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The Republican journal., 1897-04-01

Beav aud Main g of which a repre-
In 1891, needing more room, the adjoining
state on N street was bought and the
tank build. xtended in conformity with
Vne original architecture. The addition fur.
nished room for the directors and the store
Gcuped by HI. j, Locke q Son, jewellers,
with offices in the second story occupied by
pr. j. NJ Fletcher.
The i k is now in its 61st year and has
lever had break since its Incorporation in
1885, having successfully weathered the
many and severe trarcial storms during
that period. 1t has ever manifested liberal
and accommodating spirit in extending aid
to deserving home enterprises, while at the
same time exercising an Intelligent and
prudent conservatism. 1t has thus been a
prime factor in promoting the prosperity of
the place, and ranks to-day among the lead
ing financial institutions of the State Since
moving to its present location the deposits
have more than doubled and the amount of
business increased at least three fold. Up To
fifteen years ago all the work of the bank
was done by the cashier; now three men are
employed. The daily average remittance. 's
So 900 in checks and collectors. The direc-
tors are John G. Brooks, William B. Swan,
A. A. Howes, Charles B. Hazeltine L. W.
Pitcher.
Last fall the managers of the bank decid-
ed upon extensive improvements, including
a vault of the latest design and general
renovation and remodeling of the banking
room. The contractor for the vault work
was j. NJ. Mossman, ~ Maiden Lane, New
York, and the construction was by the York
Safe & Lock Co. of York, Pa. Mr.. Mossman
was represented here by Mr.. j. P. Sipp, an
expert in lock and bank vault work, and
OF its own expert mechanics consisting
of W. S. Zinn, j. S. Salter, Frank Small
and Herman Dahnke. The parts of the
vault We're shipped here by rail and had to
be hauled up Main street to the bank on
rollers; aud then skilifui handling re-
qured to get them into the banking room
and in place. The old vault was first re-
moved and the ceiling shored up to sustain
the weight of the vault in the insurance Of
nee OF Field q West overhead. The pre-
liminary work having been successfully
carried out the work of construction was
begun. The following details were obtain
ed from Mr.. Sipp:
The vestibule weighs 16 tons, the outer
door 10 tons, the bolt work and frame $500
pounds, and one of the hinges alone weighs
1850 pounds. The weight of the complete
structure is between 45 and 80 tons. So
perfectly adjusted is the massive vestibule
door that it may be moved almost with the
touch of finger. The pintle of the hinge is
ball bearing and surrounded by rollers, and
by device of Mr.. Sipp the balls when
worn may be replaced without disturbing
the door or interfering with business. The
vault is protected by Burton Harris auto
The Republican journal., 1897-04-01
Concerning Local Industries.

The Belfast Machine & Foundry Co. has
added a department of bicycle repairing to
it's works.
N. S. Lord & Sons have received the order
for the sails, fittings, etc, for a yacht Ca pit
F. W. Phillips of Brooklin is building.
cry for making some parts of his patent
roller-bushing so that he can finish the work
much more rapidly than heretofore.
Mathews Bros. have just received one OF
the largest orders of the season. 1t is from
Boston parties, for large, finely finished
veneered doors. The firm reports the out
look for the season as very promising.
The Republican journal., 1897-04-01
A Quiet Reform in WaterviIle.

The city OF Waterville has in recent years,
and until March 22nd, been afflicted
about as her sister cities in Maine have been
with rum selling" Its large foreign popu-
lation made it fruitful field for this traffic.
All is changed now. All known "rum
shops" have discontinued their business.
How did it come about? Public sentiment
demanded it, and the keepers acquiesced
without waiting for force of law to be ap-
piled.
There has been Civic League in Water
vile for more than two years. By its judi
cious and persistent work, aided by those
other factors usual in a community for Great
ing and fostering moral sentiments, it has
quietly but surely built up and unified pub
lie sentiment on this subject
A Democratic Mayor has recently been
elected there by Republican votes, the bal
ance of the ticket having large Republican
majority. Mayor Redington in his inaugural
said, though he did not believe in the Pro-
hibitory laws, he had been elected to enforce
all such laws as the majority of the people
wished enforced, speaking with special re-
ference to laws against the sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors. On this announcement the
good people Of Waterville drew up and circu-
lated petitions addressed to the Municipal
officers, asking that the laws be enforced.
The petitions were signed by / 227 residents,
including nearly every business man in
Waterville.
A mass meeting was held in the largest
hall in the city, Sunday evening, March 81,
and although it was stormy evening, more
than 200 people crowded the hall, occupy
ing all available standing room as we'll as
the seats, and hundreds had to go away for
want of room. The meeting was presided
over by Hon. S. S. Brown, who made forc-
BILE speech in favor Of Good Citizenship.
The meeting was addressed by other citi-
zens on the same topic. In the course of
the evening DR.. Pepper, advancing towards
Mayor Redington, asked him to take hold of
one end of the paper which he presented, Gt
was the petitions made into one) and step
ping back along the platform he said he
would show him and his associates in office.
that it was the desire of the people to have
the laws against the sale of Intoxicating
liquors enforced. Talking all the time in a
happy vein, he slowly unrolled the doub
columned petition till it reached the length
of the large stage There was an olltburst
of applause from the vast audience and the
Mayor responded in neat and telling
speech, renewing his promise.
The day before the mass meeting word
was sent to all places where it was known,
or supposed, that Intoxicating liquors were
sold, that they must be closed by the follow
ing Saturday night As the marshals visited
ed the French settlement on the "Plalns7
expecting to receive a surly reception, not
only from the sellers and CASTERS" but from
the wives of the laborers, they were surpris-
ed to ind the women out welcoming them
and shouting for Joy.
During the week following the places We're
gradually closed by their owners without
any force, and at the end of the week no
place existed where it was possible for the
uninitated to get even smile" ii the City
of Waterville.
The Republican journal., 1897-04-01
w. c. T. U. Anniversary

The twenty third anniversary of Belfast
W. G. T. U. was observed by appropriate
exercises at their parlors ON Main street
Tuesday evening, March Both. The annual
business meeting was largely attended
Six new members were voted in and the an
nual report of the secretary showed a very
encouraging condition of affairs. Forty-two
meetings We're held with an average attend
ance Of IA. Letters were received from the
State President, Mrs L. NJ n. Stevens, and
Mrs. Edwin Frost, now of Midd letown, Ct
An excellent supper was served, after
which the evening was very pleasantly
spent short program was presented, in
Guiding recitations by Masters Charlie Dec
row, Grover Dunton, Earl and Roy Talbot,
Misses Fannie Holmes of Winterport and
Milly Beverage of Belfast, aud songs by
Charlie Decrow, Milly Gray, Daisy How
ard and Ethel Savery. Remarks were made
by various members and visitors.
Mrs. William Arnold is spending few
weeks in Camden with her parents, Mr., and
Mrs. P. p. Freeman.
The Republican journal., 1897-04-01
Death of "Oliver Optic"

William L. Adams, the we'll known writer,
who under the pen name of "Oliver Optic"
has entertained boy readers for generation,
died at his home in Dorchester, Mass, March
9th, aged 75 years. His death had been ex-
pected for the proceeding two weeks. He
suffered d complication of kidney and heart
troubles. One daughter, the wife of Sol
Smith Russell, the actor, survives Mr..
Adams. His books number over 100 vol
The Republican journal., 1897-04-01
Payson fuckers Beautiful Gift.

PORTLAND, Me-, March 26. The employees
of the Maine Central Railroad have purchas-
ed and to-day presented to Ex- Manager Pay
son Tucker, as token Of their love and es-
TEEN, magnificent French bronze statue
and beautiful silver loving cup The fund
with which these gifts were purchased was
raised by voluntary subscription, to which
every employe contributed.
The Republican journal., 1897-04-01

OF the debate in the Senate on the Soldiers.
Home at Newport the Augusta correspond
ent of the Portland Evening Express says:
In this deliberaton Senator Billings of
Waldo cut "the largest and cleanest crop of
ice" in support of the Home. Senator Bill
lings is a septuagenarian, but young for all
that. There isn't man in the Senate that
can make more vigorous and telling speech
and his argument is always along his own
peculiar but we'll defined lines.
The Republican journal., 1897-04-01

PROSPECT VILLAGE. Mr.. and Mrs. Cbas.
H. Littletield We're called to Morrill, last
week to attend the funeral of Mrs. l.. s faith
B. Littleteld and Mr.. and Mrs. c. HI. Little
field were called to Brooks recently to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Joseph r. Little
field. Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Partridge are
rejoicing. 1t is daughter, little Sadie Dell.
.... Mr.. S. M. Knowlton is very poorly.
S. B. |. Society meets this, Thursday, after
noon and evening with Mss Susan Lindsay,
Mr.. VIM. Clark and Mrs. Fora Ridley
were joined in holy matrimony March 23d.
80. Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua G. Littlehed of
Waldo were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G. II.
Littefeld March oath. Mrs. Clara Little
field is in Searsport visiting friends.
The Republican journal., 1897-04-01

Mrs S. G. Norton went to Palermo last
week to visit relatives.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-10-02
BAGGING AND TIES.

Baggl ng-2 ID, 1-2c; ga 10, Sic
Twine-For bailing purposes quoted al
1oc per lb by the bale.
Iron Ties-S1 CO.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-10-02

Hold, Brother Hicks, r. ]. Chauvin is
not with the Algiers Herald, but with
the Algiers Daily Observation-Disclosures
Chronicle.
Well who said you We're and weren't
Guess Hicks knows 1t, and the man who
says he said 1t will eat dead pig. DID
we put you on the Herald, Brother
Chauvin? Well, we must have had
'em sure enough.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-10-02
- n LIS 81
beer SKINS, per pound ... /
IRON AND HARDWARE.
50a1 so
14a17c

Axes-S6 00aS1O 90.
ANles-6 1-2c per pound
ows-20a22c per inch
ing-Ru bber. soc and 10 per cent oil.
Gastings-3 1-2a4 1-2 per pound
ttoes--3 0oa6 &c per dozen
Horse Substituted AT IS OOperke;
mule shoes Al $ 50 per key.
!roh-tIat, round and square, ? SIC
Iron Bound Hames-sa ooae co per
Kelly Plows-Boss. q 80 each.
belly Points-Boss, 81 40 per dozen
Kelly Land Slides-Boss, 81 40 per
dozen.
sPades-short hendIe, S. 5oa11 90.
10 90
Sweeps-Au sizes, Sic per pound.
singletrees-S1 50a5 90 per dozen
Trace Chains-27a40c per pair.
Bun Tongues Corn shoVeIs. diamond
ScQoters, &c: turn shovels. pc: heel
potts, 65c per dozen; grass rods. q . per
dozen.
Wire-Galvanized. barb, 1-2c.
Wagons 1-3 inches, thimble skein.
"a 90; 3-4 inches, S45 90; inches, $40 90
3 Il inches, SIS 90: 8 ID inches. S65 90.
Seats 8 SO; brakes g 90. Tabular or
hollow iron axle wagons. two-horse.
80 90; four horse. S65 00a70 90.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-10-02
BREADSTUFFS.

Flour-Best patent, $40; hall patent
or straight, $3.50: extra fancy, S5.25.
Corn meal-S1.90 per barrel; IS l.
pound sacks, $50.
Crackers-A B soda crackers are
quoted a / 5 1-2c; Cream. ID by the lot.
Rice-New Louisiana, 434G61-2.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-10-02

Onions-S1.00 a bushel.
Beans-Navy, Sc per pound.
Irish PotatoeS-90a1c
Cabbage-$2 80.
kraut-half barrels, - %.
Seed PotatrSs-none.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-10-02
GENERAL LOCAL MARKET.

The quotations are reviewed ana cor
recte4 weekly. and represent prices 10
round lots from first hands.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-10-02
Thatcher Institute.

Thatcher Institute.
The next session of this Institn-
ton will begin on Monday, the 9th
day of~Septem Der.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-10-02
COFFEE AND TEA.

Cofiee-Easy lair Toe;
u 1-2c; better, 1i0 16c.
Tea-GoCd stock on han
Fair at 25c; good, 100 5Gc
finest, S1'0oa S1.35 per I
chest.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-10-02

Go to Bodenheimer & Lancaster
for your gin house insurance.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-10-02

We have special facilities foI
writing cotton gins and other "oun.
try risks.
BODENHEINfER & LANCASTER.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-10-02
COTTON.
SHREVEPORT MARKET.
Provisions.

Bacon-S 81.
Dry Salt Meats-steady at6 Lie.
Breakfast Bacon-9c.
Hams-Choice canEassed sugar-curei
91-4c.
Lard-compound. sc; pure. s 1-Sc
Bacon plates 6 1-Sc.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-09
THE OWOSSO TIMES.
EDMUND o. DEWEY. EDITOR.
OwossO, FRIDAY. JULY Q. 1897.
Real Estate Transfers.

Durand Land Co. to A. B. Groesbeck "
] lots 8, 0, 10, blk 6, d. L. Co.'S LIST add
Durand, SIS.
J. M. Board 10 G. w. Andrews, WI e!
Sc sec "a, Venice, $500.
w. II. Lingle, ct al to A. K. Giles, lots
% and 43, block 2, Maple Ridge Park,
0wosso, $3.50.
A. K. Giles to E. McAfee, part lot l,
blk %, A. L. WIS add, Owosso, $160.
E. McAfee to j. McAfee, part lot l, blk
%, A. L. WIS add, Owosso, $3.50.
A. B. Chapman to VIM. Hagermeister,
lot on sec Ia, Owosso, 500.
E. w. Crandell to M. E. Welman, lot
on sec "a, Owosso, $1,000.
E. Bartholomew to H. w. Bartholo-
new, lot on sec "a, Owosso, 1921.
Mary Locke to F. II. Watson, WI e /,
sec 81, and part of / sec 81, Shi-
awassee, 1920.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-09
What Is a Quack?

Turn to your Webster-it reads "an ig-
n0rant practitioner"
Ask yourself the question: Can man be
ignorant who cures after multitudes of
others fail? Is he not superior to the mass?
Does not such ability denote intelligence
of superi0r-0f the highest order? Isn't
the cry Of ''quack" oft times the cloak I'M
der which the really ignorant ones hide?
You can come to but one conclusion. That
Is evident to all thinking ones alike. 1t Is
far better, 1t is the best method possible to
consult one who shows, not by claims, but
by actual deeds performed, that he merits
confidence. DIR. Gilman, the specialist of
Columbus, o., is such one. Training has
made him what he Is. Patient research 80
fully equipped him to battle successfully
with disease In all its multitude of forms.
Years Of toll have given him the insight
which he possesses, and which aids him In
his success. Is 1t any wonder then that he
is always beseiged with ailing ones anxious
to find relief from their sufferings.
Drs. b. s. q Co., through solicitation,
have decided to visit this city and will re-
ceive patients personally at Owosso Tues
day, July Is, in the private parlor Of the
Wildermuth House from a. m. to p. m.
One day only. Consultation free and strict
ly confidential.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-09
Probate Court.

In the estate of Damon F. Huntington
deceased, on application of Fred NJ. Kill
bourn, administrator de bonis non, with
the will annexed, F. E. WEIGH, L. Etsch
man and w. F. Gallagher were appointed
commissioners on claims.
IN the matter OF Cleo Richardson a
minor. Said minor adopted by Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph A. Horton, and name
changed to Bernice May Horton.
Order made admitting Mahlon Rundell
an INDECENT insane person, to the East
Mich. fpsspe Asylum at Pontiac.
Morris 1. Jackson was appointed by
the court special guardian of Josephine
Enright, an alleged mentally incompe-
tent person. Application for a general
guardian to be heard on July Goth.
On July Goth application for appoint
s9t Of administrators of the estates of
m = 40, Sanford and Nancy G. Kemp, de-
ean' to be heard.
'e@ ~ I'll, 9Th the application of Fred
On p p for appointment of a guar
S;on - Maud Hattie VI. and Schuyler
Bullard, minors, to be heart.
KArHEh' NE K. .Kh,Is.Y,
Probate Register
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-09
TO RE-ESTABLISH THE FORT.
Colonel Snyder Making an Inspection al
Mackinac Island.

Colonel Snyder Making an Inspection al
Mackinac Island.
Mackinac Island. Mich. July 5.-Col-
onel Snyder, Nineteenth United States
infantry, stationed at Detroit, has been
here couple of days under orders from
the war department inspecting the his
toric Fort Maokinac and making an es-
innate of what 1t will cost to renovate
the fort and buildings to fit them for
occupancy again by troops. This is a
primary step looking toward the re-
establishment of the fort by the United
States government, in accordance with
an offer of the legislature to return the
fort for this purpose. The war depart
ment has the matter under considera-
ton, and 1t cannot act until Colonel
Snyder's report is received, as the first
requisite for such action is an appropri-
alton by congress.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-09
Report OH jackson Prison.

Lansing, Mich, July 7.-Warden
Chamberlain of the state prison al
Jackson has submitted to Governor
Pingree his report for the fiscal year
ending June 80. 1t shows that the av-
erage number of men in prison during
that period was ST. The number in
prison at the beginning of the year was
S24; received by sentence, 261; escapes
returned, /; returned from the asylum
for dangerous and criminal insane, 2;
paroled convicts returned, 2; total re-
ceipts, 1000. The number discharged at
expiration of sentence, 1856; escaped, 1;
discharged by order of the supreme
court, 2; new trials granted, 2; trans
ferred to the asylum for dangerous and
criminal insane, 10; transferred to the
Detroit house of correction, 1; pardoned,
II; paroled. 10; total departures from
prison, 247. Total number in prison at
the close of the year, S43.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-09

have been prea,hing for years that
IL Is stupidity academical and pedantic
to exclude such truly inspired pieces as
Strauss waltzes from the programmes
of our symphony concerts, but against
stupidity, as Schiller has remarked, the
gods themselves fight in vain. A SYM
phony Is considered all right though IL
be the veriest trash, but waltz that is
q product of pure genius is tabooed IN
less it is struggled into a symphony, as
by Tschaikowsky. What makes the sit
uation the more peculiar is that pianists
Of the highest caliber never hesitate to
insert waltzes by Chopin or Strauss on
their programmes. But, then, pianists
are their own bosses; they have no
academic board of directors.
The taboo placed on the Strauss
waltzes by the minor professional mu-
sicians who regulate orchestral concerts
affairs is seen in its full blooded asinin-
ity when we bear in mind how the
greatest composers of our century have
honored and admired Johann Strauss.
To begin with the two antipodes,
Brahms wrote on Mime. Strauss fan the
first bars of the "Blue Danube Waltz"
with the words, "Not by Brahms, ] re-
gret to say And Richard Wagner
wrote in 1868 that "a single Strauss
waltz surpasses in charm, refinement
and genuine musical value most Of the
imported and often laboriously manu-.
factured products of foreign musicians. y
Il is often said that Wagner undervalued
his contemporaries, but Liszt, Franz and
Strauss are decided exceptions. Mos.
kowski relates that once at dinna
Wagner proposed toast ito all music
al geniuses from Bach to Johann
Strauss" and it is known that he often
played his waltzes at Baireuth with
more animation than skill. Liszt's id
miration for Strauss was equally SIN
cere, and his greatest pupil, Tausig,
arranged some of these waltzes for
piano, con amore. -Henry b. Fink in
LOCKER On.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-09
The Grandest Remedy

Mr. r. B. Greeve, Merchant of Chilhowe,
Va, certifes that he had consumption, was
given up to die, sought all medical treat
ment that money could procure, tried all
cough remedies he could hear of, but got no
relief; spent many nights sitting up IN
chair; was induced to try DIR. Kings New
Discovery, and was cured by use OF two
bottles. For past three years has been at
tending to business, and says DR.. Kings
New Discovery Is the grandest remedy ever
made. as 1t has done SO much for him and
also for others In his community. DR..
Kings New Discovery is guaranteed for
coughs, colds and consumption. 1t don't
fail. Trial bottles free at w. E. Collins &
Co.'s drug store.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-09

The dyspeptic carries dreadful load on
his back. 1t seems as If he were really
made up Of two men. One of them ambi-
tious. brainy and energetic; the other sick,
listless, peevish and without force. The
weak man weighs the other one down. The
dyspeptic may be able to do pretty good
work one day, and the next day because
of some little indiscretion In eating, he may
be able to do nothing at all. Most cases OF
dyspepsia start with constipation. Con-
stipation is the cause of nineteenth of all
human sickness. Some of its symptoms
are sick and bilious headache, dizziness,
sour stomach, loss of appetite, foul breath,
windy belchings, heartburn, pain and dis
tress after eating. All these are indicative
of arrangements of the liver, stomach and
bowels, all are caused by constipation.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the quick
est, easiest and most certain cure for this
condition. They are not violent in action.
Send 81 cents in one cent stamps to
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, N. Y, and receive DR.. Pierce's
zoos page Common Sense Medical Adviser,
illustrated,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-09

The total valuation OF taxable prop
erty in New York city for 1897 is $62.-
15O,910. The valuation this year Is ST.
16s,645S15.
Miss Kate Kubat. 10 years old, met
death in a peculiar manner near Roy
alton. MINI. Her horse backed off q
bridge into nine feet of water. The
girl and the horse drowned before help
could reach them.
Frank Jones shot and killed Charles
Nelson, at Chicago. The men, both col
ored, began by scuffiing in sport. Jones
lost his temper and put bullet In Mel
sons head.
The will of Mrs. Sarah Withers, OF
Bloomington, Ind, bequeaths $4,000 TO
found library in Nicholasville, KY,
where she was born. Some years ago
she established the Withers library in
Bloomington.
Eight people were drowned in Lake
Michigan while bathing at various
points along the beach at Chicago on
the Fourth.
In quarrel at Charlottesville, Ind.
over the merits of their respective bicy-
Giles John Ellis fatally wounded Daniel
Georde by shooting.
Major McKinley's mother was not Sc
riously hurt by her fall at Canton, O..
Monday. She is up and about again.
The president has returned to Washing
tom
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-07-09
Close of Ann Afbor Year.

Ann Arbor, Mich, July 3.-The fifty
third annual commencement week of
the University of Michigan was brought
TO a close Thursday with the exercises
in University hall and the commence
r1ent dinner in the Waterman gymnasi-
UNI. The day broke bright and clear
and the programme was carried out
without hitch. The procession OF
graduates from the different depart
ments formed about o'clock and
marched around the campus to the main
hall, according to the time-honored Gus
tom. After prayer by Dr. Angel the
commencement grafton was delivered
by Andrew S. Draper, president OF the
University Of Illinois, who took for his
subject 1.-THE Recovery of the Law"