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Year: 1878

For the Appointment of an Inspector of
Milk and Defining his Duties and
Powers.


Be 1t ordained By the Mayor, aldermen
and Common Council, of the City Of Portland, In
City Council assembled, as folt0lcS:


SECTION 1.-There shall be appointed by the Board
of Mayor and Aldermen, for the remainder of the
present Municipal year, and thereafter annually an
Inspector of Milk, who shall be sworn, give notice of
his appointment keep an office and books, aud have
all the powers and perform all the duties set forth
and prescribed in the statutes of the State relating
to the sale OF milk and the inspection thereof.


SECTION 2.-It shaft be the duty Of each person or
firm, now or hereafter engaged in the business of
selling milk within the limits OF the city, to file an
nuay with the Inspector statement of his name,
residence and place of businese or, If he sells milk
from cart, of such fact to the end that said state
ment may be registered by the Inspector in book
kept for the purpose and in default of SO doing said
person firm shall forfeit the of twenty dollars
to the use Of the city to be recovered in any court of
competent jurisdiction.


SECTION 3-It shall be the duty Of the Inspector
to receive and register said statement, and grant
certificate of such registration upon request of the
person or firm filing the same. The Inspector, when
thereunt0 requested in writing by any citizen of
Portland, shall make inspection within the limits OF
the city of any milk sold, or offered or intended for
sale within the same, md also upon his motion,
without previous notice. as often as once year. and
oftener at his discretion shall visit all places of bus-
ness and carts in and from which milk is sold within
the city, and make thorough inspection of the kind
and quality of milk found in said places of business
and carts offered intended for sale, shall also
be the duty of said Inspector to prosecute all viola
tons Of the statutes of the State and ordinances of
the city relating to the sale of milk. And at fhe
close of each municipal year said Inspector shall
make detailed report to the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen.


SECTION 4-The compensation of said Inspector
shall be as follows -Twenty-five cents for making
the before required registration and granting GER
tfcate thereof to be paid by the person requesting
the Fifty cents for making Inspection of milk
to be paid by the person requesting the 10 be
made; and said Inspector shall be entitled to one
half of all forfeitures accruing to the city in all pros
ecutions instituted by him for violation of the stat
utes of the State ordinances OF the city relating
to the Sale of milk.


SECTION 5.-This Ordinance shall take effect on
approval.


Gin BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN,


December Sd, 1877. !
Read twice and passed to be engrossed. Sent down.


Attest; Fl. l. ROBINSON, Clerk.


In COMMON COUNCIL Dec. 8, 1877.
Read twice and passed to be engrossed in concur
renee.


Attest: L. CLIFFORD WADE, Clerk.
approved January u, 1878.


jal4 d10s
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous etters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are In
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
Year: 1878

To any one sending us club of Fifty
Subscribers to the GAzETTE, accompani-
ed with seventy five dollars in cash, be-
ing the amount for fifty copies of the
GAZETTE at ONE DOLLAR AND A HAIL per
copy, we will give-a late improved new
Howe Sewing Machine, the cash price
of which is twenty-five dollars, all over
the world This offer is made simply
as an inducement for neso subscribers,
and not as q specuniary motive.
Year: 1878

81 am afraid you viii come to
want said an old lady to a young
gallant tI have come to want al
ready was the reply q want your
daughter" The old lady was yislbly
affected. lrzo8 ,IgJA2A = % -
Year: 1878

Docs ON EERANDs OF MERCY.-The
suggestion OF the Hehr ZeitUng is that
race of dogs should be attached TO armies
in their campaings, or at least 10 the corps
OF ambulance service attending upon
them, and that after every battle the dogs
in question should be sent forth TO range
over the field OF battle in search Of those
wrctched wounded soldiers who have
not been killed outright. but who have
hidden themselves in some refuge, and
after figuring in the list of missing men
too often perish miserably before any re-
lief can find them out 1t seems that the
idea of employing dogs in tins way is bv
no means Il new one, but was brought
forward two wears ago AT Dresden. where
some dogs qualified Tor this purpose were
shown in au exhibition. Since that time
experiments have been by means of cross
ing the St Bernard with other races with
view 10 obtaining the most suitable
breed, and a very satisfactory result is
said To have been arrived at 10y the Ger
man ianciers. The precise mode of en-
ploying the animals on their bcnciccnt
mission is described in the Vienna. paper
which explains that the dog i furnished
with leather collar and plate, having
marked upon it his number and the div
ision of the army to which he is attached,
and the Geneva Cross. To this collar i
suspended 4 small leathcrn bag, contain
ing pencil and slip oi paper, and even 4
little lantern in case oi his being sent ont
at night. The wounded man, upon being
found. opens the bag and writes his name
if he can upon the paper, together with
the nature OF his injuries, and on the re-
turn of the animal TO the ambulance aS
sistance is sent under it, guidance 10 the
spo. where the sufferer is concealed
Limit aHd Water.
Year: 1878

Some people are silly enough to think,
or to say so ii they do not think it, that
Senator DENNIS, of Maryland, has ruined
his chance of being his own successor by
voting with Senator CONKLING against the
New York custOm-house nominations, and
in the interest Of the highest principles of
ciyil-Servire reform. We doubt if the
with any line Of policy that will innict
punishment upon Senator DENNIS for hav-
ing followed the dictates Of his own con-
science and Judgment on an important
question relating 10 the civil service OF the
country, or that His course will in any de-
gree initiate against his success.


Senator DENNIS may not be permitted TO
succeed himself, but, be that as it may
should he be defeated it will, no doubt, be
for the reason that the representatives, from
his own section Of the Stale do not support
him with much zeal His strength appears
to centre more on the Eastern Shore than in
the more western sections of the State. We
have no interest in this contest beyond the
fact that our acquaintance with Senator Den
MS during his Senatorial term hNscOnyncet
us that the State may go farther and fare
worse than to return him. No State has
more devoted and faithful senator than h,
has proved himself to be during his pcriot
OF service and as a Democrat must com,
from that section, our preference would be
for one who has proved himself worthy o.
the position by his devotion to his duties
his abilities, and his genial bearing towarC
those who differ from him in political opin
ion and relation.
Year: 1878

We would again call the attention of
business men and others to the fact that we
have connected with our Office one of the
most complete job printing Offices in the
country, which is prepared at all times to
do all kinds of printing in the best of style
pnd at the most reasonable prices Espe-
cially is this true of legal printing, briefs
arguments, speeches, esc.
Year: 1878

A great lace house at Nottingham, Eng
land, holds half-hour daily prayer meet
ing for its eight hundred employees
When these employees 90 to prayer
meeting, the half hour is deducted
from their wages, unless they are on duty
in the establishment while the meeting is in
progress.
Year: 1878

class. This is not always accounted for,
as might have bcen expccted-by there
having been less drink produced insanity
among the well-to-do patients, for, in the
Royal Edinburgh Asylum, where this
disparity strongly comes out, there is
even higher percentage Of insanity from
this cause among the private than the
pauper lunatics: The history Of the daily
mode of life Of many members of the
Stock Exchange would reveal, in the
matter Of diet, an amount
Of alcoholic inhibition in the form of
morning ''nips," wine at luncheon and
it dinner, difficult to realize by many of
less porous constitutions, and easily ex-
planning the disastcrous results which in
many Instances follow, sooner or later, as
respects disturbances of the nervous sys-
TEN, in one form or other. In fact, by
the time dinner is due the stomach is in
despair, and its owner finds it necessary
to goad lost appetite by strong spirits
ending with black coffee and some LIQUOR.
When either dyspepsia or over-business
work is set down as the cause of the in
sanity of such individuals it should be
considered what influence the amount of
alcohol imbibed has exerted upon the
final catastrophe, as we'll as the assigned
cause. But whatever may be the relative
amount of insanity produced among the
affluent and the poor, Of this there can be
no doubt, that certain mcn,al causes OF
lunacy, as over-study, and business wor
ry: produce more insanity among the
upper than the lower classes.-Popular
Science MonthLv.
Year: 1878

The bill introduced in the Senate
by Senator Thurman, to prohibit men,
bcrs of Congress from becoming securities on
certain bonds, provides that it shall be unlaw-
full for any Senator or Representative in or
delegate to Congress, to become surety On
any official bond hereafter executed to the
United States or to any officer thereof, or on
any bond hereafter executed by any contract
or with the United States, or with any depart
ment or officer thereof, to secure the perform
ance Of any contract in Which the United
States may be interested, and any such bond
hereafter executed by such Senator or Repre-
sentative, or delegate, as surety shall be null
and void.
Year: 1878

The executive committee of the ''honest
money league" has issued call for a meet
ing of persons friendly to the object of the
league, to take place at the Grand Pacific
hotel, Chicago, Tuesday, March 18th. The
call states that the object Of the meeting is to
effect permanent organization for the North
west, to thereby disseminate sound views of
finance and to counteract the influence of Or
ganized agitators who would lead the nation
to the adoption of irredeemable paper money.
The leaders of the movement report that it is
rapidly gaining strength and that letters are
received daily expressing warm sympathy and
a desire to cooperate.
Year: 1878

The vessel men at Milwaukee antici-
pate little or no business during the early
spring. There is absolutely no demand for
charters, and no likelihood of there being any
before May at the earliest. The amount of
wheat there is only six hundred thousand
bushels, not more than a quarter the amount
usually in store at this season of the year.
There will be nothing for vessels to do before
the middle Of May, and even then freight rates
will be ruinously low. There are so many
vessels, and so little grain, that vessel men cx.
pect to sec rates lower than ever before.
Year: 1878




Bears and squirrels are more plenty
this season than they have been for many
years past; and from this fact it is
adduced that an early and severe winter
is before us. Those who have made obser-
vations in nature say that the near
approach of those animals to the dwell
ing of man, in early fall, is an almost in
fallible sign. In the neighborhood of
Norwood they are more numerous than
ever before, says the Register, and al
most every farmer in the township of
hummer has seen bear. One followed
farmer who had honey in his buggy
some distance, and even approached the
door of the house.


lParis IN. Y. y Mirror.


Monday afternoon Miss Cora Harter
saw black bear crossing a lot near her
fathers residence, and Immediately
communicated the fact to the house
hold. Her father and brother gathered
together their munitions of war, con-
sisting Of two shot guns, and sending
Cora to summon the neighbors' assist
ance, were soon joined by George and
Frank Thayer, when all gave chase to
his bearship. They soon had him treed,
and Frank blazed away with an old
howitzer" and filled the bears mouth
with buckshot, but he merely shook his
head at the introduction. He then re-
ceived like dose from one of the party
in the back which caused him to seek
another tree. They followed him up
and kept pouring shot into his carcass
until he showed signs of fatigue, and
turning partly round to the hunters, as
if to appeal for mercy, he inadvertently
lifted a forepaw. Frank took advan-
tage of the position and planted broad
side from his blunderbuss, which brought
bruin" tograss. They then fell upon
him and belabored him with clubs until
he died. His weight was one hundred
and eleven pounds-the half pound we
allow for the lead that had lodged in
his body. This is the fourth bear that
has been seen in this section within a
short time, end we may hear of other
captures ere 'ong.
Year: 1878

strained desperately for n chance of re.
sstance.


"Their work WAS nearly done,
Cramped in that small pace, was
powerless, and the veins in my throat
and head were swell ing like sinuous
bars, when the old gentleman in the
corner awokc and came to my resistance.
heard n low whirr of some weapon in
its descent, and my first assailant rccled
from me, stunned, Then the old gentle
man, with a strength and rapidity Of
action wonderful TO see in a person Of
his age, seized the scoundrel, lifted him
away and dashed him down on seat


There was Il brief struggle, and then
| heard sharp click, Scoundrcl the
second had pair Of handouts on his
wrist.


They were more prompt than | had
expected, said the old gentleman, re-.
moving his woSlen comforter, with
which he fastened my first assailant's
hands behind him, and a railway car
riage does not afford much scope for Il
struggle


"The pocket-book was safe. The
ruffians were securely bound, and the
old gentleman, who, without his specta-
cles and muffler, stood out in bold and
pleasant relief as the detective, kept
guard over them.


AT the station they were handed over
into the custody of the police. | was
all right by that time. Vixen rode with
me as far as the hotel nearest here, and
tomorrow he will call and see if | am
any worse for my ride by express"


The contents of the pocket-book were
Mary's bridal dowry.


The detective speaks of the senior
partner of the firm of Brand q Lake as
the most hospitable and generous man
he ever met in the course of his profes
siOnal career.
Year: 1878

WHEN a man leaves our side and goes
to the other side, he is traitor, and we
always feel that there was subtle some
thing wrong with him. But when
man leaves the other side and comes
over 10 us, then he is man of great
moral courage, and we always feel that
he had sterling stuff In him,
Year: 1878

AN ingenious locksmith in this city
has invented new front door lock
which by clockwork arrangement be-
comes deaf to the entreaties of latch
key after twelve clock at night. When
ever you pass house at two a. nj. and
see man sleeping on the fence you may
know his wife has purchased one on the
olv
Year: 1878

AT LAsT.-TO demonstrate that all
things have their uses, is probably the
reason OF the late cold spell. 1t froze the
water in the ugly hole which di>graces
the town and the boys and girls had fine
times sliding on the ice. Probably the
little folks are the only ones who will dis
sent when the place is pronounced a nui-
sance.
Year: 1878

DIARIES for 1878 at Barnickel's Drug
and Book Store. Buy n diary and whom
ever you pay out or receive money, or
have anything charged against you, jot
it down, and you can always see how you
stand with the world.
Year: 1878

RA1N.-The cold weather broke up
unexpectedly Sunday night with a rain
storm, and the weather has been cloudy
or stormy since. .63 of an inch fell Sun
day night and Monday. Wednesday
night the clouds began to come from the
Southeast and the heaviest storm of the
season came for about two hours, .93 of
an inch falling in that time. A sprinkling
of snow followed and at the time of going
topress the sky is still threatening. In
all the storms which have occurred thus
far the snow deposit has been very light,
although the thermometer has marked as
low as 400 when the storm was in progress.
Total rain for the season thus far 1888.
Year: 1878

THE WAY TO GOOD TIMEs.-Curse the cap
italistS; frighten them all you can. Do not let
them go into business. II they show any dis
position to do so, call meeting: get up set
of rules and regulations for managing the bust
and threaten those who will not 60 In under
the rules until they gather up their money and
leave the country, as they have already begun
@ ao so muSR SR 70


hard than you do by ibleness that you will COM
pei them to divide. They will work all the
harder for such encouragement Go right
are doing great deal Of good. All that is
necessary is to follow it up and we will soon
be on the ground floor, all equal-all poor, all
Year: 1878

THF FUTURE HOME OF THE SPOTTED TAILS


The Commissioner Of Indian affairs has re-
ceived letter Of interest from j. NJ. HawOrth,
one OF the commission appointed to treat
with the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail Indians,
describing the country on which it Is proposes
to locate the Spotted Tail Indians and tOu ;h


ing upon other matters He says: my Dear
Commissioners We are spending the Sabb 4th
day encamped on Wounded Knee Creek, not
lar from Its head or source, which is in range
OF sand hills; AT the point where We are il Is
very small stream, though of good water !;
we will find good timber few miles down the
stream. We crossed the winding ridge yes


terday between the White Earth and South
River, having traced the south fork from its
ending to its beginning, which is near that of
the wounded Knee, or on the opposite side of
the same range of sand hills the two flowing
In opposite directions. The land passed over
rom rom the agency to the crossing Of the White
Faith River Is very poor. After
crossing the White Earth we found a better
country. The Rosebud was quite
disappointment to us, having neither timber,
excepting some little in the breaks of the hills,
nor bottom land. The best land we found is
this side Of the Rosebud, but / think an
Ously located In the neighborhOOd of the r Sc
bud, possibly few miles below its mouth.
While it is doubtful about Spotted
Ialls people making success of farming,
think they can make stock raising successful,
as their country is well adapted to it. After
fully examining the country We will look at
that about which you wrote the general. am
keeping an account Of the country &C., and
Will give you full de :cription hereafter
Year: 1878

SECRETARY SHERMAN left here on the / 3 J
pm. train today for New York, where he will
remain for several days on business connected
with the placing of the four per cent loan.
nOrthward on pleasure trip. He will be alb
Year: 1878

as soon as ii is known and tried. IndispenSa-
bic as cOrSets are supposed to be, there are
days in summer when they are intolerab,e,
and dress which is light and opl, which
does not bind at the waist. which does MT
touch with any sense Of pressure, is a God
Year: 1878

WASHINGTON, Dec H. 1873
FEES FOR POSTAL oRDERs-MoyEMENr FOR


THEIR REDUCTION.


The bill of Mr.. Cutler. of New Jersey. to reduce
the minimum OF fees tor postal orders to five cents
offered by that gentleman in response to gen.
era demand for lowering Of the rate from the pres
ent minimum OF ten cents exacted for the trans
mission Of even SO small q sum as 81. There is no
longer any pretence Of necessity for maintaining the
latter rate, as the report of the Postmaster
General shows that for the year 1878 the money
order branch has become a of pront.
When il il remembered that Uncle Sam is willing to
lose about annually in the letter carrying
business 10 unfair that the of people who
are benefited by the money order service should be
made TO pay than the expense of such service
The experiment Of again trying the five cent mini
mum. the abolition Of which is credited to the inter
ested lobbying of bankers and brokers who jea-
OF the governments interference with their
change business will undoubtedly be popular.


THE NEW YORK NOMINATIONS


mas recess there ia general disposition the part
of members who live at distance to leave town by
a early Thursday. For this it is thought
there will be quorum Of the Senate Committee on
Commerce at the regular meeting the day after to-
morrow and that the New York nominations will go
over without further consideration until after the
holidays.
Year: 1878

Nothing adds so much to the beauty of
farm as neat, tidy surroundings. Farm
ers are too much occupied about the plow-
ing, planting, etc, to give much time to
light work in spring, yet it would require
but very little extra effort to spare few
hours about the house in picking up and
raking off the dirt from about the house
and barn but it would add so very much
more to its attractions, and make it far
more valuable in the eyes of others, par
ticularly those who are in search of farm
to purchase as home. Add to this the
repairing of broken hinges and gates and
all kinds of machinery, and one has relieved
himself of great discomfort and has been
rearing a refined influence, both in his own
family and that of his neighbors, and also
prolonged the life of his family by the re-
moval of that which creates disease and
death. "An ounce Of preventative is worth
pound of cure"
Year: 1878

As soon as we discover any symptoms OF
gapes among our chickens, we know that
they are worms-very small red worms-in
their windpipes, and we give them camphor,
in their drinking vessels, strong enough to
make quite taste of the camphor. Then,
if any get the disease quite badly before we
discover it, we forco pill of gum camphor
down the throat about the size Of small
pea, and the fumes of that dose will kill
worms. No kind of worms can live in
canphor; hence, camphor must be power
ful vsrmifuge World.
Year: 1878

A serious accident occurred in our vicinity on the 4th inst. Mir. David Lewis, while at work in a well for Wyley Burns, was seriously injured by blast. Mir. l.. after preparing for the blast made several efforts to accomplish his work, but all In vain i; after ample time he went down in the we'll and was working with his drill, the powder took fire, exploding, driving the drill through his left hand, tearing way two fingers and half the hand. and likelihood for an amputation of the rest.

 Mir. l.. came in our midst about eight or ten months ago and has proven to be worthy citizen, a hard working man, and member of that noble order, the Odd Fellows. Mr. l.. being a poor man his wife and three little children were wholly de pendent upon him for their daily bread; now he is disabled by the ter rife blow and it is hopeful that the good people of our cruntry will be charitable towards the unfortunate family will remember the Golden Rule, and act the part of the good Samartan--show to the world that they do not live for themselves alone. but for the purpose for which they were created, that

 .They live for those who love them,

 For chose who know them true,

 For the Heaven that smiles above them,

 And the good that they may do"

 Tha. they do not live to fill their
Year: 1878

Wedding gossip flies around with the freeness of hired horse. From every direction comes the story of economic negotiation for the coming nights, when old Boreas shall caper madly around the house. but the gentle heart shall not fiighten, nor the brave man flicker as he blows out the light and falls over the rock ing chair,
Year: 1878

A man may read all the Amer jean humor written and published during the past year, and maintain a countenance as grave as Stewart s broken vault, but when he thinks of the governor ei South Carolinat rid ing a mule, his risables are moved and huge smile takes possession of his face.
Year: 1878

Men think it mighty funny to sec a woman perplexed about what's go- ing on when they try to gather up their trails, but ii the mems over coats were as long as the women s trains, and they were to attempt to gather them up when crossing two inch lohloly, you could see their gal lows crossings everytime.