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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

The War Department has applications
from nearly three hundred ministers who
are after the single chaplaincy now
vacant. There is no age limit and no
physical examination is required AS a
consequence many chaplains in the active
list are E1uch of the time on sick leave,
and one of those recently appointed was
found to be paralytic.
| 1t comes as surprise to most people to
hear that Chauncey M. Depew is a mem
Der OF the G. A. r. having served as ad-
| jutant in thirty-day regiment in the
war of the Rebellion. What q treasure
Lieutenant Depew must have been at the
campfire, with his tinexhaustible fund of
stories
By next summer John Jacob Aston
will have at Rhinecliff the most magnifi-
cent of all the palaces along the Hudson
River. Mr. Aston said to friend recent
ly: sThere are splendid residences on
the Hudson and in this neighborhood
now completed, but will build one that
will surpass them all"
Lady Aberdeen. wife of the governor
general Of Canada, is one Of the few
women in the world upon whom the de-
| gree OF doctor of laws has been conferred.
Lovers of Wagner's stormy music are
attracted to Bayreuth this year because
the Ring Of the Nibelungen" is to be
repeated three times and after each time
Parsifal" will be given-the culmina-
ton of Wagner's life work and an opera
which has never been given on any stage
except that of Bayreuth. The home
of the great composer at Bay
cal
is an imposing and quaint editlce with a
distinctly old-world air.
Mr.. Arnold Forster is an Englishman
who is trying to revive interest in the
scheme-which has been talked of, off
and on. for the last twelve years-of unit
| ing Ireland and the unified kingdom by
means of tunnel. Portpatrick, the vii
| lage on the Scottish side, is quaint and
| secluded place and has ruined and dis
used harbor, on which many years ago
ST. 000, 200 was spent. The chasms of
masonry and twisted rails show the force
with which the sea beats on the coast.
4 The surrounding country is beautiful and
Ireland is only twenty one miles away
When an Englishman goes in for any
thing connected with sport he goes in
heart and soul. Sir Humphrey de Trafford
1
have been exhibited and taken prizes
| since 1885, The kennels form three sides
of square, the fourth side of which is
taken up by the house of the keeper. Sir
Humphrey is as particular about the
| financial side of his fad as the material
Records are kept of all OUTLAWS and of
every. prize and the diary which contains
this list is handsomely got up and bound
in crimson and gold. 1t is in portfolio
form, containing volume for each year,
and is indexed.
A New York woman has obtained ia
patent on an attachment for skirts by
which they may be lifted on crossing
muddy places on the street, a series of
cords being attached to the skirt at the
back and sides. with the opposite ends
running through an opening in the back
of the waistband and around to the front
to draw the skirtssby pulling up the cords
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27

Before Portland moves the Maine State
Fair from Lewiston, it will be necessary
to put into the treasury about five thous-
and dollars in the form of life member
ship foes. Three quarters of the present
list of members reside within a radius of
ten miles of the fair grounds, or are thor
oughly welded to the place. An active
interest on the part of Lewiston in this
State exhibition, will forever settle the
question of removal.-Maine Farmer.
So far as we. have sbeen able to learn
this story about an effort on the part Of
Portland to remove the State fair to this
city originated in somebody's wicked de-
sire to torture Lewiston a little, and
never had any foundation in fact.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27

Probably the assassination of the Pres
ident of Uruguay was committed in fur
therance of the revolutionary movement
that has been going on in the country
districts or some time past. As means
of overthrowing a government doubtless
a good per cent of the population look up
on assassination as permissible, if not
praiseworthy. The civilization of the
South American Republics is not of q
very high order.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27

The present is an excellent time for
the Hon. William Jennings Bryan to
make his proposed trip to Mexico. The
Kansas and Nebraska people are too busy
reaping wheat and gathering corn to pay
any attention to him; and the situation
in Mexico is full of information on the
silver question. What he has gathered
from that quarter in the past is misin-
formation.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27

aims suzerainty over the Transvaal Re-
public. Mr.. Chamberlain has held that
the Transvaal was bound to submit any
treaties or engagements it might contem-
plate with foreign powers to the over
sight of Great Britain, as its uzerain.
Apparently President Kruger is of differ
emit mind. Kruger has selected well his
time for proclaiming independence, Tor
with the troubles ON her hands in India
England will hardly feel like stirring up
a war with the Beers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27

The Boston Post has opened it's columns
to discussion of the question, "Will an
era of general prosperity kill the free
silver movement Free silver was offered
as medicine for hard times. If the hard
times disappear without it, it is not at ali
probable that the people will want it
then. People take medicine when they
are sick, or think they are, not when
they are well.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27

In letter to the Washington Post
Senator Chandler manifests some distress
OF mind lest the Republicans may abap-
don bimetallism. With silver going
down at the present rate and all the
foreign nations refusing to do any thing
to lift 1t up, 1t does look as if bimetallism
might have to be abandoned, for the reason
that ship with her bottom full of holes
has to be abandoned, because to stick to
it means to be drowned.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27

1t is reported that some patriotic in
diyiduals have run up the American flag
on Clipperton Island in the Pacific. The
island is described as an uninhabited an
nular coral reef, doubtless of not much
value, otherwise Great Britain would
have gathered it in long ago
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27

Foreign buyers took $4,000, 900 more
bushels of American corn in July than
in the corresponding month of last year
The virtues of this staple product are
likely to grow in popular estimation
abroad, and the chances are that on bet
ter acquaintance, the shipments will be
yet considerably augmented.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27

The first of September will find 5000
more factory employees at work in New
England than there were on the LIST Of
August, and thus the labor interests will
soon receive substantial benefit from the
operations of the new law.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27

Mr. Goodwin Smith has written a let
ter to the New York Post, in which he
shows that he still hopes for the accom-
plishment of the annexation of Canada to
the United States, but hardly expects it
to come in the life time of men of his
ago. No, the shadow of this event can
hardly be said at the present writing to
be even vaguely cast,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.


The cup race of kennebec Yacht club
next Saturday will be over one of the
triangular courses of the club starting off
the club house at 80. The race promises
to be unusually exciting. much interest
already being shown. This will be the
third trial for tho cup and if won by one
of the winners in the two previous races
will settle the championship of the Ken
nebeo for 1897. The yachts in the third
class, having won one race, are the
Humpdurgin, Capt. Harrington, and the
Glide, Capt Brooks, while the Marie,
Capt. A. A. Percy and the Hecla, Capt.
Blaisdell, of the fourth class share SINH
lar honors. There will doubtless be a
great deal of rivalry in the third class
owing to the fact that the crack boat
Mermaid of North Bath, owned by Will
Croker has entered She is considered
one of the fastest, if not the fastest, yacht
of her class on the river.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27

1t looks as if the criminal courts of the
South might safely he abolished. They are
not needed to convict and punish me-
groes-the mob does that-and the certifi-
Gates of innocence which thy furnish
whits men could be dispensed with
without serious results.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27

The Massachusetts, gold Democrats will
hold State convention September 80.
Moorfeld Story will preside. The best
thing for them to do is to nominate
Roger Wolcott.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27

New York bank clearipgs last week
exceeded those for the corresponding week
In the great boom year of 1892. Obyi.
ously, the country is getting down to
business on an old fashioned Republican
basis.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27

The harvesting of grain has COM
menced in Aroostook county, but the
weather for the past week has not been
favorable, as 1t has been showery and
much of the grain is lodged. There are
some cases of rust and blight but 1t is
good weather for the next two weeks,
there will be large amount of grain
harvested. The prospect for a good crop
of buckwheat was never better. Last
week rust made it's appearance on some
of the potato fields, but the cool days and
nights have retarded it, and it is hoped
the crop. The crop of potatoes through
out the country must be light, even II the
rust does no serious damage. Should the
rust come on now as extensively as it
does some years, the crop would be al
most failure, as very large acreage
was planted late owing to the cold spring.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27

Some of the old wiseacre prospectors
who have Travelled over Piscataquls and
Franklin counties say that some day that
section will produce gold enough to excite
say, is a range Of hills that once gave
great promise and in big valley there
some men washed out three or four dollars
day but succumbed to the. iaconyen-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27

Prosperity" remarks contemporary,
s.even if it comes with a rush, won t
shovel dollars into the idle lazy mans
pocket
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27

What looks very much like a defiance
of John Bull in South Africa is Presi-
dent Kruger's reputation of Great Brit
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27
THE PRESS.
FRIDAY, AUGUST %.

Evidently the Queens Jubilee was eel.
ebrated at the right time.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27

fences of living in the woods and gave it
up. They had to carry their provisions
ON their backs for miles as there is no
water course for canoeing. The valley is
IL miles long and as level as the parade
ground at the state muster field. In one
end of 1t is farm of 600 acres. This is
SO level that If a rabbit jumps on any
part OF 1T the animal can be seen from
any other part. The farm was cleared
up Tor raising hay and potatoes for the
lumbermen and an old tote road leads
from there through the adjacent lumber
Ing country. There are still to be seen
the cradles and other implements used
by the miners. They went directly at the
placer and did not try to find the mother
load. The Canadian Pacific now runs
across one end of the valley The farm is
owned by j. Manchester Haynes, Of Au-
gusta.
Mrs. x. E. Cousins of Guilford awoke
Wednesday night to see burglar stand
Ing at the foot of the bed. She screamed,
aWak1ng her husband, who at once arose,
and the burglar fed, taking with him
Mr.. Cousins's trousers, containing about
", and watch. He escaped by the
window through which he entered,
emptied the pockets and threw away the
trousers near the residence of David Pier
son. Mr.. Cousins at once aroused the
neighbors, but no trace of the burglar
could be found. Soon afterward man,
probably the same one, took off q screen
and tried to enter E. T. Ponds residence
IN Hudson avenue. He broke the glass in
his efforts and became frightened, leaving
without further operations
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27
CURRENT COMMENT.
MORE REEDS NEEDED.

(Cincinnati Commercial 1ribune.)
This country needs more Reeds. In the
Senate the passage of the Dingley bill
had to be bought by the promise of the
Republicans not to undertake to push
through the currency commission bill.
Whether the country needed a currency
commission or not is not material. The
fact remains the same, viz: a majority
of the upper branch of Congress was COM
PEELED to descend to a humiliating barter
in order to secure the passage of bill
vital to the prosperity of both the govern.
ment and the people. If Reed had not
reformed the House, and breathed into it
little of his own virlle force, some SINH
lar surrender might have been Made
there.
The Senate may be relied upon to fur
nish all the deliberation Congress needs,
and the House may well go forward, do
ing the business the people commission
it to do. Some day, when the insolence
of the Senate rump threatens to do vital
hurt to the nations interests, another
Reed will rise in the upper branch of
Congress and scrape off some of the moss
which now clings to that body.
When America elects a Congress it
wants Congress that will act. There is
| no objection to due elaboration and de-
bate Speaker Reed has never hampered
either, but the day of obstruction has
gone. and thanks be to this same Gear"
for good portion of the credit therefor.
WHAT THE REAL DEMOCRACY
SHOULD DO.
brooklyn Eagle. Dem.)
There seems to be in unexpected quar-
tiers an inclination, with finger on the
lips, to deprecate and to discourage plain
speech and distinct declaration. In the
meantime, the Democratic party is be-
coming saddled with the free silver heresy
by repression of spirit. Thus thirty
seven years ago it was saddled with the
charge of disloyalty, with which it went
into the wilderness of defeat, and there
wandered for quarter of century No
good to the country or to the party can
be accomplished by speaking with bated
breath and constantly whispering har-
mony.
Therefore, the real Democracy, the
honest Democracy, the gold standard
Democracy, the national Democracy,
should see that the free silver men do not
carry Kentucky and do not carry Ohio
and other states, where they will soon
hold state conventions. Unless seed of
honesty and patriotism be preserved by
the Democracy, its future will escape
being worse than its present only because
it will have no future and will deserve to
have none
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27

Portland & 0gdensburg Railroad Stock,
Dividends guaranteed by M.C.R.R-
Portland & Rochester Terminal 4s 1907,
Interest guarantee by B. 8 NJ. r. r.
Town Of PitisfsId. Me-. As, 1918.
Consolidated Electric Light Co. IS. 1906.
Pressure Isle, Me-. Water Company IS, 1907.
indianapolis, ldana. Water Company5's, 1925.
ST. Joseph Water Company. Guaranteed Sc 1909
First National Bank Stook
Cumberland National Bank Stock. r.
Casoo National Bank Stook
FOR SALE BIZ
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SCHOOL Of ENGLISH Spseoh and Esursss.on.
MARIE WARE JArGUTON pR,

MARIE WARE LACGHTON. PRINCIPAL.
The Crpley, Sust on, massachusetts.
Tho cultivation of the Speaking Voice a
specially. English Literature. Aesthetic
Physical Culture, and the Philosophy oe En-
based upon the principles of Del
sarte. Special and Normal Courses. Circu
lars upon Application.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO,

STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY. I sss.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of f. j. CHENEY g.
Co.. doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid. and that said firm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of CATARRH
that cannot be cured by the use of HALL's
CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. d. 1886.
A. W. GLEASON,
{SEAL
t@) Notary P7ablte,
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials, free
+. j. CHENEY s. CO., Toledo, 0.
tESold by Druggists. Toe.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-27
FINANCIAL
PORTLAND & RuMFoRD FALLS RY.

TuhILhNu q kuMfUkU FHLLo MI.
NOTICE is hereby given that as provided in
: the trust mortgage given by. tho Portland
Trust company Of Boston, Mass, dated Oct. i,
1892, said railway win pay at the Office OF Kid
Der, Peabody & Co.. 113 De vonsh're street,
Boston, Mass, or at the Portland Trust Co. in
Portland. Me-, on and after the FIRST day of
October, 1897 upon presentation and surrender
thereof. with interest due thereon to- said FIRST
day OF October, al bonds issued and now out
standing under and secured by said mortgage
with premium of s per cent on the principal
thereof. All future interest on any such
bonds ceases with coupons due October ], 1897.
or. at the option Of the holder, the above bonds
will be paid at any time prior to Oct. 1, 1897,
at 105 and interest to date of payment. at the
offices specified above.
Portland. Me-, July 81. 1897.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-04-23
RECORD OF THE WEEA.
A,.ho, dow Nav

RECORD OF THE WEEK.
Arbor day, May 7.
Everybody is gardening.
A. F. Parker, notary public.
All kinds of legal blanks on sale
at Magee's.
1900 lbs Salmon river apples for
sale cheap at Magee's.
Cash paid for wheat at the
Grangeville roller mills. Al
Mrs. Fl. R. Grostein has opened
a new hotel in Warrens.
The Hallett & Morrison placer
mines on Salmon river are run
ming.
Vansise has put up a windmill
and frame this week on Days llV-
cry stable.
Honest goods at honest prices at
George Browns. Give him call.
Stuart, Idaho.
w. j. Cunningham has been ap-
pointed superintendent of the US.
assay Office at Boise.
If you want the latest in sum-
mer dress goods, call at ALExAN-
DER & FREIDENRIcH'
The experimental station farm
has been leased by the trustees to
G. S. McCready for the ensuing
year.
A. J. Williams was up from Stu
art this week purchasing various
supplies for his livery stable at
that place.
Mrs. Beck offers her residence
on Hall street, consisting of house,
barn, q lots, with good orchard
for $1,000.
J. w. Murphy is fitting up the
brown front for restaurant and
will open this week as full-fedg-
ed boarding house with good lodg-
ings in connection.
Hogan's new barber shop and
bath room is we'll under way.
Their nickel plate bath tub has ar
rived and the heater to burn coal
is expected daily.
LOST OR STRAYED.-From my
place in Grangeville, about April
Is, 1897, one bay horse branded *
on left hip, star in forehead; also
one tall bay horse branded -
on left hip. Anyone return -
ing same or giving information
leading to their recovery will be
suitably rewarded.
VALENTINE HoLZ.s
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-04-23
f. d. Collins, of Wardner, went
into Florence Monday.

into Florence Monday.
Sam Silverman left with his fam
lily for Spokane Tuesday. They
started via Stuart last week, but
as the boat failed to show up they
had to return to go via Lewiston.
Geo. Stonebreaker, of Lewiston,
has secured contract to build a
ditch at the mouth of Slate creek
on Salmon river for a hydraulic
mining enterprise at Horseshoe
Bend.
Rev. Mitchell will conduct the
third quarterly conference and
meeting for Rev. Williams at Nez-
perce, May Is and 16, and lecture
while there Monday evening,
May II.
M. j. Shields, of Moscow, has
been in town all the week, attend
ing meeting Of the creditors of
the Ozark Co., in Florence. The
matters in interest will speedily be
adjusted to the satisfaction of all
concerned.
Ezra Baird and Frank Rice have
bought higgins mail and stage
line route from Grangeville to Pol
lock, and are now in possession.
higgins will open blacksmith
shop at his ranch at the ferry
crossing of the Salmon.
For bargains in millinery goods
call at Mrs. Schmadeka's. She
has the largest assortment of milli-
merry goods ever brought to Cam as
prairie, in all the latest styles.
Also full line of laces and veil
ings. Ladies are requested to call,
examine goods and get prices.
Miss ME. Robinson is receiving
her spring stock of millinery en-
bracing the latest styles in hats,
flowers, ribbons, trimmings, etc.
Within few days her line of goods
will be complete and she invites
the ladies Of Grangeville and Vi
cinity to her rooms in the Grange
block. Fancy needlework and
dressmaking in connection.
DR.. G. A. Green is still absent
from the city ON a business trip,
but will return again soon. Watch
for the notice of his arrival. 1t
will pay anyone who is in need of
dental services to wait and consult
with him, as he comes highly
recommended as a first-class work
man, and is giving the best of sat
isfaction with those who have had
work done. Consultation and ad-
vice free. All work guaranteed
first-class.
10. Levander was up from Race
creek this week urging the commits
sioners to take action in the matter
of completing the state road to the
mouth of Little Salmon. He re.
ports that Levi Moyer's sawmill or
Race creek is doing a good business
and many long delayed improve
ments are being put on the farms
in the settlements of that region
Mr.. Levander was formerly q com
missioner in Washington county
and is a live and progressive citi
zen,