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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

Ian, Joseph B. Bedle and Theodore F.
Randolph. These men fought on behalf
of Democratic principles. Those who
now lead it are fighting only for plumber
and spoils.
Not only is this SO, but they are fighting
under a populistic banner, the same
banner under which they fought in 1895,
when the people of this State, including
the better part of the Democratic party,
overthrow them by a plurality Of over
81, 900. Therefore we are bold to repeat
the statement with which we opened,
that the respectable and intelligent
Democrats are not grieving over the
Waterloo their party will meet in No
vember, and we further venture to say
that they will contribute very largely to
that defeat themselves.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

THE following winter military camps
have been selected by the War Depart
ment: Augusta, Athens, Atlanta,
Macon, Columbus, Americas and Al
bany, Ga, and Columbia, Greenyille
and Spartanburg, S. q.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

WHAT are the great and vital princi-
Piles of the Democratic party on national
issues? Will Jim Smith please reply?
We suppose his answer will be like that
of the Snowman of the famous picture of
Caesar and his antagonist. When asked
which was Caesar and which was his
antagonist, he replied: "You pays your
money and you takes your CHOICE
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

THE customs receipts for the month of
September were SIG, 1854, an increase
of $3.50, 474 over the corresponding
month in 1897. For the quarter ending
October the total receipts of the gov
eminent were 1926, 4O7 1886. At this rate,
in times of peace the income would be
more than sufficient to meet the expenses
of the government, as anticipated by the
Dingley bill.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07
OBITUARY..
MRS. CHARLES s. DOUGLASS.


The death of Mrs. Charles S. Douglass,
wife of the Deputy Internal Revenue
Collector Of this district, occurred on
Wednesday morning Mrs Douglass
had been i'll since May last, but her con-
dition was not regarded as being serious
until an attack of the grippe on Friday
last. The deceased was an active worker
in the Methodist Church and had wide
circle of friends, who join in extending
their heartfelt sympathy to the bereayed
husband and parents. Besides husband
three children survive the deceased.
The funeral will be held from the resi-
dence of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward W. Pruden, on Western avenue,
at o'clock Saturday afternoon.
MRS. JOHN NAUGHToN.
Mrs. John Naughton, wife of the well
known business man of that name, died
on Friday afternoon last of paralysis.
The funeral, which was held at the
Church of the Assumption, was one of
the largest in point of attendance ever
seen in Morristown. Many handsome
floral offerings were sent as a loving tri-
butte by those who knew the good and
kindly nature of the deceased Mrs.
Naughton leaves besides husband, a son
II years old. The body was inferred at
the Catholic cemetery.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07
The ORIGIN OF "plxlEo AGAIN.

There are lots of things that we don't
know-and few that we do. For ex-
ample, the descent of man from the
monkey is to us a sealed science, albeit
the descent of the monkey" is not, for
we have seen the monkey descend.
There never was ground out more hor-
rible doggerel than the words of Dixie. .
To its inimitable musical quickstep, new
ertheless, a great armed host of Ameri-
cans swung gaily along through years Of
blood and death.
No wonder, then, that legion of con-
testants for the palm of its authorship,
from everywhere and nowhere, should
have leaped into being, with singular
regularity, and have respectively set up,
brazenly or otherwise, to be the origina-
tor and writer of "Dixie's Land
Nor was it an easy task for this writer
TO put all the pretenders to rest. Time,
research and exhaustive correspondence,
however, accomplished their partial qui-
escence. Recently, new claimant pro-
voked from us protest to the New York
Sun, from which the following is an ex-
tract. Alluding to the authorship of the
song and then to the melody's unexpected
rise into military favoritism, this protest
said:
81 shall not tax your columns with a
record of both these matters, but will
briefly invite your correspondent, R. G..
Powell, Wilmington, Del, to address a
letter to Capt. B. FL. league, Aiken,
S. c., for particulars. DR.. (Captain)
league has valuable private military
museum, and in it is deposited a copy of
'Dixie's Land, written for Dan Brvant's
Minstrels at Mechanics Hall, New York
city, by Dan Emmett, member of
Bryant's company, and sung and danced
by the troupe nightly. The copyright is
registered on the title page as by Firth
& Co., New York, $780, and the copy in
Capt. leagues possession was contributed
by this writer some years ago, with a
history of its connection with the events
OF the war or the G1XIleS,
"Now, if Mr.. Powell will address note
to Capt. league, the latter will either
accommodate him with indubitable proof
of the fact that Dan Emmett wrote
'Dixie's Land, ais above, and that Firth
& Co. copyrighted and published it in
1850, or, if he will assure the Captain of
the safe return Of the copy, the latter
will, upon the use of my name, express
to Mr.. Powell one of the very first prints
of the very first published editions Of
sDixie's Land"
The foregoing brought out the follow
ing in response:
"DEAR SIR think the song Dixie
was known before 1860. We used to sing
it when marched with the Wide Awakes
in the Fremont campaign in the fall of
1856.
s'Fordham, n. W
We shall have to correct our CORE
spondent:
Firstly-If .'Dixie" had been played or
sung publicly in 1856 no copyright could
have been legally granted for it in 1880.
Secondly Wide Awakes were or
ganized in 1860, and their celebrated pa
rade occurred on October of that year,
and not in the Fremont campaign, or in
1856, as he enormously recalls.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07
pecADeNcE OF The DEMOCRACY.

The fact that there is certain defeat
ahead of the Democratic party in this
State is not causing much sorrow to re-
spectacle and intelligent Democrats.
Years ago the Democratic party ceased
to have the honorable leadership Of such
men as Joel Parker, George B. McClel-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

THE Spanish contingent of the mutual
peace commission seem to assume that
they have been appointed to determine as
TO what and how much Spain may yield
10 orr demands. These gentlemen ought
to be impressed. on the other hand, with
the reality that they are there to take just
whatever the United States may decide
that they may get.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

ATTORNEY. GENERAL GRIGGs has rem
dered an opinion that upon the resigna-
ton of Acting Governor Voorhees, he
will be succeeded by David O. Watkins,
Speaker of the House, who will be Act
ing Governor until the Governor elected
in November is sworn in.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

ACTING GOVERNOR VOORHEES, will be
present at the Republican county conven-
ton which will be held in Dover on
Monday. John I. Blair Kelley, the Re-
publican candidate for Congress in the
Fourth District. will also be present.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

THE new battleship Illinois enters as a
record breaker at the start, having great
er dimensions and tonnage and bigger ar
mament than the Oregon. She is never
tbeless not nearly SO powerful and fast
steaming as win be the three battleships
Of the Missouri class, just contracted for.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

AND now it is Sampson who is being,
apparently, sought out to be made a war
scapegoat! Well, it won't work. Samp-
sons all right, and the navy was all right
from start TO finish, notwithstanding that
it had once or twice to foul the celebrated
STRATEGY Board" to get steerage way.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

THREE lovely days without visible
blemish upon their dome of blue-that
was record of the heavens last week.
The same, however, is not uncommon in
Florida and on the Pacific coast.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

They are debating now in Europe as
to the feasibility of cutting up and de-
vouring helpless little Switzerland-and
they talk of it just IS glibly as we on this
side discuss the carving and dispatch of
a Swiss cheese.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

THE more or less political poser of the
period is as to which is the better, to be
an honest man in peace or non est man
in war.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

THE year 1898 has been thus far an all
round contributor to human history. 1t
has been full of considerations, and it's
going to go on consternating till after
Christmas.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

. that two terrific West Indian cyclones
should cross the Atlantic in the same
track two weeks apart and thus strike
the American coast twice at precisely
the same point. is unprecedented. But
that IS precisely what happened in Geor-
gia lately.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

THERE is nothing comparable with the
exhilaration one may get out of this glo-
rious weather, unless it be the exhilara-
tion to be experienced through visit TO
the Field Club horse show, where the joy
of the season is accelerated by the gayety
of the scene.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

THE Republicans of Sussex county in
renominating Samuel johnson for Sur
rogate and in naming 0. E. Armstrong
of Newton for the Assembly have placed
in nomination two strong and able
candidates.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

AS to whether or not the island of Lu-
zon shall be yielded to the United States,
seems to be burning issue in Spain. 1t
may help to settle it to announce that the
island of Luzon was virtually yielded TO
Dewey on May and that it has ever
since belonged to the United States.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

HoBsoN has fond anticipations now of
raising three of the four of Cervera's
smashed and sunken ships, and he is TAX
ing out their best guns with raipidity and
shipping them to Uncle Sam.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

THE Democratic candidate for Cover
nor comes of a good old Presbyterian
family. His grandfather was clergy
man of that faith.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

THE annual Caledonian games this
year at Princeton University take place
October IS.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

ALLIANCE or no alliance, it is certain
that, including our new colonial posses
sions. Anglo-American civilization and
power very nearly encircle the universe.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07
CHRONICLE cARAMELs.

THE M. F. C. seems to have cinch on
fine weather.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

The price of gas has been reduced in
Jersey City from $3.50 to $1.s5 per
thousand cubic feet.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

Col. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN has
rejoined his regiment in Florida.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07

HAVE you been out to the horse show
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-10-07
O Yez! O YEzl

On Friday, ye 93d of We month, will be
solde at Publick Auction ye Olde Colonial
House, ye Parsonage House where
dwelt, from 1742 to 1871, DIR. Timothy
Johnes, Bv order of We
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-12-07

The Message

President McKinley's annual mes
sage to Congress is a thoroughly pat
riotic document. There is not a word
of partizansAip in it. 1t will not only
be read with interest. but il will be
carefully preserved, rs it is an authen-
tic, condensed history of the events
leading to the war with Spain. of the
war, and of the results of the war, so
far as they are now known. 1t is, in
itself alone, sufficient To place Presi
dent Mckinley in the very front ranks
of American statesmen, if he had not
already attained that position.
The message is necessarily long, but
contains no platitudes, no striving
after effect nor bids for popular favor.
1t is plain statement of some of the
most important events in the coun-
try's history, made by man whose
patriotism has been proven by trials
such as few men have gone through
1t ought to be read in every school
house in the land, and studied as a
lesson in current American history,
written by a maker of that history.
The message is printed in full on
pages . and 3 of this issue.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-12-07
A Contractor Wanted.

"E. j. Coiiey, former sub-contractor OF
the Columbia Falls section OF ". c. r. r.
is very much in demand, says the Narra-
gudgus Times. "George d. Perry and Law
yer Pattangsll, OF Machiss, made the dis
lance from Machas to Bangor by team
Wednesday in less than nine hours, for
the purpose OF seeing Mr.. Colley per-
-onally in regard to a large bond given
for his appearance at Macbias in January
On the same day George Grant, OF Column
Bis Fs $, Was in town on matter OF
about $1,000 due him for grading land
there are OF hers. y
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-12-07
WEST, ELLSWORTH.

Joseph Brown has moved his family to
Surry.
Willis Smith and George Mesder got
deer ON Thursday.
Miss Annie Glass and her brother
George are still quite i'll.
Miss Claudia Seeds is visiting her
brother Albert, at the city.
William Ridley, OF East Bluehjll. spent
Saturday with his sister, Mrs. Pheoe +.
Barron.
Christian Endesvor roll-caIl, led hy
Mrs. Louisa Seeds, was well attended and
interesting.
BY a misunderstanding Of the appoint
ment, there was no church service sun
day morning.
Miss Oracle Hooper is spending the
winter with her grandparents and attend
ing school in the upper district.
Mrs Hattie Barron left Friday to spend
the winter with her daughter, Mrs.
Alice Hamor, at Salisbury Cove.
Mrs. Margaret Kemp, who has spent
the past year with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lemuel Smith, returned o her home
in SomervilIe on Saturday.
Dec. 6. b.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-12-07
sour War with Spain. ~

A. d Warrington E Co. of Hartford
Conn hors inst i.sn.3 ro,,,r,o o,,,;tIo,,
49, o'ui'o CHI i''eo
oHf -" "s -.--A 's--- - 81 IN. IL Z
Russell, with introductions b SenH ~.
Proctor of Vermont and Tbrrston
VI
II j. a 4hely illustrated, richly filled
scholarly volume, giving p cop1plete a n
o,,th,,,+t.. 1870 - ~ ,,.......i
- 'Y'"i' u a inei /
can war from Hs beginning to Its close
The bIect naturally divides itself into
two psr.s: How We cot into tbe ,ro-
..5.ls.-. g.
WIN 7l.a as '-s COW we got out OF
II, and With Nhat results. This volume
tells The Whole .tp-. ma ka- rlaer all rho
,o5,.s- 81
~ 20 anu tut-
n 'le5, gives pen pictures
OF tHV>s H= a#s1 tn II, and relates
many tNN.s ing Ia a-1eHts, brave deeCs
ana thf lH al saaz15ss connected with
the struggle. ne fuutter1ngs Of the
distaHt Hna gsoud, -le Ihdiguati0n and
uprising o! tue Whcle people, North and
7outl "heh The veterans of the blue ana
ths vete#al " I he gray took their places
slde by siae beA'hd Inc same flag, the de-
psfture OF ne Heets Of powerful modern
WRfships the march OF hostile armies
eAe STRIFE tH~ Cal nag ~ battle on land
ang se7' 'it 4tede al H4ior and heroic
suHerlngs II ar s"49t@ri and sailors in
he4a ane Aysnitai, all are portrayed with
consummatS SIKH.
Every event Is placed IN chronological
order, ana the fnliest and most authorlta-
i've statistics are gwen. Inc war and
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-12-07
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
Rer. J. p. s4monton, pastor


Friday evening at 200, prayer meeting
Quarterly meeting Saturday and sun
day. Quarterly conference Saturday at
40 p. IN. All official members are re-
quested to be present. sunday morning
at $50, love feast. Sermon by presiding
elder at 1870, followed by holy COM
munion and reception of mem bers.
Junior League at 800 p. lii. Epw ort h
league prayer meeting at 500 pm.
Tuesday evening at 80. class meeting.
CONGREGATIONAL.
Rer. Ddrid L. Yale, pastor.
Friday, 80, prayer and conference
meeting. Subject as in hand book. Please
bring bibles.
Sunday, 1890, morning worship; SER
mon by pastor. las, Sunday school; I,
peoples service. A praise service led by
orchestra and chorus. Sermon by pastor
UNITARIAN.
Passionate racunt
Mornino service at 1890. Sermon by
Rev. A. /. Coar. A collection VIII be
taken to Qefray expenses.
Sunday school meets i'll the vestry
at II 40.
UT-oF-TowN SERVICES.
Rev. j. p. Simonton, of the Methodist
church, " III preach at Bsyside Wednes-
day evening.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-12-07

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & co, Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned. have known +. J.
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able TO carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
WEST y TRUAN, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, Ohio.
WALpING. kINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists Toleio, q.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 15c.
per bottle; sold by all druggists.
Hail. Family Pills are the best.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-12-07
NOTICE.

lINHE inhabitants of the town of Bluehill,
l. Hancock county, Maine owners of a
charter granted to certain corporators by
the twenty ninth legislature OF the State Of
Maine see private and special laws of Maine,
a. d. 1919, chapter 22sl, and amended by the
thirty first Legislature of said state (see pri-
yate and special laws of Maine a d. 1852,
chapter 5G2), to erect and maintain free
bridge over the outlet of the Salt pond at
Bluehill Falls, in said BluehilI, by their mu-
nicipal officers. hereby give public notice as
provided by law, that they shall petition the
sixty ninth legislature to amend said charter,
SO that hereafter said inhabitants of said
Bluehiu shall not be obliged to maintain n
draw in said bridge. FRANK p GREENE.
AUSTIN 7. STEVENS,
\. j. GRINDLE.
Selectmen of Bluehill
BY Edward +. Chase, their attorney.
Bluehill, Nov. 30. a. d. 1895.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-12-07

Frank Stanley, who died in Bangor
Nov. 26, had made his home, off and on
for the past ten years. with a. V. Carter
Mr.. Carter started for Bangor for the re-
mains, but the storm prevented his getting
through, and he returned. Not hearing
from Mr.. Carter in response to tele-
gram, the body was buried in Bangor, but
it will be disnterred and brought here.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-12-07
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.
STATE OF MAINE.

PESoBsCoT SIS:
To Arthur II. Armstrong. late of Hampden,
in said county and State. or his executors,
administrators or assigns.
NHEREAS Arthur II. Armstrong on the
w fourteenth day Of July, a. d. 1892 mort
gagged to William +. Prout, of Hampton, in
said county and state, the following: Isl
part OF the schooner vessel called the
'Norembega', of the burden OF two hundred
ninety-tiye 25-l9 tons, or Whereabouts to-
gether with l-32 part the sails, boats, anchors,
cables, tackle, furniture, and all other neces-
saries therennto appeTtaining and belong
ing" to secure payment of three hundred
dollars and interest according to the note
given by him, the said Arthur H. Armstrong.
to said Prout, which mortgage is recorded in
the custom house at Castine, Maine, in the
records of said custom house, book 3s, page 3,
and whereas the condition of said mortgage
has been broken. and still remains broken,
now, therefore, notice is hereby given OF my
intention to foreclose said mortgage for
breach OF its conditions, VIM. f. PRoUT.
Hampden, November 80 1898.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-12-07

The full, intensity of living IS reached only by
the perfectly healthy. Sickness discounts the
capacity for en- Oyment If his body Is all out
of order and run down, he will not be able To
enjoy anything, no matter how full OF enjoy
ment 1t may be for other people II he Is u Il
little bit out of order, il he ais not sick but
doesn't feel just right he will only he able TO
enjoy things in half-hearted sort OF way. The
nearer he Is to being perfectly well, the nearer
viii his capacity for enjoyment be perfect. II
this condition doesn't exist. something ought TO
be done. That means nine cases in ten the use
of DIR. PierCe's Golden Medical Discovery. Ii
works directly on the digestive organs, and on
the blood and through these on every tissue of
the body. Ii makes the appetite good, diges.
ton and nutrition perfect and supplies rich,
heathfu flesh.
Send p cents in one-cent stamps to Worlds
DtspensaFy Medical Association Bu GalO y. Y,
and receive pr. Perce's Los page Common
sense Medical Adviser, profu~eIy illustrated.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-12-07

The weather clerk has one trial in
common with the newspaper editor-he
cannot satisfy everybody. Just now, for
instance, the farmers want the snow to
stay on, as it will, they say, insure
good hay crop next year; on the other
hand, the lumhermen want il to 60 off to
give the swsmps chance to freeze. And
just as likely as not the weather clerk will
take the snow off the fields and leave it
on III the woods; then everybody will be
mad. The weath her clerk has one big ad-
vantage over the editor-he cannot be
reached, and 1t would do people no good
to write him: please stop sending me
your weather; l don't want to see il
again. I'll pay up when | get resdyt"
W hat editor wouldn't swap jobs with the
weat Der clerk
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-12-07
Lrsal Notifies.

YJNHE subscriber hereby gives notice that
i he has been duly appointed executor
OF the last viii and testament of Charles H.
Tribou, late of Bucksport, in the county of
Hancock, deceased. no bonds being required
by the terms of said will. All persons
having demands against the estate
of said deceased are desired to presen
the same for settlement. and all indie bted
thereto are requested to make payment i'm
mediately. FREDERICK {. TRIBoU.
December g. a. d. lsgs
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-12-07
for Salt.

- N-"e~-~~~-@-lN-~N--~| - -S~N~~<~~~S-O->4->
I>ARM-The Joseph NJ. kingman farm at
1 Waltham can be purchased at very rea-
sonable rate for cash-buildings in good re-
pair-=an excellent orchard with grated fruit,
good water, tillage and pasture, with 5000 or
$500 worth of timber on the place. Contains
llil2 acres; title perfect. Inquire of Arvilla
:. kingmsn, Mt. Desert Ferry. or A. F. Burn
ham, Ellsworth for particulars. ARvILLA 5.
kINGMAN.
hOCSE-For sale or rent. ll2 story house
L on Hancock street, in good repair. In
quire of Mrs. +. q. SWIFT, Ellsworth.
4 GOOD jumper, Bangor buggy, harnesses;
"A also nice driving horse safe sound and
kind. REV. E. L. HUNT, Ellsworth Falls. Me.