Markets.

Philadelphia, June 23-Flour dull; win
ter superfine. 81. 75@2.s0: do. extras, $50
S25; Pennsylvania roller, clear, So. 1903 80:
do. straight, $S.90G4.10; western winter,
clear, So. 75QS.90; do. straight, $4,000 10;
city mills. extra, $3.1OG3.40. Rye flour
slow at 81. 25G240 per barrel, as to quail
ity. Wheat firm; contract wheat June.
T61zQ76zc.; do. July, 72@72Ac.; No. 2
Pennsylvania and No. 2 Delaware red,
spot, 79c.; No. 2 red, June, 751sc; do. July,
747sc. do. September, 69Sc. do Deem
Der, n1sc. Corn dull; steamer corn, spot,
271&Q2734c.; No. mixed, spot and June,
2SixQ2S%c.; No 2 yellow for local trade,
S115c. Oats quiet and steady; No. 2 white
clipped. CARROTS. 26@26l4c.; No. 2 white.
June and July. 25IaGl26c,; do. August and
September, 24l4G25c. Hay in light de-
mand; choice timothy, $3.50 for large
bales. Reef quiet; family, $9.50610; extra
mess, $7.500S; beef hams, $24025; packet,
sSGS; city extra India mess, $12a14. Lard
stronger; western steamed. $40. Pork
steady; family. $3.50. Butter quiet;
creamery. ud15c.; factory, 71zG10lzc.; Ell
gins, &c.; imitation creamery, 91z@1251sc
New York dairy, 10d1Ac.; do. creamery.
11QI5c. fancy prints jobbing at 16@19c
do. extra Pennsylvania, wholesale, l5c.
Cheese steady; New York large 81zdS5sc
do. small, 7lkQSc.; part skins. 4Q61ze.
full SKINS 21zQsc. Eggs quiet; New York
and Pennsylvania, 1114@12c.; western,
fresh. lO55611tc
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-06-24
East Liberty Live stock Market.

East Liberty, Pa, June 2S.--Cattle
steady: prime. s4s0Gs5: common, $500
$780, bulls, stays and COWS, s2Q3.50; COM
mon to good fat oxen, s203.T5. Hogs
steady; prime pigs. ss.5OQs.55: best York
ers and medium weights. sS45d3.50; heavy
hogs, ss.35@3.lo rougFis, s2-25@3. Sheep
dull; choice, Ss.S00390: common, $500
s.lo spring lambs. ss.5544,75; veal calves.
sk75Qs.25,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-06-24
MASTERS SALE.

By virtue of a degree of the Court of Chancery
of the State of New Jersey, bearing date the 9th
day of May, A. D. 1897, in a certain cause in par
tition, wherein Cooper B. Hatch is complainant
and Hugh Hatch and wife and others are de-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-06-24

Paterson, N. j., June 1S-The hunt
for John Peters, the alleged murderer
of Lee Schieffers, his boarder, came to
sudden end yesterday, when the body
of Peters was found hanging in a
small bedroom in his house. He had
evidently been dead from early Wed
neSdaV morning
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-04

As means of signaling the kite is
firmly believed, not onlyAby naval officers
but by those of the army, to be fraught
with great importance when the future
| is considered. 1t is. OF course, very much
easier to sac signal elevated to con-
siderable height than one which may
| hoat.at the top of mainmast or is
waved from tho summit of hill.
When to these facts are added this
latest development of the kite as a
| telephone wire carrier, the possibilities
of the future are evident. If these expert
monts are continued and result, as 1T
seems quite likely they will, it is more
than possible that before very many
weeks Admiral Bunce may sit in his
cozy quarters aboard the great cruisers
| New York and talk over fact maneuvers
with Captain Rohley E. Evans, sitting
| III his cabin aboard the battle ship lndi-
ana. as both lie anchored down in Hamp-
ton Roads.
| 1t might seem at first thought as If the
IDEAS this experiment has suggested,
| ideas which are already regarded as facts
by welIposted men, were wholly chimeri-
cal. Not at all. Not only are they en-
tirely practical in every way, but it Is
very likaly--so far as the British navy is
| concerned, a certainty-that kitefying
will hereafter be considered a part of the
naval officer s education. 1t will be just
as necessary for the Annapolis graduate
| to understand the science Of air currents
and their eff ect upon the kite as 1T will
be for him to know exactly what he
ought to do whom the call sounds through
the big cruiser, "All hands to action. y
The recent experiments with kites at
Governor Island in New York harbor
have conrlusively proved that it 10 posi-
BILE to send UP camera from inside the
| lines of one army-the camera being at
tachei to kite-and take an accurate
ton of the enemy thereby, and to learn
| In fairly, accurate fashion of their num-
! Der. On several occasions this year in
New York photographs have been taken
of parades in this fashion, and with the
very best possible reSults. 10 suggest
that this could be done fifteen months
ago would have provoked derison.
There is just as much reason for not re-
| garding the telephonio kitedying expert
| inent with creanlity as there would have
| been for decrying the other.
The results Of the English experiment,
even though they have just become
| known, have already created NO little
| talk in naval circles. In fact, it is more
than probable that the naval officers of
the United States will see what they can
do ia the matter. Secretary Herbert of
the navy department believes strongly in
being thoroughly mp to date. The Eng
lish experiments have already Teen called
to his attention, and he now has their
result under consideration.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-04
THE BRAIN VERDICT.

1t is probably true, as the Boston
Bran case was surprise to the majority
of people, the general expectation being
that there would be q disagreement If
not an acquittal, hut it by no means fol-
lows that the verdict it mistaken one
or that the people who critioiss it would
have come to different conclusion had
they sat upon the jury.
1t must be borne in mind that the
general public form their opinion as to
the guilt OF innocence of man on trial
without reading moro than g small
portion of the testimony, even when all
of it is accessible. In this cRse all the
testimony was published in few papers,
but it is safe to say that noisone man IN
ten thousand read it all. Most of them
read parts of it or imperfect summaries
of 1t, coiored frequently no doubt, by the
preconceived notions of the men who
made them, and even the very few who
had read all the testimony had not
seen the witnesses and heard them testi-
fly, two things of great importance in
judging of the cred ebility of evidence 1t
is not surprising therefore that men with
this imperfect knowledge should come to
q different conclusion from men who had
the perfeoI knowledge which would come
from hearing all the evidence and seeing
ali the witnesses.
There is another thing to be borne in
mind when judging of the correctness of
this verdict, and that is the reluctance of
juries to convict when ttei. verdict in
wolves punishment by death. 1t is an
exceedingly grave responsibility that is
placed upon jury In such case, and it
is safe to assume that the accused is
given the full benefit of every reasonable
doubt. When, therefore, n jury brings in
a verdict of guilty that involves the
taking CT the life Of the accused, we may
feel sure that they have acted against
their IL clination a fact itself that is strong
proof that the evidence Of guilt was to
| their minds very conclusive. We know
that mistakes are recorded, even in capital
cases. the judgments OF mon are not in
fGllible. but the nero fact that the public
which did net have the same enlightment
that the jury did. inclined to differant
view from that taken by the jury, is en-
titled to but little weight as tending to
| impeach the correctness of the jury IS
verdict.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-04
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-04

The session of the legislature opens
Wednesday. Organization will be &C.
complished without difficulty, for 1t is
conceded that the Hon. A. r. Day will
be elected President Of the Senate and
that Mr.. s. L. Larrabee Speaker of the
House, with no opposition. Gov. Powers
inaugural address will probably be de-
irered Wednesday. There is no intima-
ton as yet as to the contents, but it fs
generally believed that he will take
strong ground in favor of economy, and
the keeping down of state expenditures
60 the lowest possible point. The caucus
TO nominate state officers will probably
be held Tuesday night. The only contest
IN sight concerns the attorney general
ship, and the outlook now is that the
Hon. George NJ. Soldiers will be selected
for that office on the first or second
ballot.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-04


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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-04

"a cording to the Albany Journal
canvass MIR. Platt will be nominated fol
senator with plenty of votes to spare. II
cannot be said that this is a surprise.
Everybody familiar with the circum
stances has realized that Mr.. Choate'i
friends were engaged in u hopeless fight.
1t was begun too late to accomplish any
thing. After the Legislature is elected il
is nowadays far too late to begin sena-
torial canvass with any prospect of sue
cess.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-04

The latest yarn about Maceo was
manufactured evidently to explain how
the story got around that he. was dead.
According to this yarn he was apparently
dead for four days and five nights and
then came to life just in the nick of time
to escape burial. Awhile ago the place
where he was buried was described in the
dispatches. It will low be explained
that that was the place where he was to
have been buried had he not come to life.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-04

Congress gets to work again today. and
it is to be hoped it will confine its atten-
ton to matters directly affecting the
welfare of the American people. There
is rot the slightest probability that any
thing can be done for Cuba during the
life Of the present administration. even If
ii were desirable to do anything. and
therefore it will be simply wasting time
to discuss that matter.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-04
Canal National Bank .

TEIEE Annual meeting of the stockholders
Il of the Canal National Bank of Portland
for the election of seven Directors, and for
the transaction of any other business that
may legally come before them, will be held
at their banking house on Tuesday, the 18th
day Of January, 1897, at II o'clock a. m.
GEORGE G. PETERS, Cashier
December 12, 1896. dec12eodtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-04

NOTICED Is HEREBY GIVEN that the sub
" scriber has been duly appointed
and taken upon himself the trust OF Admnis-
ator of the estate Of
CHARLES w. GODFREY, late of Portland,
in the County of Cumberland, deceased, and
Having demands upon the estate of said de-
ceased are required to exhibit the same; and
all persons Indebted to said estate are called
upon to make payment TO ,onx 80,
Portland, Dec. 10. 1896 ,ao,,ou
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-04

The condition of the state treasury as
shown by the report OF the treasurer is
very satisfactory. During the past four
years the interest bearing debt has been
reduced over $500, 900. There is balance
On hand at the beginning of the year of
pver $500, 900. With care in making its
appropriations the legislature may avoid
the disagreeable necessity of increasing
the state tex.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-04
CUMBERLAND NATIONAL BANK.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Cumberland National Bank of Portland
will be held at their banking rooms on Tues
day the 18th day of January, 1897, at 10
O'Clock a. M, for the choice of directors for
the ensuing year and the transaction of any
other business that may legally come before
hem W. I'll, SOULE Cashier,
Portland Dec TO- 1896. dec10dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-04

of the first concerns of the legislature.
land there can be no question that it is
imperilled by the existence of tuber-
oulosis among the COWS from which our
milk supply is obtained.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-04

1t will be the duty of tho incoming
legislature to provide liberal appropria-
ton for the use of the cattle commission
ers. Recent developments seem to show
that there is still good depl Of bovine
tuberculosis in the state, and it hardly
admits of doubt that some of the milk
supply of the state comes from diseased
herds. By means of the tuberculosis test
it is possible to detect the disease even
in its early stages and there is no longer
any excuse for contaminated milk sup
ply. But tuberculin costs money, the
services of skilled veterinarians must be
paid and unless the owners of the slaugh-
tered animals are compensated in part
there will be a strong motive to conceal
the disease. Hence it is the states duty
to sec that an appropriation sufficient to
COVER theso necessary expenditures is
made, Tho puhjic hsaith ought to be one
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-04
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK.

IL the Merchants National Bank Portland.
Me-, for the election OF seven directors for the
ensuing year, and the transaction of any other
business that may legally be presented will be
held at their banking mouse on TUESDAY. the
18th day OF January, 1897 at 10 O'Clock a. m
c. .. BA NCROFT, Cashier
dec11 dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-04
THE PRESS.
MONDAY, JANUARY A.

The sooner the senatorial fight in
Pennsylvania is over the better it will be
for the Republican party. The contest is
altogether too bitter to be healthful.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-04
PORTLAND NATIONAL BANK.

Portland National bank of Portland for the
election of directors for the ensuing year
and the transaction of any other business
that may legally be presented will be held
at their banking house on Tuesday the 18th
day of january, 1887, at ii o'clock a. m.
CHARLES G. ALLEN, Cashier.
Portland, Decembsr 10, 1896. dec10dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-04
NOTICE OF LEGISLATION.

NOTICES hereby given that the United In
IN durated Fibre Company of New Jersey
will apply to the next Legislature for authority
10 transmit compressed air or electrical power
by proper underground oonduits or overhead
appliances, from its point of generation at its
water privilege at Great Falls, on the Presump-
scot river. in the county nf Cumberland, through
Gorham Westbrook and Deering. to and into
the Civ OF Portland, with the right to generate,
sell. distribute and supply such power in the
territory aforesaid, for manufacturing and other
lawful purposes. ,, 1,<>
of New Jersey.
By Jesse Peterson. President. dec25d2w
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-04

The measure of reform which Spain is
to give to Porto Rico. and which she
promises Cuba when the rebellion is sup
pressed, seems to give to the people of
those islands complete control of their
own domestic affairs, and if carried out
in spirit as well as letter, ought to prove
fairly satisfactory. But unfortunately
Spain's reputation for keeping its
promises is not very good, and unless
apme strong guarantees ara givln the
rebels are not likely to accept this latest
promise before they are compelled to.