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gins, who attended the grand chapter in
Portland recently. All are proud 10 know
that the grand worthy matron Of Maine
for this year Is Mrs. Elizabeth Leach, OF
Bar Harbor, and grand Ruth is Mrs. Kate
Pray, Of Somesviile. Mt. Desert island is
not behind, IL it is isolated to certain
extent.
The literary entertainment included
farce entitled 'sThe Gossipers", by three
OF the gifted sisters, which caused much
merriment. A reading by another sister
brongh; smiles to the faces of the audi
ence. The musical part OF the entertain
ment had to be omitted, as some of the
members who were to take part were not
present.
Light refreshments had been prepared
and with the exception of two or three
sisters, there was great surprise when two
kinds OF delicious ice-cream were brought
in. II seems that the women Of South
west Harbor can keep secret, even II
there are more than one in it. All went
home in ''the calm after the storm, feel
ing well pleased with the evenings enter
tainment. The next meeting will be on
Tuesday evening, Sept. 10. RUTH.
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M'KlNLEY.

Mrs. Leslie Wilson is visiting friends IN
Portland and Lewiston.
Miss Maude Chsffey will spend this
week in Gloucester, Mass.
John Bickford, OF Gloucester, Mass IS
spending few days in town.
William Thurston has returned to Port
land, where he has employment.
Misses Annie Norwood and Della Black
are visiting friends on Swans Island.
David Sawyer, who has been in town Oh
business for . few days, has returned 10
Jonesport.
Bills are out for dance here THURSDAY
evening, July 4, under the management
OF F. L. Manchester and l.. A. Bunker
A social dance was held in the hall mere
Saturday evening. Music was furnlshes
by l. 8. Ray, OF Southwest HarsoT' anu
Miss Lou Richardson, of this place
Julvl ANON.
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HANCOCK.

Walter Abbott, OF Worcester, Mass, is
visiting his parents, Ernest Abbott and
wife.
Miss Ethel Crabtree is at home from
Mansfield, Mass, where she has been
teaching.
The ladies' aid society will hold an ice
cream sociable at town hall, Thursday
evening, July4.
Mrs. Mary Abbott, who has spent the
past winter in Lawrence, Mass, is at her
home for the summer.
Mrs. Irving Coggins, with son Arthur,
of Maiden, Mass, is expected Thursday to
spend the summer with her mother, Mrs.
Rufus Laws.
Misses Carrie Edith and Gertrude Foss,
Rena and Myra Springer were at Stratton
and Springer's camp at Marlboro . few
days last week. Al. report q very pleasant
outing.
July /. Z.
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COUNTY NEWS.
BucKspoRT.

Thursday afternoon Rev. Frederic
Brown, a graduate Of the Bangor theo-
logical seminary, was formally installed
pastor OF the Congregational church.
The church was very prettily decorated
The schooner, n. B. Stetson, Capt. Allan
McIsaac. cleared last Wednesday for the
Grand Banks. She carries crew Of nine
teen men and seventeen DORIS. This ves-
sci was caught in the ice last winter at the
Bay OF Islands, and was released TINS
spring, which accounts for her lateness in
getting started for the banks.
Mrs. Elijah P. Emerson died Sunday
afternoon. She had been in i'll health for
more than three years. She was the eld-
est daughter Of the late Andrew Wescott,
and was born in Bluehill, July 10, 1881.
She leaves besides her husband, one sister
Mrs. Augusta Pierce. Mrs. Emerson was
chairman OF the benevolent society OF the
Congregational church, and many poor
families will long remember her charitable
work.
The marriage Of Miss Lenora Cousins
and Louis B. Farnham, OF Orland, took
place at--the home Of the brides aunt,
Mrs. Benjamin B. Blodgett, in this place,
Saturday afternoon. Rev. Frederic Brown
ofiiciated. The house was prettily deco
rated. Relatives and few friends OF the
bride and groom were present. Following
the ceremony there was a reception. Both
bride and groom are graduates OF the
seminary, and veryi.popular. They will
live in Bucksport, Mr.l Farnham having
been elected professor Of mathematics at
the seminary for the coming year.
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SOUTHWEST HARBoR.

DR.. r. }. Lemont is enjoying visit from
his brother, from New Brunswick.
Miss Mary Snow, with Miss Grier, OF the
Pratt institute, Brooklyn, N. Y, is at her
cottage for the season.
Liston Smith, the alive Yankee, is
selling out his stock preparatory to q
change in his business.
Southwest Harbor's Fourth of July
celebration will be chiefly q bali game
with the team from Bar Harbor.
Several cottsgers arrived last week,
among them being Joseph Cooper, IT,,
wife and children, and the Meade family,
from Boston.
The Y. w. c. T. U. held a pleasant lawn
party on the library grounds Friday even
ing, June %. Ice-cream and candy were
served under the mellow light Of Chinese
lanterns.
The Baptist society has extended a call
to Rev. James A. Thoms, of Vermont, to
become pastor of the church at Manset.
He has fitted up the parsonage and will
bring here his wife and seven children.
Miss Beatrice Carroll has returned from
the Houlton academy, where she won high
honors, taking the junior prize for best
delivery Of original essay. Her sister,
Mrs. Seth Thornton, came with her for a
months visit.
Mr.. Kennedy, one Of the chief pro-
motors Of the Mt. Desert Transit Co., was
in town Saturday eYpresaius, h;r,.ors ..
well pleased with the site for the terminus
station, and assuring Southwest Harbor
citizens that within two years the electric
road will be running.
July l. Spp.v
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MARIAVILLE.

Charlie Frost is in poor health. All hope
for his speedy recovery.
Herbert Newman's family has gone to
Otter Creek for q short visit.
SCHOOLS in..districts Nos. and Q held q
picnic Friday. All report fine time.
Hollis Carter has gone to Bluehill to
visit relatives. He was accompanied by
Harold Buzzell.
Linwood Hoyt and family, of Lawrence,
Mass, are in town. Mr.. Hoyt came here
Q few weeks ago for his health. Mrs.
Hoyt and two children joined him here
Saturday.
Mrs. Rose Haslam died Saturday after
noon, after long illness. Funeral ser
vices were held at the home of her father,
Stephen Rankin, Monday. Ida Garland
ofiiciated. lnterment at Aurora.
July /. S.
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advertisements.
Pai.ful Fern Of the Disease that
Comes In Hot Weather.

Many people are especially suscepti-
BILE to rheumatism in the summer. due
to eating acid fruits. to sitting In
draught when persp.ring. or to other
causes. These sufferers will be inter-
ested in knowing of a remedy for
rheumatism called Neuralgia Anodyne,
which Is SO uniformly successful that
1t is sold by dealers everywhere, with
the understanding that the money will
be refunded. II 1t does not do all that
Is claimed for 1t.
Neuralgia Anodyne is used inter-
nally and externally, thus reaching the
nerve centres, and at the same time
absorbed through the pores of the
skin. eases the aching muscles and
throbbing nerves.
All rheumatism sufferers should try
Neuralgia Anodyne, and see the quick
relief they get. A large bottle costs
but 25 cts. Made by The Twitchell-
Champlin Co.. Portland. Me.
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COUNTY NEWS.
NORTHEAST HARBoR.

Arthur Wood Stanley and Miss Char
lotte A. Chapman were married June ! at
the home OF P. D. Gilley, by Rev. E. E.
Harris, pastor OF the Baptist church.
The family OF P. ID. Gilley, agent for the
Eastern Steamship Co., returned Sunday
from visit with Mrs. Giiley's mother at
Manset. Their little girls are recovering
nicely from their recent illness.
There are not many very old people in
Mort beast Harbor, but there are at least
two who are exceptionally smart for their
years. Mrs. Hannah Smallidge, aged
eighty-five, is finishing silk quilt that
will doubtless be one OF the features at the
coming industrial exhibit. The needlework
would be credit to the fingers and eyes
OF a girl. Louis Holmes, who lives with his
daughter. Mrs. Atherton, is well into his
eighty-eighth year. He has garden that
is model. Last week he spent with his
sister at Southwest Hsrbor.
The services OF the Union church asso-
citation will begin. Sunday, July Z, the arrt
preacher being Rev. Prof. w. A. Brown, OF
Union theological seminary, New York
city, who has Q summer home at Seal
Harbor. The Baptist Sunday school will
continue to meet at the close OF the morn
ing service, and there will be preaching by
Mr.. Harris each Sunday evening and .
prayer meeting on Wednesday evening.
Among the new men who will be heard in
this seasons Union church services are
Rev. G. c. Cressey, d. D., of the Universe
list church, Bangor, and President Rush
Rhees, ID. D., Of Rochester university,
Rochester, n. Y.
July /. SPEC.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
HEADACHE
SPEEDY
RELIEF
FOR INDIGESTION

Monroe, Me-, Sept. 10, 1900,
II have used L. F. Atwoods ea
tiers in my family for years ana ii aor
they are almost an instant cure ~,
headache and indigestion. l Away
keep them on hand" ~
Yours truly, L. A. Coison'
If the stomach is allowed to get oa'
of order, the whole system sum he
To enjoy life the stomach mus N
tenderly cared for, and there Us = az
remedy that acts SO benehciaIiy .l,Iv
Il. F. Atwood's Bitters. They q.iea A
adjust the illness and set you righs "
all druggists, 35c.
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Aiueu IIhit Jofuau WAS poIH III Llus-
worth, Oct. is. 1879, and died at Northeast
Harbor, June 10 last, at the age Of
seventy-seven years, seven months and
twenty nine days.
When about nine years old he came TO
Mt. Desert with his father, his mother
having died when he was a small child.
When nearly twenty-one years old he
married Mercy Stephens at Mount Desert
and after few years residence in Boston
returned to Mt. Desert, where he con-
tinued to live till appointed light-keeper
at Bakers Island lighthouse, where he re-
mained more than sixteen years.
During this period Of his life = very
sorrowful experience came to him. For it
was here that he lost his wife, also .
daughter, nineteen years ofage, and q son,
ten years old. But although these sue
cessive bereavements were to him . great
afiiction, yet he was greatly comforted by
the fact that still he had happy home.
For of his two sons, Alden w. lived at Isles
ford, and George W. was still with him,
and his daughter Dora kept his house.
Mr.. Jordan had an intense affection for
his children, and felt the fullest assurance
that their love for him was equally strong.
And he always seemed happy in the con-
seriousness that there was among the
members Of his family an unlimited
measure OF confidence, goodwill and love
for one another.
After a service of more than sixteen
years at Bakers Island he was transferred
to Bear Island light station and remained
there sixteen years.
During his period Of service as light
keeper he met many OF the distinguished
people who visit Mt. Desert, and was
much respected and liked by them, for he
was generous and hospitable, and his
cheerful and sociable manner made him
companionablc and much liked by all
with whom he came in contact.
When quite young he made profession
OF religion, and joined Baptist church.
He lived life which was honest, up
right and consistent with his Christian
profession.
Leaving Bear island, he moved to
Northeast Harbor in 1899, and continued to
live there till the time OF his death. His
daughter Dora always kept his house, and
was to him constant companion as long
- he lived.
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BAR HARBOR.

The Bar Harbor savings bank, new cor
poration, has opened its doors for pus''
ness. The officers are: William H. onei'
man, president; Samuel ]. Clement WIZ
president; Frank e. Walls, treasurer w.
H. Sherman, S. J. Clement, Franz l.
Walls, Henry A. Brown. Charles F. Ansn'
Capt. E. p. Dickson, Fred A. Gonya' Mar
Perlinsky, Oscar D. Wentworth, drecIoIs.
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NORTH BUCKsPORT.

George NJ. Curtis, native OF this place,
but for many years a resident Of Bangor,
where he was connected with the Wash
burn mill, died Sunday, aged sixty-five
years. The body was brought here for in
terment.
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SPRAY.


Jephthah chapter, o. E. g., held an in
teresting meeting Tuesday evening, June
20. it being the last one before the sum-
mer vacation OF two months. A special
programme had been prepared. In spite
OF the electrical storm quite a number
gathered in the chapter room.
After the usual work, interesting re-
ports were listened to from Worthy Ma
iron Mrs. Ida Cousins, and Nellie Hig-
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Mr.. H. J. Henneman, Oakland, Neb.,
writes:
II waited before writing to You apout
my sickness, catarrh OF the stomach,
which had over . year ago.
"There were people who told me II
would not stay cured, but ! am sure
that am cured, for do not feel any
more Ill effects, have good appetite and
am getting fat.
$50 1 am, and win say to all, l am
cured for good.
II thank you for your kindness.
"Peruna Will be our house medicine
hereafter"
Catarrh Of the stomach IL also known
In common parlance as dyspepsia. gas
tritis and indigestion. No medicine viii
be OF any permanent benefit except 1t
removes the catarrhal condition.
Nervous Deblllty.
Miss Ireoe Smith, 10 Minnesota Ave-,
Randle Highlands, Washington, D. c.,
writes:
"Peruna cured mo Of catarrh Of the
head and stomach and nervous debility
from which / suffered for two years"
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HANCOCK POINT.

Mrs. Stella Boston Swan, Of Brooklyn,
N. Y, came July 1, and is occupying her
cottage.
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Miss Mary o'Brien, 500 Myrtle
Ave-, Brooklyn, N. r., writes:
"Pesana cured me In five week.
Of cstarrh Of the stomach, after
suffering for four years and doctor.
ing without effect. In common with
other grateful ones who have been
benefited by your discovery, say,
An hall to Peruna.
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STOLE $4,000 IN GEMS.
Reward of $4,000 offered for Their
Return

NEW YORK. March S.-Central ONCE de-
tectives and representatives OF private
agencies are making q thorough canvass
among pawnbrokers and dealers in precious
stones throughout the city in search of dia-
monds worth $4,000 which were stolen
several days ago from the ]. ]. Sweeney
Jewelry Company of Houston, Texas. A
reward of $4,000 has been offered for the
return of the jewels. with the promise that
no questions will be asked. The stolen
Jewels are described as polished white and
blue-white diamonds in sizes ranging from
over the country have been cautioned to
detan strangers who attempt to dispose OF
such stones.
The authorities in Houston believe that
the thief Is New York man and an ex-
pert, and that he will probably attempt to
dispose of his plumber here. The scheme
by which he operated. 1t Is said. has never
before been successfully carried out. In
some manner he procured an exact dupli-
cate of the case in which the company
kept its stock Of brilliants and filled 1t
with pebbles. Then he went to the store
as a prospective purchaser. and while In
specting the diamonds substituted the case
of pebbles. He disappeared before the
robbery was discovered, although the SUBJ
stitution was made under the eyes of the
manager.
The man for whom the police are looking
is described as about forty-five years of
age, weighing about 200 pounds. His COM
plexion is fiorid and his hair and mustache
dark, tinged with gray.
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DROPS IMMIGRATION CASES.
Government Calls Off Suits Against
Charlotte Millmen.

GREENSBORO. N. c.. March s.-The trial
of the test case against the Charlotte mill
men who were sued by the government for
$1,000 I'm penalties for alleged violations OF
the immigration laws ended rather sud-
denly and abruptly in the United States
Circuit Court last evening. when. upon
the motion Of counsel for the government.
the jury was instructed to bring in YER
dict in favor Of the defendants. This car
ries all the suits against the defendants OF
the docket, and nolle PROSE- was taken in
the criminal case charging them with con-
spiracy.
The defendants were Edward A. Smith,
president of three cotton mills at Char
lotte; Summer B. Sergeant, manager of the
d. A. Tompkins company; F. c. Dwele Sec
rotary and treasurer Of the mills of which
Mr.. Smith Is president, and Thomas NJ. Co.'S
tello, immigration agent. The latter could
not be found after the cases were instituted.
1t was alleged in the complaints that the
cotton-mill owners employed Costello to go
to England and hire labor for their mills.
and that, in pursuance of this agreement,
Costello went and, by promises. contracts
and agreements, secured the consent of the
aliens to come to America. 1t was also al
legged that Costello prepaid their passage
and gave them SHOW" money. There were
seventy-one OF the aliens who came to
America to work in the mills in and around
Charlotte.
The defendants offered as a defense that
Costello exceeded his authority as agent
and Judge Boyd held that the government
must show that the defendants shared In
the unlawful purpose with Costello. The de-
PENDANTS also commended that, as there was
not skilled labor of like kind unemployed
In this country, they were not amenable to
the law.
The defendants brought cotton mill men
from every section Of the country to testify
that there is a great scarcity of cotton mill
help. 1t was shown that there Is millions Of
n Ia arcs ufa
in the mills Of the south on account of tho
scarcity of labor.
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BATEMAN TRIAL AT BELAIR,
Tilt Between Lawyers an Incident Of
Yesterdays Hearing.

BELAIR, Md, March 8.-What had been
rather dull session of the Bateman trial
yesterday was suddenly made sensational
near the hour of adjournment by States
Attorney Sitter and Stevenson A. Will
liams, one Of the counsel for the defense,
engaging in lively tilt.
William H. Harlan. the first witness testi-
fled that during the time he was attorney
to the county commissioners, which ap-
pointment ceased in 1898. he discovered a
claim against George NJ Lyle for tract
Of land off the almshouse property that he
secured judgment on 1t and collected the
money, which he turned over to the COM
missioners in 1904. The amount was 1854
and was paid by check. which was Endorsed
by Hudson Bateman. clerk.
Richard NJ. Taylor and Walter R. Nc
Comas. magistrates. testified to having paid
sums of money to Bateman in settlement
Of fines due the county.
Albert l.. Mccain said he has been one of
the county commissioners since 1903 and
that Bateman was clerk to the board IN
to last November. In nearly every case
cash that came into the office was turned
over to Bateman. and that the only ac-
counts in banks the commissioners had
were those of Bateman as clerk.
Walter S. Sellers and Sheriff Reasin testi-
fled to having paid Bateman money the
former on account Of produce from the
almshouse farm and the latter on account
of fines
John 8. Holt. a bookkeeper and general
accountant who was a member of the COM
mittee that investigated the books and ac-
counts of the commissioners last fall, and
whose ultimate report disclosed the irregu-
larities in the books, stated he made an
exhaustive examination of the books and
accounts and fixed in several instances
where Bateman had deposited money in
bank as clerk, but did not charge himself
with the money on the cash book and also
that certain sums of money were entered
on the cash book. but were not deposited
il bank.
Walter s. Cole and David Hanson, deputy
in the county treasurer's office, testified to
having cashed checks for Bateman which
were made payable to ]. Finney Wells,
trea surer. and were signed by Hudson Bate
man. clerk. They said they had frequently
noticed him being drowsy, and sometimes
he would fall asleep at his desk.
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sTEPToE ACQUITTED.
Virginia Jury Declares Negro Not
Guilty of Criminal Assault.

DANVILLE. Va. March S.-The jury In
the case Of Herbert Steptoe, accused Of
criminal assault upon Miss Gladys Shelton
Of Amherst county. returned verdict last
night Of mot guilty" after being out since
10 O'Clock. Judge Aiken said that in the
opinion Of the court the verdict was justi-
fed by the evidence and that he hoped that
the verdict would be satisfactory to the
people Of Virginia. and especially to those
OF Amherst county, so far as the prisoner
Steptoe Is concerned.
Mitchell Steptoe. father Of the prisoner.
testified that on the day Of the crime his
son returned home from Lynchburg at
about IL o'clock. He left the house, he
a dog. going in the direction opposite to
that Of the Shelton home. His son re-
turned at about o'clock. Amanda Step
toe, mother of the prisoner. corroborated
the statement of her husband.
The assault was committed at about 3
o'clock on the afternoon OF January 7.
Mary Robertson, colored woman, re-
siding in the neighborhood. testified that
the assault Steptoe was at her home. Her
son, John Robertson. testified that he saw
the prisoner hunting In the woods some
distance from the Shelton home at the time
the crime occurred. Other witnesses testi-
fed along the same lines.
herbert Steptoe took the stand and ac-
counted for his whereabouts on the day OF
the crime. his testimony being about the
same as that of the other witnesses. He
went hunting on the afternoon Of January
7, he said, visited the home OF Mary Rob-
ertson, denied ever having seen the young
lady or knowing the location Of the house
where she lived.
Attorney Beasley. for the prisoner, plead
ed for an acquittal on the evidence In
troduced. The Identification Of Steptoe as
the guilty negro by Miss Shelton. after
she had previously identified another ne
gro, who had been acquitted, was not
complete and conclusive Of his guilt. The
alibi of the defendant, he said, was clear