Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Me.)
December 15, 1885

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VOL. XVI. AUGUSTA. MAtXE. TUESDAY MORVING. DECEMBER 15. 1885 NO. 278. is Strange as Fiction AND ts Trans temL East Stoughton, Mass., Nov. 22,1885. To the FLOWER MEDICINE CO. Dear Sirs With great pleasure I send you a few lines telling you of the wonderful cure your liver and stomach san ative has done for me. I have been trying about every thing on the market, BESIDES TWENTY DIFFERENT DOC TORS, and found nothing to help me permanently. I some times felt better for a short time, but would then go down again. I have had the DYS PEPSIA and NERVOUS PROS TRATION IN THE WORST FORMS, but to-day I call my-J self well, and all the result of taking your medicine. I gen erally had a bilious attack about once in two wreeks, and now I have not had one since I com menced taking your Sanative, and that was months ago. I CALL IT THE BEST MEDI CINE ON THE CONTINENT, and I ought to be a good judge by this time. 1 am now 58 years old, am doing my work, and feel like a new being. With best wishes for your success, for you are doing a great work for suffering hu manity, I remain your sincere and grateful friend, MRS. THOMAS TRIPP, apr2tM&wly-nr Cough Ae® *C ,B, V There In no need of tearing your lungs to piece* coughing, when a few drops of Adamson's Cough Balsam will relieve you. We have tried it and have found nothing like it. W. T. G1LM AN, lloulton. Mo. Adninson'* Botanic C'ongli Bul*nm is constantly grilling favor as a smssly relief ami p»m inannnt cure fur coughs, cole*t made __ W. W. Pr.URY, Camden. Me. I consider Adamson’* Botanic Cough Balsam the very ls*st thing in the market for colds, coughs, etc. My long exj»erier,ce in dealing in medicine proves it to be so. BKNJ. bMITH, Bingham, Me. rareof imitation*! See that the name of 1 F. W. KINSMAN is blown in the glass of the i k bottle. F. W. KINSMAN A CO* A ^k Druggists, Proprietors, m X 343 4th AV., N.Y. Price, lUc.,:i&c.,76o^^ 00t29d&wly-nr PLUMBING, GA8 &8TEAM FITTING. tWPublic buildings and private resi liences piped for hot and cold water, steam and gas. in the most approved manner. XT'Iron and lead water piping of every description. CF*Particular attention paid to house drainage, its ventilation, and repairs of de fective plumbing. XZTWith a practical experience of sixteen years at the business, and the assistance oj THRE* FIRST-CLA8S PLUMBERS with their helpers from Boston. Alt favor ing me with their orders can rclg on secur ing first-class work. XU'All steam heating under the personal supervision of Th/lx-. A. A. Sanborn, one of Boston's most practical steam heat ing engineers, with thirty-fire years ex perience. J. J. murphy, Practical Plumbor and Gas Fitter. No. H Union lJlorW. Woter Street. Autruntn Mninc. JulyUdtf POSITIVELY No Cure! No Pay! CONSTITUTIONAL COUGH SYRUP! -THY IT. The proprietor of this remedy has such confidence •nits curative powets that he m ikes the following GENEROUS OFFER: Any person buying a bottle is given the privilege °i returning it an i receiving their noney back, if, alter using two-thirds of its contents, they have de H?t*(humcru»)being dislocated down wards and forwards into the arni pit; anil a few weeks ago a young ton of Mr Frank Plummer of China, while at play, disloeated his right elbow joint.the luxation being com plicated with fracture of the processes of the contiguous bones.—Mr. Kdward Merrill, who for a number of years has carried on the carriage business at this place, has removed to Oakland, and the shop formerly occupied by Mr. Merrill, has been let to two young men of China, Mr. Wilson Clark, black smith, and a Mr. Worth, wheelwright, who propose to carry on carriage repairing in the future.—Mr. II. 8. Wray hat raised a new street lsmp opposite his store.—An effort it being made to revive Week's Mills Lodge, I. T. No stated meeting of the lot lg* has been held since the 1st of September, owing to the inability to secure a legal quorum. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Chicago Produce Market. Chicago, Dec. 14. fleOUH— dull. W hr at-lower, No. 2 Chicago Spring. MJaMl Dec. a ftftt Co km- lower at 39|. OATS— easier 28J. Kyk-steady, 60 llAKt.KY—Hrtn 66 Pokk at 9 III a 10 00 Lakh a 024 a 6 OS liui.K Mu AT— o.iotiiJers. 3 76; Short rib. 4 951 8hor» nlaar. 6 26 New York Htork Market. N»w Ton, l»rc. 14. unioago* Alton, i.w Preferred, 141 Chicago, Burlington k Quincy, end* upon blood Those who hare sallow, blotchy faces may make their skin smooth and healthy hy taking enough of Dr. Pierce's “Golden Medical Diacovery” to drive out the humors lurkiug in the system. daclSflTuF&wlw ARE VOC MADE miserable by Indiges tion, Constipation,Dizziness,Lot* of Appetite, Yellow Skin? Shiloh’s Vitalizer is a positive cure. Sold by Bowditch. Webster Co. A Walking Mkelctoa. Mr. E. Springer, of Mechanicsburg, Pa., writes: “I was afflicted with lung fever and abscess on the lungs, and reduced to a walk ing Skeleton. Got a free trial bottle of Dr. King’s New Diacovery for Consumption, I which did me to much good that I bought a dollar bottle. After uaing three bottles,found I myself once more men, completely restor to health, with a hearty appetite, and a gain in flesh of 40 lbs.” Call at Devine A Cough lin Drug 8tore and get a free trial bottle of this certain cure for all Lung Diseaaee. Large bottle* 50c. end 1.00. SHILOH’S CUKE will immediately re lieve Croup, Whooping Cough and Bronchi it*. Sold by Bowditch, Webtter k Co. MIDDLE-AGED MEN who lock vigor and vitality con bo cured by Gilmore'* Aro matic Win*. 8old by F. G. Kin*man,

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gnmebtt faumal Annate, Tneaday Horning, Dee. 15. The democratic State Committee is re spectfully called upon to relate what it knows about 8. 8. Brown’s brokerage business at Washington. Collector Anderson at Portland is trem bling since the Argus published the pro ceedings of that meeting to uphold tho counting-out infamy. The Argus is “dev ilish sly.” This unseasonable wea her is producing great dissatisfaction in these hyperborean regions. A “cold wave” would be much more satisfactory than these muggy, foggy days alternating with snow and frost. The Bangor Commercial denies point blank tne statements made by Simon S. Brown in his letter to the Argus. It de nies that he was acting under the instruc tions or with the concurrence of the dem ocratic State Committee in his post-office brokerage business, and says his visits to Washington were made of his own motion and for his own purpr.se. Brown’s letter writing to the Argus has made his case infinitely worse than it was before.

The Supreme Court of Ohio did a most scandalous piece of partizan work in its recent action concerning the election frauds in that State. When the courts stoop to the wickedness of upholding lrauds upon the ballot box, it is time for all honorable men to join together to re. buke in the strongest manner such base ness. Fortunately their action will not defeat the re-election of Sherman to the Senate. The term of one of the democrat ic judges expires this month. His last act ought to banish him forever from public life. The Argus reproduees the report of a meeting held in Portland in 1879 to en dorse the doings of Gov. Garcelon and Council. This will not help Pillsbury and Chase, but it may endanger the confirma tion of some oilier persons lor offices whose names appear prominent in the pro ceedings. The report of the Hale Inves tigating Committee to tho legislature in 1880, two members of which were demo crats, in which all agreed as to the out rage committed against the State, and which was adopted by the legislature without a dissenting voice,is conclusive as to the attempted count-out and the crimi nality of the Governor and Council and their co-workcrs in the conspiracy. The Business Outlook. The coming year gives promise of bet ter times and substantial mercantile and commercial prosperity. The best authori ties in all sections of the country are united in this opinion. A speculative boom is not anticipated, neither is it de sired. That is the bane of solid business prosperity. On the whole the past year business has been quite satisfactory. If less in volume than in some previous years it has been upon a saler basis and there have been fewer disastrous failures to dis turb business circles and create public dis trust. Business men have profited by the experience ot former years and their trans actions are safer it not as gigantic as of old. A correspondent of the Boston (ilohe, writing from Portland, gives very tlattering prognostications as to the outlook for business in Maine tor 1886. The opinions expressed are not those of the cot respondent himself, but of some of the solid men of tile Forest City. As re gards the business of the past year, there is a unanimity of opinion that while more goods have been soid in previous years, the present year has been a profitable one. since collections have been made with ease, and orders have been well placed. A commercial traveller stopping at the Preble House, declares that he nev er found the average man prompter in making payments, while another declares that he hasn't made a bad debt in Maine the past year. The canned geods business in Maine this year, so far, at least, as the corn is concerned, has developed a new teature. Many ot the New York and Philadelphia wholesalers who have in years past been in the habit of packing high grades of corn under their own label, have become con vinced by the experience of the past that they could not get the quality of goods they desired in New York State, and this year they came in a body to the State of Maine, and are having corn put up under their own labels, some of which are real ly works of art. M. N. Rich, secretary of the Portland Hoard of Trade, and close observer of Portland’s business affairs, says: “There are a good many inclined to find fault, and arc disposed, from force of habit, to complain of dull times: but in the ab sence of an actual boom this is always the case. I think that the general trade to the first ot December has been fully as good as it was last year for the season. Business now is better in hand than it wits last year; that is to say, there is more cash paid and less notes given. Hence there is more confidence, and more heal thy tone in all kinds of business. Trans portation lines are moving as much or more goods than at the same period last year, and that is always the best index of trade. There is a good demand for mon ey at the banks, at about 6 per cent., and a good demand here for funds in New York. Yet, though the volume of trade is large, margins are nevertheless small, with sharp competition in all lines of business. The Portland Company are employing over 200 men. Mechanics generally in this State are pretty well em ployed, at good wages. There are prob ably 100,000 barrels of flour held in stock here at this time. This outlook Is better than it was last year.” Boston Letter A Lboiob or Christmas Shoppies—The Citt Electios The Collectoeihit Qubstioh Fihai.lt Settled. Bostoh, Dec. 14, 1885. We have had bat comparatively few days of the traditional holiday weather, but it seems to make little difference with Christ* mas shoppers. For a fortnight, at least, the streets have been unusually thronged with pedestrians and the stores have been packed by eager seekers for holiday gifts. At no season of the year does Boston wear a gayer aspect. The counters and show windows of the big stores are truly marvels of art, and worth a long journey to behold. Some of the biggest concerns employ men and women to design and decorate the windows of their es tablishments. They are persons of exquisite taste and good judgment in the mat ter of artistic decoration who make a study of display aDd decoration and who occasionally make trips to Europe to obtain ideas and hints. They command a good salary, but so great is the competition between the dealers the investment is consid ered a paying venture. It is said that while a wider variety of goods can be found in the New York stores the great business establish ments at the “Hub” excel all others in the country in the line of show-window decora tion. And in the line of variety and excel lence of goods the New York stores are but a trifle ahead of those in this city, so it is not a wonder that the influx of strangers to Boston increases year by year as the holiday season rolls around. Christmas trade is gen erally reported good, and for a few brief weeks the multitude seems to forget that the times are hard and general business some what slack. The City Election. The city election occurs to-morrow, and will be a lively contest. The candidates for the mayoralty are the present incumbent, Hon. Hugh O’Brien,democrat,an Irish-Ameri can citizen of ability and experience in muni cipal matters and ex-Sheriff John M. Clark, the republican nominee. Boston has long been democratic, but party lines are often trodden under foot in municipal contests, and friends of Mr. Clark think he stands a good show of election, particularly as there is dis satisfaction in the rank and file of the demo cratic party with Mr. O’Brien’s administra tion, while Mr. Clark, though the republican nominee, is about as good a democrat as his competitor. The position of mayor of Bos ton is now one of great responsibility. By a legislative amendment of the city charter adopted during the past year the mayor is re sponsible not only for the proper administra tion of the duties strictly pertaining to his office, but is made the custodian of every branch of the city’s business. His salary is #10,000 per annum, double what it was before the charter amendment was adopted and twice that of the Governor of the State. Virtually the mayor is placed at the head of an im mense business establishment, and it is hoped and believed that the result will be to elect only men ot character and ability to office. Either of the candidates will fill the bill Mr. Clark was for thirty years sher iff of Suffolk county, a position of great responsibility and profit. He is reported to pay taxes on #250,000 worth of real estate in the city. Mr O'Brien is proprietor of the Shipping List, a marine weekly, and is well-to-do in tilts world’s goods. There has been a notable reduction of taxation in his administration, but at the expense of a cessation of work on some pub lic Improvements. The New Collector. The appointment of Mr. Saltonstall as collector of this port pleases the mugwumps better than it does the demt crats. As the new collector happily said at a banquet the olhet evening, the democracy so strenuously opposed his appointment it has little right to expect much at his hands in the way of ap pointments to office. And yet the new col lector is besieged with applications for posi lions in the custom house from democrats who seem to have discovered that after all he is a pretty good fellow. Mr. Salt install is a good representative of the aristocratic demo crat. He is dignified and reserved, yet cour teous and even genial to bis friends and sub ordinates. Collector Worthington, proprietor ot the Traveller, has filled the office ably and well, and retires with the best wishes of merchants and business men. Even the Herald, which violently opp ised his confirm ation, admits that he has filled the office cred itably. The collectorship is the most profit able office in New England in the gift of the 1'resident, and everybody is glad that the vexed question is settled. f. Book# and Magazines “Josiah Allen's Wife” has given to the public another work from her pen, published by Funk and Wagnalls. It is entitled “Sweet Cicely or Josiah Allen as a Politician.” In humor, wit and pathos, this book is not ex celled by any reeenlly published The author moves her readers to laughter or tears. But all through the pages of this mirth-provoking volume there run moral lessons of the must convincing and touching character, rendering what appears to be at the first glance a mass of ridiculous writing, a powerful appeal for reformation and better living. Two nice volumes for children are issued by Houghton, Mifflin Co., being Nos. 17 and 18 of the “Kiverside Literature Series,” entitled “A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys.” These books contain the best of Christmas stories, such as any bright hoy or girl would read with delight. Price 15 cts. per vol. Carter Karrick, Boston, publish a couple of neat works for Christmas, containing the choicest political selections from the writings of Frances Ridley llavergal. The titles are “Christmas Presents” and “Sunbeams from the Golden Land.” They are artistically hound in antique covers, on which there is a photograph of Miss llavergal and a lac-simile of her autograph. Price of each 75 cts. Two pleasant little cantatas for Christmas children have just been published bv Oliver Dit«on Co., entitled “The Message of Christmas,” and “Christmas Gift.” They are very appropriate lor the holidays. Harper Brother issue the “Book News Holiday Number.” a handsome catalogue containing much information about books. Charles Scribner's Sons also publish a handsome work entitled The Book Buyer.” adapted to the season and valuable to those who intend to purchase books for the holi days. The Andover Review for December evinces the usual ability with which that magazine is conducted. Those who do not agree with its theological tendences cannot but be interest ed in most of the able articles which it lays before its readers every month. The con tents of the present number are as follows “The ‘Theodicee’ of Leibnitz. Ill Criti cism;” “The Old Radicalism and the New— Two Birmingham Leaders;" “The Freed man's Children at School;” “Evolution and Theology;” Editorial Book Reviews and No tices. In the coming year a Geographical and Missionary Department will be added. Educational Discussions will be continued, the Moral Aspects of Literary Topics will be considered In special papers, a Series of Ar ticles upon Church Architecture will appear, and the Editorial and other departments will be conducted as heretofore. The United Service Magazine for Decem ber is filled with articles of interest The table of content! contain! the following “The Bureau of Navigation, Office of Detail and Office of Naval Intelligence; “Army of the Potomac before Richmond—A correspon dence with General McClellan, and touching Fitz John Porter;” “Sherman’s Campaign of 1864;” “Recollections of a Western Volun teer;” “The Wonderful Submarine Boat “Indian Wars in Texas;’* “Delaplaine’! Du el;” “Unison,” a poem; “A Memory,” a poem; “Practical View! of the Civil Ser vice;” “The Cruise of the United States Sloop of War, ‘Vincennes’;” “A Zealot in Tulle;” “Cadet Life at West Point During the War;” Editorial Notes; Book Reviews; Service Literature.__ B. H. Douglass A Son’s Capsicum Cough Drops are the result of over forty years’ ex perience in compounding cough mixtures. They are the best. _ Saved From the Crave. “A severe cold, ending in a hard dry cough caused me to pass many sleepless nights until it seemed at though my head would burst. I told my friends that I must die. I was advised to try Dr. Seth Arnold’s Cough Killer. First dose was a great surprise; slept all night in peace. It cured me right up. Persuaded my friends to try it and it has cured every case."—Marshal H. Moody, South Hadley, Mass. For sale by all drug gists. Price, 25c., 50c. and $1.00 per bottle. Dr. Seth Arnold's Pills are mild and gen tle in action. decI5 dAwlw Life Preserver. If you are losing your grip on life, try “Wells’ Health Renewer.” Goes direct to weak spots. THE WIFE, MOTHER AND MAID who sutler from Female Weakness, will find Gil more’s Aromatic Wine a positive cure. Sold by F. G. Kinsman. S Suffering intensely with rheumatism for a week, I tried Athlophoros. The first dose gave great relief and three doses entirely cured me, I not having had the slightest touch of the disease since. George Bray, Orange, Conn. Bad drainage causes much sickness. Bad blood and improper action of the liver and kidneys is bad drainage to the human system, which Burdock Blood Bitters will remedy. decl5-d&wlw Pretty Women. Ladies who would retain freshness and vi vacity. Don’t fail to try “Wells’ Health Re newer.” NERVE-LIFE AND VIGOR restored in men and women by using Gilmore’s Aromatic Wine. Sold by F. F. Kinsman. These are Stolid Facts. The best blood purifier and system regula tor ever placed within the reach of suffering humanity, truly is Electric Bitters. Inactivi ty of the Liver, Biliousness, Jaundice. Con stipation, Weak Kidneys, or any disease of the urinary organs, or whoever requires an appetizer, tonic or mild stimulant, will always finds Electric Bitters the best and only certain cure known. They act surely and quickly, every bottle guaranteed to give entire satisfaction or money refunded. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by Devine and Cough •in. SHILOH’S CATARRH REMEDY—a pos itive cure for Catarrh, Diphtheria, and Can ker Mouth. Sold by Bowditch, Webater Co. “Rough on Itch’’ “Rough on Itch” cures humors, eruptions, ringworm, tetter, salt-rheum, frosted feet, chilblains. JAMES SULLIVAN of Salem, Oregon, says he was cured of the Asthma by Gil more’s Aromatic Wine a positive Cure. Sold by F. G. Kinsman. A NASAL INJECTOR free with each bot tle of Shiloh’s Catarrh Remedy. Price 50 cents. Sold by Bowditch. Webster Co. Catarrh Is a very prevalent and exceedingly disagree able disease, liable, if neglected, to develop into serious consumption. Being a constitu tional diease, it requires a constitutional rem edy like Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which, acting through the blood, reaches every part of the system, effecting a radical and permanent cure of catarrh in even its most severe forms. Made only by C. I. Hood Co.. Lowell,Mass, FOR DYSPEPSIA and Liver Complaint, you have a printed guarantee on every bottle of Shiloh’s Vitalizer. It never fails to cure. Sold by Bowditch, Webster Co. Know thyself by reading the “Science of Life,” the best medical work ever published, for young and middle-aged men. mav7(l&wly. A Sticli in time saves nine and a bottle of Togus Cough Mixture may save your life. 6t&wwtf No Wind in This! Grand Opening —OF— HOLIDAY GOODS! TO-DAY. Having fitted up my Stock Boom as a Show Boom, I shall be pleased to see each and all to look at the Largest Stock of Crockery, China, Glassware, Lamps, Chandeliers,Ac.,Ac. Eb ony Finished A Cherry Wall Cabinets, Pedes tals,Ac. Baskets of all kinds. Cutlery, Plated Ware, And many Nrw Goods from all countries too nu merous to mention. Phase examine. At the old stand. PIERCE’S CROCKERY STORE, 159 WATER STREET. A. J. PIERCE. nov.lOdly ALWAYS BEAR IN MIND —You Cax Buy the Best— Groceries, Provisions, Tea, Coffee. Spices, Fruit, Nuts, Raisins, I Figs, Dates, Prunes, Canned Goods of All Kinds. ALSO— The Best Meats and Poultry, Celery, Cranberries, at as Low Prices as elsewhere in the City, XjTJCITTS HII/L’S, Water Street, Under Hotel North. novaodu INTRODUCTION. I take great pleasure In introducing to my former customer, and the citilena of Kennebec county gen erally, Mr. W. W. Wing, who ha. purchased my jeweler’s stand In Augusta. I confidently recom mend Mr Wing as a caretul, courteous gentleman, a first-class workman of skill and exp-rienoe, and as sure mj friends that by leaving their work in Mr. Wing’s hands, they can rely upon prompt attention and perfect satisfaction at reasonable prices. Mr. Wing will continue to keep my magnificent stock of spectacles and optical goods in complete order, and people In need of this class of goods will find no bet ter opportuLity to get satisfaction than by sailing upon him at my old store, opposite the Post Office. Very respectfully, E. K. PIERCE. declSdeodlwkwfw I I POWDER Absolutely Pure. Phis powder never vanes. A marvel of purity strength, and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competi tion with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. >o\d only in cans. Royal Baking Powder Co., 106 Wall street,N.Y. octStfcwly mi’s WINTER OVERCOATS For immediate use. Fine Goods. Well made and trimmed in Blacks, Browns and Blues; made from Latest Style Materials. -NEW STOCK OF Fur Caps, Cloves Leather Jackets. EJJI&Ci R. W. SOULE, Commission Merch’t Auctioneer Allen’# Block, Augusta. The following consignment of goods just received, and to be sold at an EXTREMELY LOW PRICE: 50 bbls. Malaga Grapes 50 b’xs Florida Oranges —Also A Fresh Lot of CHRISTMAS GOODS 4^Rogers’ Plated Ware never so low before. M-A-K-E USEFUL X-MAS PRESENTS, —AND BUY THEM AT THE— Furniture Store —OF— C. M. STURGIS, 173 Water St., Augusta. Willow, Foldirg and Uphol stered Chairs, both hand some durable, Work Baskets,Sleds.Desks, Foot Rests, Music Racks. Besides a Large Stock of All Kinds of Furniture A Carpets That defy competition. GERMAN AND FRENCH, Augusta., Maine. The Most Thorough Efficacious Instruc tions In German k French, by the beet of native teachers. Natural Method. (Berlin System). No Eng llsh used in our recitations This method enables the student, in a comparatively short time, not only to under.tand the foreign tongue, bat to SPEAK IT Most careful attention given to pronunciation Free lectures and readings to pupils. Trial lessons free. Prices extremely low. Best of references. The professor will be in the citv in a short time. Ladles and gentlemen desirous of perfecting them selves in modern languages, will apply to Prof. A. W. Spanhoofd, Lewiston, declOdfcwlm- Maine. DRY HARD WOOD In all lengths, can be obtained of Sir. Kandall Sylvester by dropping him a card, or leav ing orders with O. HASKELL, BAKER LONGFELLOW, or CLARK CO. novfdtf Special Advertisements. Ml MrHiWiMH, not tmudinf Ora llw r under tk* tad q/ WAwtbd. Fob 8al> To lit, Lobt, fee., willkt inmrUd ktr* on* t*m tor MMta,ttrNHa« /or 40 ttntt, ondon* tote' forSOctnU. _ fronted. _ WANTED—By capable woman, n situation as housekeeper or cook, or would take cure of a sick person. Address Bob MS, Augusta, Maine, declSdlw*__ WANTED—Immediately, a capable girl to do housework. Apply at Mo. 91 Sewall St. declidtf WANTED—Patrons of Granger’s Laundry to know that their bundles can be left at the store of Mr. Frank Beal, under Hotel North. deolMlw MRS. GRANGER. WANTED—Chance as housekeeper; or would take care of Invalid. Call at or address 107 Grove St. d.-codlw* WANTED—Custom pant and vest makers to work In shop. Highest wages and steady employment. S. L. HUNTINGTON, augndtf_ 190 Water St., Augusta, Me. For Sate. 1MOR SALE—New harness, rubbt-r mounted; al most new wolf robe; also seoond hand sleigh. O.O. STET-ON. declldSw 46 Eastern Avenue. TtOR SALE.—Houses In different parts of the f city, ranging In prloe from $660 to $6000. Also a desirable store ob Water street. Also good farms in this city and elsewhere. Apply at the office of E. 8. FOGG, next south American Express office. feb46tt TTIOR SALE—In complete order, the house on Jj State street, which 1 now occupy. dec! JAMES KEEGAN. FOR SALE—Three Bouses, One Top Bnggy, One Sewing Machine, One Gross A.bums, job lot cheap. septlSdtf_R. W. HOULE To Lei TO IdET—Small down stairs tenement on Chap ell St. Apply corner of Green and Chapel Sts. dectfdlw'R. GLIPDEX. TO IdET—A house. R. W. SOULE. nov23d:f FOR RENT—House, situated on State street, formerly occupied by Dr W. S. Hill. Good stab'e and carriage house. Enquire of Horace Cony, Cony House. nov30tf I^OR KENT.—1 wo offices at low rates, j James W. North. octHtf FURS! We invite the attention of intending purchasers of QNE FURS to our superb stock. We have, without doubt, the best stock of RELIABLE COOPS in this line of any house in Boston. These goods are all of our own manufacture, hence we quote the LOWEST PRICES for equal quality of goods. Recollect all keep no infi purchased of us are oertain to give superior service and in the end prove the cheapest. INSPECTION SOLICITED. EDWARD KAKAS 404 Washington St. BOSTON. __novird&wlm BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAYCOODS —AND— Seasonable Novelties, Expressly Selected for X-MAS AND NEW YEARS, AT— Pierce’s Book Store, AUGUSTA. nov.TOdtf Coal Coal! The Celebrated Thomas Lehigh, Spring Mountain Le high, Lincoln Frank lin, (of Lyken’s Valley) Pure and Reliable, At Lowest Prices. g^Connected by Telephone. O. WILLIAMSON, 6 Union Block, 9 Bridge’s Block, AUGUSTA. IftnlSdt! For Funerals, Parties, and all occasions. Choice Roses, Smilax. Floral De aijms. &r. Orders by mail, telegraph, W. E. MORTON A to. Order* taken by— A. 3f. WIGHT, Under Hotel North. aafiGtdt FURS, FTJBa If you want a Fur.Seal,Otter, or Beiver ftacque.have It made to measure by a Practical Furrier who will Sarantee a perfect lit, or if you want any kind of work done in a thorough manner and warranted, give me a call. Bt ing a Custom Taiior.I can guaran tee a fine fitting garment in every case, and at prices lower than Boston or Portland.

Repairing Promptly Attended To. Wolf Robes Relined at short Notice. W. F. LADD, Cu«tom Tailor and Farrier, 88} Water St., norVMm HOLIDAY GOODS XV O W OPEN. -THE BEST LINE OF BOOKS AND CARDS TO BE FOUND IN THE CITY. S* F* CARDINER, MAINE. CARPETS. CARPETS. PREBLE KEENE, Gardiner, Maine, Preble Keene of Gardiner, have an IMMENSE STOCK OP CARPETS OJP .4ZZ GRADES. Straw Carpets, Oil Cloths, Crumb Cloths, Rugs Mats. AUGUSTA HALLOWELL PFMFMRFP Zm PAV VOtTR CAR FARR BOTH WAYS if you buy a carpet of us, and it we do not .ell lower than can be bought in Augusta, we will give a return ticket free. Carpets are onlv a side show with us. Furniture Undertaking Are our regular business, and everything in the above lines and Carpels delivered FREE in any part of Augusta or Hallowell. PREBLE Ac KEENE. declldlm Samples Samples I shall open to-morrow morning a line of SjAlXKKP3L.es XX ATS, WHICH WILL BE SOLD AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES. F. W. MATHEWS, The Hatter, AUGUSTA, MAINE. ^_ noyl4 Tu-Thur&g HOLIDAY GOODS. Just received at E. ROWSE’S, consisting of Gold and Silver Watches, Ladies’ and Gents’ Gold and Plated Chains, Fine Gold aud Plated Jewelry, Gold and Silver Thimbles. Gorham s, Reed Barton’s and Rogers Brother’s Fine Silver Plated Ware, Spoons, Forks and Knives. Spectacles and Eye Glasses in all styles. LARGEST STOCK;! LOWEST PRICK-. Second Door North of Post Oflice. AUGUSTA, MAINE. dectftf For tile llouae, **or Fartr. ®*or a Wedding, For any Ooonalon. We Here made arrangement* with Mr. T. Home, At E. Rowse s Jewelry Store, Who will take order*, and make prioea the aame a* ouraelve*. No Charge for Expr*** FUNERAL FLOWERS A SPECIALTY. M. E. HUTCHINSON Co. Florists Pertsmcnlli. N, 1 M. H. GUNNELL,

BIKER (ITERER, Gardiner, Me. Mr. Gunnell furnishes to Parties and {entertainments at short notice, all kinds of Fancy Bread and Cakes. BIS JOB OHBAM Is up to the best In the Pine Tree State. Communicate with the undersigned. M. H. GUNNELL. __norlSdSm FOR SALE At your own prioe almost, a large lot of fancy braid, tuscan and edging, just what the ladies want to make iancy articles. You can buy as much or little as you like. Come and see it at the Hat and Bonnet Bleaohery, Oak Street. decMtf DEERFOOT FARM SAUSAGE Fresh Celery. CAPE COD CRANBERRIES. Best St Louis Roller Flour, $6.00 Washburn’s Superlative. 7.00 Pillabury’s Beat, 6.75 s. P. EATON, 131 WATER ST. Damaged Corn, ON TUESDAY,DEC. 15 We shall sell COO bushels of damaged corn for account of shipper. D. A. CONY CO., AUGUSTA, EAST SIDE. declSdftt _ JOHN W BERRY, Iittrior Decorator ud Scenic Fainter. HALLS, CHURCHES, BANKS, -AMD private houses Frescoed in Modern Color Effects and Original designs. Stage Scenery in loll sets or part pieces. Specialty made of Society Banners and fancy Busi ness signs. OFFICE, GOODSPEED BLOCK* Gardinet Maine. octnSdeodSm

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fool and flat* Into. Tuesday. December 15, 1805 A New Thing. Combination letter-sheet and envelope. Also bill •Kid* and statements. The moat convenient, eco. nomical, almple and perfect device ever Invented for hi'lnes' or correspondence purposes, and Is sue to Mperted' the present separate letter-sheet and en —tope. Endorsed by the'U. 8. Government. Sam pit, can be seen at this office. The county commissioners meet to-day. One solitary sleigh appeared on the street •yesterday forenoon. The ice in the river, stream* and pond* melted rapidly yesterday. The first Augusta House sociable of the wesson occurs Thursday evening. A portion of the material for the plant of the electric light of the new cotton mill, baa arrived in the city. gome one left a light thawl at the Journal Office several days since. The owner will please sail for the game. Rev. A. W. Pottle will preach at the Meth odist church to-night. Revival meetings ev ery evening but Saturday. There will be a special communication of Augusta Lodge, F. A. M., this Tuesday evening at 7.30 o’clock. Work in F. C. ■degree. Mr. J. W. Jones has just finished an ele gant roll-top desk for Judge W P. White house. It is of black walnut and handsome ly finished. The executive committee of the State Grange, consisting of Nelson Ham, Lewis ton; G. A. Hall, South Waterford; T. B. Hunter, Strong; J. W. Lang, Bowdoinham, held a meeting at Hotel North last evening, being engaged on the accounts of the secre tary and treasurer of the grange. The Universaliat parish of Augusta evinces its healthy vigor by promptly raising a cash subsbription of one thousand dollars for a five years insurance on the Winthrop street church, needful repairs, and the complete extinguishment of its indebtedness. This sum is additional to its regular monthly ex penses With unity and resolution the par ish will soon secure a pastor. The Capital Guards have been very suc cessful in improving the ante-room of Me •onian Hall. A pretty carpet has been placed on the floor, while the painter and paper hanger have embellished the walls and ceil ing so that the apartment wears a cheerful inviting appearance. A few well selected pictures hung on the walls, relieve the mo notony which otherwise might prevail. Hon. Fred Atwood, chairman of the legis lative reunion executive committee, writes that thus tar answers to inquiries in regard to the living members and ex-members of the legislature have not been received from 38 towns and plantations in Aroostook county, in Hnncock county, 5 in Kennebec county, 22 iD Penobscot county, 13 in Piscatsquis coun ty, 14 in Somerset county and 20 in Wash ington county. In that part of the "East Side” which is bounded by Murray St., on the north; Malta Hill on the east; Cony Lincoln Streets, on the south and the river on the west, about ♦tl acres, there are by actual count 46 widows, just one widow to each acre of land The larger part of this number is near the cen tre of the space described, there being 28 of them within a stone’s throw of a point on Pat terson street. The strangest feature of this state of aflair8 lies in the fact that only five widowers are to be found in this part of the city and 3 of those are disabled by lameness •nil old age We doubt if any other city in Maine can exhibit auch an unfortunate com binaiion of circumstances. Baker Cornish have been retained by th; piaintifl in a case involving the largest sum of money of any ever brought in Knox county. It was entered at the December term of court, being a suit brought by the Bodwell Granite Co. against Gen. Davis Tillson. The former seeks to recover #75,000 alleged to be due to plaintiffs for money received by him, for their use, it being the company's propor tional part of the net profit received by the defendant from the contract for the construction of the United States customhouse and postoffice at St. Louis, Mis souri, entered into between the United States and the Hurricane Island Granite Company, which the piaintifl claims by virtue of a con tract entered into between the parties. An agreement haa been entered into between the parties by which the suit, together with Tillson’s claims against the company is to be referred to the following referees Hon. John A. Peters of Bangor, chief justice of the su preme court; Hon. George E. B. Jackson of Portland, and Hon. John L. Cutler of Ban gor. C. E. Littlefield, Esq., of Iiockland, is •counsel for the defendents. Mr. John R. Holt does not believe in going Ashing in tVe winter in the old-fashioned, laborious way. Heretofore it has been the custom for the fisherman to ride several miles in zero weather, with the cuttiug north wind racing by him. On arriving at the pond he was obliged to stand about on the ice all A»y, his feet and lmnds tingling with the cold; •nd at noon he would partake of a frozen dinner. But Mr. Holt has construct ed a covered sled which obviates many ot the disagreeable featurea ot the old way. It consists of an ordinary sled with a snug little cabin thereon. On each side, in front, are two windows, so that the occupants can view the surrounding country as they move along. ®ut the most comfortable feature of the whale is a trim stove which thoroughly •arms everv portion of the interior. Some bait and food can handily be taken along. Thus all the fisherman has to do is to CMter his quarters on the sled, Mr. Holt touches up his nag and all hie away to the Ashing grounds, the former reposing in ease *od comfort by the stove inside the cabin. Arriving on the ice the piscatorial operator •imply cuts his holes, sets his hooks and re turns to the sled where he can enter his re treat and await development*, watching the t*d rags through the windows. When there is bite he scampers off to the lucky line, pulls A*h, rebaits the line and returns to quarters again. At noon he has a Are •od can heat his coffee and fry his flab if he wishes. PATIOm or BrtBtRBBT. e*th.rt>« »k. #f th. gtou Bniga Last evening the hotel registers bore the •if natures of a large number of members of the 8tate Grange, who had come down to Augusta to participate in the annual session. At 4 o’clock P. M., Worthy Master Robie, Mrs. Robie and a large party from the west arrived, quite a number having appeared previously. They wended their way among the mists and tumbling rain drops to the Cony House, the headquarters of the grange during the session. The officers of the State organixation areas follows: Master, Fred erick Robie, Gorham; Overseer, E. H. Gregory, Hampden Corner; Lecturer. D. H. Thing, Mt. Vernon; Steward,T. H. Sprague, Topsbam; Assistant Steward, A. H. Whit more, Bucksport; Chaplain, William Par sons, East New Portland; Treasurer, S. S. Smith, Norway; Secretary, D. M. Hall, Bangor; Gate Keeper, G. M. Douglass; Ceres, Mrs. Frederick Robie; Pomona, Mrs. D. M. Hall; Flora, Mrs. E. H. Gregory; L. A. Steward, Mrs. A. H. Whitmore. These were all present in the city last evening, with one or two exceptions. In addition to these were noticed Profs. Walter Balentine and W. H. Jordan of the State College, Hon. Edward Wiggin of Presque Isle, member of the State Board of Agriculture from Aroos took county: Nelson Ham of Lewiston and J. W. Lang of Bowdoinham, members of the executive committee. The members from the east came on the Pullman, many of them, last night and more will arrived at 10 o’clock today. The members in town last evening were in a jovial mood and they thronged the hotel parlors, thoroughly enjoying themselves. The session opens at 10 o’clock A. M., today and Worthy Master Robie delivers his ad dress at 2 o’clock P. M., during which the hall will be open to the public. The secre tary’s books show that there are 13,531 mem bers of the order in the State, a gain of 400 over last year. There are 190 subordinate granges. HI'PKRIOK COURT. December Term, Hon. W. P. White house presiding. Monday, Dec. 14. State vs Kate Crocker. Verdict, guilty. Joseph Moulton vs. Edward J. Hunnewell. H. M. Heath for plff S. J. Walton, Esq for the deft. This is an action on the case to recover 8250, money had and received. The plff, claims that he bought of the deft, for 8250 which was paid, a note amounting with interest to about 81000 against one Joel Colbv; that Colbv was in financial difficulty, and the deft., in the trade repre sented that Colbv hail effected a comuromise with all his creditors except two, Hunnewell and one other, on the basis of 25 per cent; that the deft., also rep resented that this per centage of the note was in bank at Skowhegan, sub ject to his order. The plff. claims that he was to have this percentage by the terms of the contract, and one-half of the balance that should be recovered,but that when be went to obtain the percentage deposited, he found it had been already drawn by the deft. He also claims that at the time of the contract Colby had received his discharge in bank ruptcy. the deft, having proved his claim. The defi-nce is that the percentage was not sold to tne plff. After the evidence had been taken out the parties effected a settle ment without the intervention of the jury. City Personals. Mr. Hnd Mrs. Louis C. Taylor departed for Paris, France, yesterday. Judge J. B. Dascomb and S. J. Walton of Skowhegan, were registered at Hotel North yesterday. Mr. S. T. Cannon departed yesterdav morning on a trip to New York. He will visit Rochester and other cities. Hon. E. E. Parkhurst of Aroostook coun ty, Mr. B. A. Burr and wife of Bangor, Mr. F. W. Ritchie of Winterport, are in the city to attend the State Grange. Mr. Theodore F. Swasey, ex-chief clerk of the United States Treasury department, and who is still connected with the depart ment. returned home yesterday, from a visit to Treasurer Cobaugh of the National Sol diers’ Home. Prani'i Christina* and Sew Tear Card*. Christmas would lose one of its most pleas ing concomitants if Prang’s Christmas and New Year cards failed to make their appear ance. But they are here in season for the holidays, excelling all other works of the kind in the art with which the work is execu ted, and the fine taste displayed in the selec tion of subjects. They come in plain cards, single and double, as well as fringed, single and double, with novelties among them that will attract attention. We cannot describe the various kinds of cards that appear this year, but instead, will advise our readers to visit the stores where holiday goods are kept, and see and select for themselves front the profusion offered. Amusements. The ladies of the Winthrop street Univer salist parish of this city, will give a social reception in the vestry, Thursday evening of this week, Dec. 17. There will be an entertain ment consisting of music and reading, begin nirtg at halt-past seven o’clock. Admission 10 cents. Ice cream, coffee, and Russian tea, will be for sale at reasonable prices. The occasion will be one of interest to mem bers of the parish and their friends. The board of management of the State experiment station consisting of Z. A. Gil bert. Turner, president; S. L. Boardman, Augusta, secretary; B. F. Pease, Cornish, Prof. Walter Balentine, Orono, William Downs, Sebec, met at the Cony House last evening. Prof. Jordan, the director, also being present. The evening was chiefly de voted to settling the accounts, and a con tinued meeting will be held today. The sta tion is now experimenting with two yoke of steers and four milch cows to ascertain the value of coarse fodder fed in conjunction with concentrated food, as compared with that of the best English hay. Yesterdav afternoon in the Municipal Court, Capt. Thacher, through his counsel Potter Lancaster brought an action of trover against Mayor Weeks and Marshal Morse to recover on the drums seixed from the Salvation Army last August. The judge rendered judgment in favor of the may or and against the marshal. Tbacher appealed from the decision as to Mayor Weeks, bring ing O. Williamson and Thomas Baker as sureties. Officer Morse also appealed. sabmbek Gilbert ft Sullivan’* comic Japanese opera, The Mikado, is to be pat on the Coliseum stage soon, by the D'Oyly Carte’* Co., under the management of John Stetson. This is the only company allowed to plav it with an orchestra, injunctions having been granted against all others. The show windows along Water street are commencing to assume their holiday aspect. The hydrant at the end of the Gardiner and rittston bridge got clogged yesterday, and it waa necessary to dig down to its base in order to remedy the trouble. A *iTin* bi» name as Wm. Fawcett, and bailing from England got drunk on Gar diner tangle-foot Saturday, and will board for the next thirty days in Hotel McFadden: at the expense of the countv. The lace curtains in one of Z. F. Little’s show windows caught fire from a gas burner Saturday night, but was speedily extinguished. Had the fire spread to the goods in the win dow an immense amount of damage must have been done. Some of the girls in the shoe factory are making a silk quilt out of novel material. They sent a delegate through the factory and took up a collection of enough silk hat lin ings from the boys to make a very respectable quilt. As officer Frank Dunlap, of the Gardiner force, the famous •‘Lilliputian Policeman” was passing through Hallowell on the ac commodation train Friday afternoon, a man by the name of Jerry Leonard, residing in said city, jumped aboard the train just as it was leaving the depot, and hauling Dunlap's hat down over his eyes, gave him a slap on the side of the head that made him see more stars than there are in the firmament. It cost Leonard about $8.00 to settle his fine and costs. Mr. Ernest B. Neal of South Gardiner, fell from a pile of slabs, and broke a rib one day last week. Hs was insured in Berry’s agency. Messrs. Preble Keene have just re ceived a large assignment of elegant sleds, including about every imaginable style. On Saturday afternoon as a lady living in Chelsea, who had been shopping in Gardiner, was walking home, she was thrown down in the road by a man named Henry 0. Jackman of Pittsten. who attempted to commit rape. The woman screamed that a man was com ing, and Jackman jumped up and ran away. Jackman was arrested, and carried before Judge Goodspeed yesterday forenoon. He was bound over in the sum of $500 to appear at the next term of the Superior Court. Loring Farr, Esq., of Augusta, appeared for Jackman, and A. M. Spear, Esq., for the State. The local entertainment committee has en gaged James E. Wade and William H. Wil liams to canvas the city and prepare a list of those willing to entertain visitors to the leg islative reunion. It is quite certain that the hotels and boarding houses cannot furnish lodgings for those coming. The committee believe that all able to do so will throw open their doors to the strangers invited to our city. To properly entertain them, lists must be prepared and the assignment of visitors systematical^ attended to. The canvass is the first step in this work We hope citizens will respond liberally. The ladies of St. Matthew's church, Hal lowell, will hold a sale of fancy articles in ihe lecture room of the church on Wednes day evening. CANAAN. Willard Woodbury, a young man the son of John L Woodbury of Canaan, died in Lowell last week, and his remains were brought home Sunday.—Mrs. John Osborn, an aged lady about 80 years of age, died sud denly last week.—Scarlet fever has made its appearance and the village schools are stopped for a short time at least.—W. W. Gilman of New York City, died at his home last Satur day, leaving a large estate estimated all the way from one to five millions. Mr. Gilman kept store in Canaan more than 40 years ago, and two of his daughters still reside in Ca naan village. As he left four children, the two daughters residing here will probably re ceive one half of his estate.—He left a will, and it is said after giving a few thousands to his grandchildren he divided his property equally among his ehildren.—A new harness maker, Mr Wetherbee.has put in an appear ance, and occupies the shop and fills the place of George H. Qetchell.who recently moved to Augusta and follows the same business.— Llewellyn Morrill has sold out his stock of goods to the other merchants and is to close his store fur one year at least, and the chan ces are in taver of his making Waterville his permanent home. He will be much missed in this vicinity, where he has many warm friends,—Canaan Grange, which has had a lingering existence of about five years—dor mant for more than two years—revived eight months ago, and was recognized as a grange bv the State Grange three months ago, being kept alive by a very few faithful, determined members. Canaan Grange has now entered upon a season of prosperity, and is receiving large accessions to its members. The Pitts field Advertiser will please take notice, and no longer assail the Kennebec Journal for telling the truth.—Monion J. Gower cam* home sick from Skowhegan and died Satur day of typhoid pneumonia. His death, so unexpected, is a sad blow to his relatives and friends. NOBItlDUWOCK. Barn and Farm Buildings Destroyed by Fire. Oo Saturday at 1 o’clock A. M., the Kidder barn on the farm of S C.Mills.was discovered to be on fire and was soon consumed. It contained 30 tons of hay, about 1.500 bushels of oats, nearly all of his farming tools and carnages. The loss is $5000; insured for $2000 About the same hour the farm build ings of Josiah Quimby of Mercer, were burned, together with nine head ot cittle, horse,two hogs and all crops. No insurance. Cause of fire unknown in both instances. EAsT VASHALBOBO. On the death of a member of Lakeview Lodge, No. 232, I. O. of G T., Vassalboro, the lodge passed the following resolutions \V H hkkas, In view of the loss we have sustained by the decease of our friend and associate, Mrs. John Colman, and the still heavier loss sustained by those who were nearest and dearest to her, therefore.be It Rfolred, That it is but a just tribute te the mem ory of the departed to say that in regretting her re. moval from our midst we mourn for one who was in every way worthy of our respect and regard. Retoir*d. That we sincerely condole with the fam ily of the deceased on the dispensation with which it has pleased Divine Providence to afflict them, and commend them for consolation to Him who orders all things for the best, and whose chastisements are meant in mercy. Local KoUcct. Jgp*Great Reduction—in crockery ware and toilet sets. In order to close out my entire stock shall sell the same at cost; also a Urge lot of ladies' shoe polish, brush brooms, glassware,etc. Come early and get the first choice. E. N. Trask, State St. "Rough oi Piles” Cures Piles or Hemorrhoid*, Itching, Pro truding, Bleeding, Internal or other. Internal and External Remedy in each package. Sure cure, 50c. Druggists. The great popularity and success of Salva tion Oil, the great pain destroyer, have made it a target for counterfeiters. Buy the gen uine. Price 25 cts. State News. CCKBIKUKD. Presump.cot Park, in Deeriog, is to be •old at auction next Saturday. One day last week, a Mr. Skilling, of Steep Fall, drove to the blacksmith shop to nave his horse, which was smooth shod, fixed for winter travel. Finding that it could not be done that day he started for borne. On the way the horse slipped, striking heavily on the front of the head, and died instantly. found that his neck was broken. Capt. Horace Tolman, pilot of the revenue steamer Dallas, and his wife, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding Satur day evening, at Portland. Last Wednesday m Portland there was a conference of persons interested in the build mg of a shore line railroad commencing at or near Ferry Village and leading along the shore front to Bowery Beach or Two Lights, thence following the shores of Cape Eliza beth and Scarboro, passing the Atlantic and Kirkwood houses and leading down to the numerous summer hotels at Black Point in Scarboro, and within one or two miles of Old Orchard Beach. It was decided to formu late an organization under the special char ,eV?r*nted ky tfle Legislature last winter. The total value of foreign exports from Portland, for the week ending Saturday, was •378,546.64, including 990,850 feet of lum ber. The steamer Dominion, which sailed Bristol, Eng., Saturday, toox a cargo Talued «t *125,728 and 274 cattle. Lincolk. A special to the Portland Press savs that Sunday night the eastern wall of the kiln at the Birch Point kindling wood factory in Wiscasset fell with a crash. For the 'past ten days there has been a constant addition to the pile iD the kiln and no drawing out, until at the time of the accident there were one hundred and twenty tons or eighty cords of comparatively green wood packed in as it was by the increased pressure from above. The damagi will probably be large. Penobscot. Some time during Friday night a man named Geo. H. Emerson brcke into a house at Ellsworth,and stole a lot ot clothing which he packed into a box and carried to the depot there and had it billed by freight to Bangor. He gave his name as Frank Card. As soon as the theft was discovered, Station Agent Crane of Ellsworth, telegraphed the full par ticulars and a partial description of the man to the police station in Bangor. Late in the afternoon Officer Allen was at the Maine Central depot when a man answering to Em erson’s description, came to find a trunk which was in (he baggage room there. By a clever piece of detective work the officer succeeded in making Emerson acknowledge his indentitv and he then went into the freight shed and recovered the box and clothing. Emerson was taken to the police station. The Whig says a man who has a wood camp up in the woods entertained a fellow over night recently. In the morning the lat ter undertook to load a revolver, which went off and bored the owner's finger and lodged the bullet in the other's cheek. Washington Last Monday during the storm, schooner Excelsior of Lubec. Capt. Cousins, while at Grand Manan, with a part of a load of fish for Kelly Bros, of Eastport, consisting of about a ton of frozen cod fish and 7000 frozen herring, upset and sank in 18 feet of water. The fish were of course lost but the Captain hopes to be able to raise the vessel. The new schooner Christina Ellsworth, met with a disaster last Thursday at Pem broke. The schooner was loaded with iron bound for Boston. In getting out of the river, she ran upon the ledge, breaking two large holes in the hull and immediately fill ing with water. The cargo had to be re moved. An effort is being made in Calais to turn the rink into a shoe factory. This is said to be the hardest season for the Passamaquoddy Indians at Peter Dana’s Point that they have experienced in many years. The squaws find a slow market for their bnsket«, and the industry of building canoes is failing on account of the long dis tance from which birch bark must now be conveyed. There is much sickness in the tribe, and many families are suffering for food.—Calais Times York. 4 Biddeford man pulled off his wool boot so energetically the other night, that he frac tured one of the small hones of the foot. A Saco butcher was quite severely hurt by an ugly hoar which he attempted to slaugh ter, last Saturday. The beast wounded him with his tusks and finally tossed him (the butcher weighs 250 pounds) out of the pen, over a wall three feet high. Fifty cents spent on a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil, the great cure for rheumatism, and twen ty-five cents for a bottle of the new discovery —Ked Star Cough Cure,which removes throat and lung troubles, is as good an investment as a life insurance policy. SCOTT’S EMULSION OF PURE Cod Elver Oil, with Hypoptinsphltes, In (General Debility and Emaciation. Is a most valuable food and medicine where the appetite is poor, and the ordinary food does not seem to nourish the body. This is easily digested and assimiliated and gives strength and vigor to the enfeebled body. WHY WILL YOU cough when Shiloh's Cure will give immediate relief. Price 10 cts, 50 cts., and $1. Sold bv Kowditch, W ebster Co. Bucklcn'a arnica Sslvt, The Best 3alve in the world for Cuts. Bruises, Bums, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents i>er box For sale bv I>ev;ne Coughlin. dec27JAw 1 v “HACKMETACK," a lasting and fragrant perfume. Price 25 and 50 cents. Sold bv Bowditch. Webster A Co. Always call for Colgan's Taffy Tolu decll+lw DR. BOLL’S C0D6H STROP For the cure of Coughs, Colds, Hoarse* ness, Croup, Asthma, Ercnehitia, Whooping Courh, Incipient Con* sumption, and for the relief of coo* sumptive persons in advanced stages of the Disease. For Sale by all Drug* gists. Price, as cents. OUR DECEMBER Bulletin! Extra Values this Month in Our Clothing Department. MEN’S OVERCOATS, 1 84.50 Strong Serviceable, i 86.00 MEN’S OVERCOATS. 1 86.00 BLACK ELTRIAK BEATER f worth Velvet Collar, 1 S7.SO We Offer Two Decided Bargains In Overcoats: No. 1 It a very handsome Blark A Elrsian Beaver, cat single BA Art breasted, fly.front; relret ool- 40.UU lnr. at J No. 2 is a very handsome, nil- A wool Oxford mixed diagonal; 41A A A cat single-breasted, fly front; vel- f wltf.vW vet collar, at MEN’S FINE OVERCOATS -WK OFFER AT— 315.00 and 316.00. Lines ot very choice goods, equal in every respect to garments made to measure for 822.00 and 825.001 —Also some very— FINE DRESS OVERCOATS, at $18.00 to $25.00. The same goods, same work and same trimmings as in coats to measure at 328.00 and 330.00. We offer an Immense Stock of HUN’S SUITS, BOYS’ AND CHILDREN’S CLOTHINS. (HIS. II. MM, Manufacturer of FINE READY MADE CLOTHING, ONE PRICE STORE, 133, 137 A 139 Water St., AUGUSTA, ME. septlUdTu Th-S-tf Read what the people say concerning the ability of Dr. Thomas* Eclectric Oi], to cure asthma, catarrh, croup, colds, etc. Mrs. Dora Koch of Buffalo, says For croup it is decid edly efficacious.” [Mrs. Jacob Mellisor of Marion. Ohio, says the same thing.] S. S. Graves, Akron, N Y.. writes Had asthma of the worst kind, look one dose of Thomas' Eclectric Oil and was relieved in a few minutes. Would walk five miles lor this medicine and pay $5 a bottle for it.” Drug gist C. R. Hall, Grayville. 111., says. "Cured an ul cerated throat for me in twenty-four hours.’’ Sat up in bed and coughed till the doUung was wet with perspiration. My wife insisted that I use Thomas’ Eclectric Oil. The first teaspoonful vtiLiRVsi) me." E. H. Perkins, Creek Centre, N. Y., Thomas’ Eclec tnc Oil is also a Tip Top extern *1 applica tion for rheumatism, cuts,scald*,bu ms,bites, bruise*,etc. When visi ting the druggist, a>lc him w hat he knows of Dr. Thoma> Eclectric Oil; if he has been long in the drug trade, be sure he will speak highly of it. worked Wonder*, M My daughter was very bad off on account of m cold and pain in her lungs. Dr Thomus* Eelec tric Oil cured her in twenty-four hours. One of the boys was cured of sore throat. This medi» cine has worked wonders in our family." Aleak Pinckney, Lake Mobopac, N. V. Elegant Assortment —OF— Ohoice Gifts AT— MILLION'S BOOK STORE. IlliiMtnito(l Books. Leaflets. Art Goods. LEATHER AND BRA88 N0VELTIE8. Milliken’s Book Store. *cptlS»deed4m Visit Novelty Fair, The Paradise in NOVELTY HALL, user the NOVELTY STORE —or— Gannett A Morse. Santa Claua. Old Woman In the Shoe. Chrietmae Tree, flte. Admission Free. Read the Visit of St. Nicholas. psoxea&APHSft, 1M Water St., ovm ax. express omen Au ODBTA. Fine Photographs of All Kinds, from Carte de Vlslte to Life Slse Portraits. We guarantee the very best work to be obtained la this part of the State. noftidtf STILL UNSURPASSED £™d|! f^ssmisawWt rric 15 cents per ouqoo. Partridge’s Drug Store, UNDER GRANITE HAM. FINEST BULK LIQUID PERFUMES AT LOW PRICES. Great Dress Goods Sale The Most Important Ever Attempted in Maine. Turner Brothers will offer Wednesday, December lOtb, And continue until sold, Teu Thousand Yards of Fine French Dress Goods, purchased at a very great sacrifice from cost of importation. xt°' i’ 75 cents, worth $1.25 t! v q t?2* cents* worth $1.00 Lot No. d, 50 cents, worth 75c. to $1.00 Lot No. 4, 37J cent8f worth 75 eta The above goods embrace the most desirable styles offered this season. This sale has never been equalled, and no one can afford to let the opportunity pass without securiug all they can use of these beautiful goods. GRAND EXCURSION ON WEDNESDAY. The opening day of the sale, from Lewiston, Auburn, Augusta, Bath and intermediate stations, half fare on railroads. Horse cars front Con gress St. Station to and from our store. TURNER BROTHERS, 488 490 CONGRESS STREET, Portland, Maine. drelMSt CHRISTMAS! 1 Will soon be here, and those wishing to make BEAUTIFUL AND USEFUL GIFTS will do well to call at the store of FOWLER KARLEN. -We have just received a great variety of goods_ "It And suited to the purses of all. Come early before the best things are sold, and avoid the crowd of the week before Xmas. 1ST OUR CLOAK ROOM _®D -IS WELL STOCKED WITH LADIES’ MISSES’ CHILDREN’S BARMENTS, In all Styles and at Reduced Prices. FOWLER HAMLEN, AUGUSTA, MAINE. OOtXlMd mm We have recently made some k large purchases for our Furnishing; Department, and are prepared to show the Best Line of I Fine Linen Collars and Cuffs to be found in the city. We have all the Latest Styles, which we offer at POPULAR PRICKS.^ Our stock of Hosiery, Underwear, Cardigan Jackets, Silk and Cashmere Mufflers, Neckwear, Ac., Is large and attractive. -Our Celebrated Perfect Kitting Wlilte Dress Shirts Are ron.ldered Superior to ell other. *V We hare many Special Bargain. In Fine Keadr Made Clothing of our own manufacture, OV-and are alao prepared lo make Cu.tom Clothing to order at Low Price. S. L. Huntington, Wholooalo and Hotall Olotkler, 190 Water Street, Auerusta Maine. oetl7dTn.Thfc8.t-tf STOVES, RANGES, AND FURNACES. Messrs. O. B. A F. A. RBBD, of Gardiner, beg leave to call attention to their immense stock of Ntoyps, Ranges, Furnaces, Etc. Persons in want of anything in their line should^ive them a call. They have one of the largest, if not the largest stocks on the river, and their immense stock enables them to sell at astonishingly low prices. They also employ a number of First-Class Workmen and make a speci alty of PLUMBING, PIPING, ANO HOT WATER HEATING, DRAINING, ETO. -Remember the place O. B, A F. A. RBBD, No. 22 Water Street, CARD I NEB, MAUVE. aorlMlm

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THE SKAT m THE HQ£ TOWS. Those who have traveled through the hill country of New England must often have been struck by the eight of a white church standing almost alone upon a summit of the great ridge. Once it was the meeting place of some flourishing vil lage, bat when the railroads came, mak ing their way through the rough forbid ding country by following the water courses closely the villagers descended into the valleys, built up towns along the great highways of travel and left the old church to mourn over ita lost glories and to struggle along weakly until it too had to succumb to the new order of things. The clergy who built up these piUara of orthodoxy were strong and earnest men, and those who have succeeded them are not less so. Their lives are marked by self-sacrifice and severe work. Their la bors are carried on under many difficul ties and hardships, and it is not surpris ing that many suffer from rheumatism and neuralgia. That many of them have found a cure, however, for these diseases may be seen from these letters. Rev. A. 8. Cooper, of Williston, ,Vt., says: “Twelve hours’ use of Athlophoros greatly removed the pain from my sys tem and rendered the muscles so supple that 1 could get up and down with ease, which I have not done for a long time. I called yesterday on a gentleman who got a bottle from me and who I expec ted would send for more through me, but I found he ha/1 got the start of me and ordered Ibr himself, having been much benefited by it.” Henry L. Hall, editor of WiUimaniie {Ct.) Journal, who is well and favorably known for miles around, says: “Three doses of Athlophoros relieved me from a very acute attack of inflamma tory rheumatism in nine hours. 1 con sider it an invaluable remedy in rheu matic a flection*, and esteem it a pleasure to recommend Athlophoros.” Mr. J. B. Webster, who is the carpenter for the Willimantic Linen Co., of Willi mantic, Conn., and is well-known and much respected in that neighborhood, savs: For three months 1 suffered with inflammatory rheumatism, and failed to receive any relief from any of the numer ous remedies for that complaint until I took Athlophoros, which entirely cured me.” Rev. 8. Donaldson, of Lyndon, Vt„ writes: “The bottle of Athlophoros helped my wife greatly. Nile had up to the time of taking it been a great sufferer from neu ralgia and rheumatic difficulties, making it almost impossible for her to walk with any ease. Tliese difficulties have been about her more or less for fourteen years. Since taking the medicine she has been comparatively free from pain ami is able to walk better than before for several years.” Rev. Charles K. Harris, formerly of New Haven, now of Brooklyn, says: Athlophoros acted like a charm, and I hnve been quite free from any attack of rheumatism from that time until the pres ent. I can, therefore, with all sincerity testify to the valuable quality of Athlo phoros as a rheumatic cure.” If you cannot get Athlophoros of your drug gist, we will send ft express paid, ou receipt**! regular price—one dollar per Pottle. We prefer that you Pity It from your druggist, but if lie hasn't It, do not be persuaded to try something else, but order at /nice from us. as dln-etc ATIU ophokos Co., llii Wall Street, New V* Advertising Cheats 1 ‘‘It has become so common to begin an ar ticle in an elegant, interesting style, “Then run it into some advertisement, that we avoid all such, "And simply call attention to the merits of Hop Hitters in as plain, honest terras as pos sible, "To induce people “To give then one trial, which so proves their value that they will never use anything elHe." Thk Hkmkoy so favorably known In all the pa pers, Keliglous and secular, is "Having a large sale, ami is supplanting all other medicines. "There Is no use denying the virtues of the tlop plant. Had the proprietors of Hop Hitters have shown great shrewdness and ability "In compounding a medicine a hose virtues are so palpable to every one's observations." Did Sho Dio? "No! "She lingered anti suffered along, pining away all the time lor years.” “The doctors doing her no good "And at last was cured by this llop Hitters the papers say so much about.” "Indeed! Indeed!" "Mow thankful we should he for that med icine.” A Daughter’s’ Misery. "Eleven years our daughter suffered on a bed of misery. "From a complication of kidnev, liver, rheumatic trouble and Nervous debility, “Under the care of the best physicians, “Who gave her disease various names, "Hut no relief, "And now she is restored to us in good health by ns simple a remedy as Mop Hitters, that we had shunned for years before using it,” The Parents. •g-N'"ne genuine without a bunch of green Hops on tile white label. Shun all ihc vile, poisonous stuff with "Hop" or "Hops" in their name. tlecYleod 1 wlra BATCHELOR’S CELEBRATED HAIR DYE r> I tli 1,1.Ml Ml 1M3I. Best in the world. Harmless! Reliable! In stantaneous! No dis appointment, no ridic ulous tints; n-nii dies the ill effects of bad djes; leaves the hair soft and beautiful black or Brown. E* planatory circulars ■out poitpaid in m envelopes. on applica tion. mentioning this k paper. Sold by all dru« Icist*. Applied by ex >ti, «t tiATfUK IiOR’S Wi»r Factory.30 East lvvfhht,*N.Y.city. mayi2d*KXi«wly-nr 11 STOPPED FREE Mamicus success f m Insane Persons Restored I 1 lB Dr.KLINE S GREAT NerveRestorer all Brain ANurvb Diseases Only tun cure fcr Nerve Ajfectu-ns. Fits, FyilrCsy, etc. iNP ALLIBLR if taken as directed. A\> Fits after Yfirst et.iy's use. Treatise and $a trial hottle free to Fit patients, they paymgiexpress charges on bo* when I received. Send names. P. O- and eipress address o* m afflicted to Pk.KL1NH.ou Arvh St..Philadelphia.Pa Druggists. BE H ARE OF IMITATING FRA CM decar poq&w lv Wanted! ALA mV lORRKAPOAIiEJlT. By a gentle man ot education, an eastern college graduate, having a well established business, a lady corres pondent must be good looking, not over thirty years of age, hare good talr education, practical Ideas, good health and fair intellectual endowments. Ob ject matrimony Address HORACE HORTON. w*wW Watertown, Dak. 3 NEW BOOKS •tamp, "SW^AGENTS late* and jftrtebe*. rtOWXB AXB SMILES* Mrs. Briggs had made a mistake. She owned as much herself. And a mistake must be very patent indeed, before Mrs. Briggs would own it. For she was one of those bigh-nosed domineering females, who pretend to almost superhuman fore sight, and believe they can read charac ters as an open book. “I never was so disappointed in a girl in my life,” said Mrs. Briggs. “I thought she had some grit about her. Bat there! I might as well have an old dish rag in my kitchen as Meta Milton. Meta herself, if the truth were to be told, was equally disillusionized. She had fancied that life in the country was all roses, new mown bay and nightingales; and when it came to getting up at day break. churning bv the halfbour in a blue mould smelling cellar, scrubbing kitchen floors and baking hot cakes for a tableful of shirt sleeved farm hands, she was com pletely taken absck. The’re were no lanes wherein to linger at dusk (Mr. Briggs was a great deal too careful of his land to let any part of it run to waste,) no picturesque old well sweeps or ivy clad ruins. Cabbages grew in rows; onion patch es flung their perfume on the air, and di rectly in front of the main door there was a field of monster tobacco leaves. ••And ef you’ve got any time to spare.” said Mr. Briggs, “you’d better lay it out in pickin’ them plaguy big worms oft" the terbaeker, instead o’ cuttin’ round the country arter wild flowers.” “Meta had l»een a shopgirl in a Bridge fiort store before she came to her cousin Iriggs. Her health had failed, the doctor j had advised country air. new milk and a change of scene. Mrs. Briggs, on being written to, had i unwillingly consented that Meta should j spend the summer there. “She must be a poor creature, indeed,if she can’t earn her board and a little more into the bargain,’’ said Mrs. Briggs, who was one of those griping, grinding task mistresses who think of trade ana profit i alone. But Meta had not passed triumphantly through the ordeal. Perhaps she had not fully regained her strength. Perhaps she had become discouraged with the endless treadmill of work which Mrs. Briggs pro vided for her. She was a pale, pretty girl with fair hair, large, sorrowful blue eyes, and a color that came and went with a flickering ing brilliance. “And it’s my opinion,” and Mrs.Briggs who was in the habit of flying around the house with her head tied up in a cotton pocket-handkerchief “that she spends a deal too much time a-fixin’ up and prim pin’ before the glass—white lace at her neck every day and a ribbon bow and white aprons of an afternoon. Checked gingham is good enough for me and it ought tc be for her.” At the end of the first month Mrs. Briggs told Meta with engaging frankness ethat she had not proved equal to the emergency. “1 guess we don’t want you here no more,” said Mrs. Briggs. “Vou ain't got no more strength than a rabbit, and, any way. there ain’t no calculation about you. You may do well enough as a store "gal, but you won’t never earn your bread at general housework.” Meta sighed. “But what am I to do?” said she. “Where am I to go?” “That’s you’re affair,” said Mrs.Briggs, And then she went to take her bread out of the oven. John Perkins, the nephew of the old deacon who lived in the brick house on the hill, and had more money than the best arithmetician in Yellow Plains could count, came the next day to drive Meta and her poor little trunk to the stage sta tion. John had seen Meta at church. He had stood beside her more than once at sing ing school; and one night when the cattle were obstreperous he had come to the res cue and helped Meta drive them home. So when Farmer Briggs sent over word that his horse was lame, and asked for the loan of Deacon Perkin’s roan colt to carry Meta Milton to the station, John himself had volunteered to act as charioteer. “Going away, hey said John, when they had ridden a ahort distance in si lence. “Yes,’? said Meta, sadly. “I am going away.” “Didn’t like the folks?” said John. “I tried to like them,” said Meta; “but Mrs. Briggs was not suited with me. The washings were too heavy, and it gave me a pain in the side to lift the tubs." "You do look rather slim,” observed John. And he chewed a straw in silence for some time before he asked, with some abruptness: “And where are you bound for?” “1 don't know,” said Meta. “I can't go back to the store because ray lost place is filled; and it’s very hard to get work anywhere at this time of the year. Tne doctor said I ought to stay at least a year j in the country but Mrs. Briggs has got i another girl and—” Here John Perkins arrested the course of the roan colt, and began turning him scientifically round. “Dear! dear?” said Meta, “have we 1 got into the wrong road?" “No,” said John Perkins. “Not that I know of But if the doctor said you ought to stay a year, then a vear you stay.” “But where?” said Meta. “With us, said John Perking. “I’ve taken a notion to you. Meta. The first time I ever set eyes on you, I said to niv self, •Here's the gal forme!’ and if you’ll marry me. Meta, I'll do my best to take j care of you and be a good husband to you.” “Marry you!” repeated Meta, and she looked timidly into John Perkins’ honest gray eyes, and then she added. “Yes, Mr. Perkins, I will.” “Shall we go right to the parson’s?” j said John. “I—I suppose so,” said Meta “It's the best wav,” said John. “If I begin a job I generally go on with it.” So they were married. Meta went back to Mrs. Briggs’ home until her young hus band could break the news to his uncle. Mr. Briggs received the bride with some faint semblance of welcome. “John Perkins is a likely fellow,” said she. “and the deacon is the richest man in Yellow Plains. I will allow. Meta, that you haven’t done badly for yourself. If you’d told me wbat vou was calculatin’ for—” “But l was not calculating,” said Meta indignantly. “I never thought of such a thing, until John asked me to be his wife.” “That’ll do to tell.” said Mrs. Briggs with a dry chuckle. Meanwhile, John went bravely to his uncle. “Uncle,” said he, “I guess you’ll have to spare me a bigger room after this.” Deacon Perkins, a dried-up, withered old man, with a strong likeness to the chimpanzee tribe, looked up from his ac count book with a sparl which revealed a set of ragged, yellow teeth. “A bigger room?” said he. What for?” “There’s at least a dozen rooms in the house vou don’t use,” said John, “and besides”—as if this was a mere inciden tal fact—“I have been getting married.’ The deacon dropped his spectacle case, and as John picked it up and handed it back to him, he added: “To Meta Milton.” The deacon’s eyes glittered like very small gas lights, seen through a Novem ber fog. “You’ve married her, have you? he said. “Yes, sir,” said John. “Well, then,” said the deacon, “you can take her somewhere else and support her, for I’ll never see nor speak to either of you again as long as I live.” “Do vou really mean it, uncle? said John. “Am I in the habit of joking?” 6aid Mr. Perkins, with an nglv grin, that made him look more chimpanzee-like than ever. “If yon're so very independent, youc go and hang out your flag of freedom your leizure!” This was rather hard on John, who had always been taught to regard himself as his uncle’s adopted child. But he was too proud to sue for a rich man's favor. “Just as you please, sir,” said he. “But won’t you let me bring Meta to see you?” “No, 1 won’t,” said the deacon. “Oh, John, I have ruined you!” said Meta, when he came back to tell the tale. “Ruined me puss?” said he cheerfully, “not a bit of it! You’ve been the making of me. It ain’t good for nobody to hang on the coat-skirts of a rich man. I’m more independent now than I have been for ten years. If Mrs. Briggs will let us stay here a few days—” “I couldn’t possibly !’’said Mrs.Briggs, freezing visibly. “If your good pious uncle discountenances you, it ain’t for me to set myself up ag’in his judgment.” “Very well,” said John; “Farmer Drake wants a hand to clear up the maple hills this winter—I’ll engage with him. My Meta shall have a good home some where!” When Mrs. Briggs heard that John Perkins had rented the little one-storied cabin bv the railroad, and furnished it tor his bride, she shook her head foreboding ly. “If Meta can put up with a hole like that, she hain’t no proper pride,” said she. But Meta was as happy as a lark. It was a humble home, but it was her own. And John come home to it every night,with a face as cheerful as the dawn. “1 wish it was a palace, puss, for your sake,” said he. “I couldn’t be happier John, if it was,” Meta brightly answered. “And you don’t mind your cousin Briggs passing you in the street, without speaking to you “Not in the least, if you don’t mind Deacon Perkins returning vour letters un opened.” “He is an ill-tempered old crab,” said John with a hearty laugh. “And she,” merrily retorted Meta, “is a venomous old gossip.” While the public opinion of Yellow Plains unanimously condemned Mr. and Mrs. Perkins to the poor house in the course of a brief time. “He hasn’t a cent of capital,” said one neighbor. •‘Anil she ain’t no management and never had,” said another. “Buys baker’s bread and makes her pie crust with butter instead o’ drippin’s” said Mrs. Briggs. “Did anyone ever hear of such shittlessness! I, tor one, wash my hands of them.” Until one day Deacon Perkins died sit ting in his chair, with his spectacles on his nose. “We'll go to the funeral, Meta,” said John to his wife. “Of course he has left all his money to the Gattawooche Indian Mission, as he always said he would. But he was mv uncle after all.” “Very well,” said Meta. “We’ll go.” All the neighborhood was there of course. The richest man in Yellow Plains did not depart this life every day. But everyone looked coldly upon the young coupie as they entered, and Mrs. Briggs studiously evaded them. When the burial services were over, Mr. Briggs sidled up to the lawyer, a tat man with a shining bald head and a white moustache. “It’s about the mortgage. Squire Covte,” said he. “The one that Deacon Perkins had on our farm. I do hope the Gattawooche Indians won't be particular about takin’ it up jist yet, because times is hard, and I ain’t noways prepared. The interest is a little behind, to be sure, but—” “What have the Gattawooche Indians to do wMth it?” said the squire crisply. “Why, they’re the heirs, folks tell me,” said Mr. Briggs uneasily twirling his thumbs. “Not at all,” said Mr. Coyte. "The Gattawooche Iudian will was destroyed long ago: and Mr. Perkins never made another. The heir to all the property is the next of kin, his nephew, John Perkins,” Public opinion changed as quickly as only public opinion can do, when this piece of news became bruited abroad. Everybody discovered all of a sudden that they had always sympathized with the dear young couple—that John Perkins was a noble fellow, and his wife Meta, one of the salts of the earth. And Mrs. Briggs came humbly to the red brick mansion on the hill to see Meta, ami to beg her to intercede with her hus band m their behalf. “About the mortgage,” said she, “that Deacon Perkins had on our farm. It’s overdue, and Briggs hasn't been as regu lar with the interest as I could have wished; but I do hope, Meta, he wont't be hard with us.” It was a bitter pill for Mrs. Briggs to awallow, but Meta did not exult over her fallen foe. “Of course he will not lie hard with you. Cousin Briggs.” said she fondlv. “Are we not relations And now you must sit down and have a cup of tea with us, and John will send the box-wagon down for your husband to come and spend the evening.” The tears came in to Mrs. Briggs eyes. “I do feel sort o’ faint,” said she, "I never slept none last night, thinking what would beeome of us if the old home was took away. But I’m all right now, Meta, thanks to you.” And she said, when she got home to her fireside: “If ever coals of fire was heaped on a human head, Meta Perkins heaped ’em on mine this day.” “She's a good gal.” said Farmer Briggs —a good gal.”—Helen Graves. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, Employed promptly, In cues of Colds, Coughs, Homenes^Sor* Thro*Lo«of Voice, and Influenza, prevents their becoming senous, and speedily restores to health those who are thus affected. This remedy is, in the highest degree, curative, and for Laryngitis, Bronchitis, Asthma, Quinsy, or Catarrh, no other preparation is so efl. c»cious. we further state, with all confidence, that Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Cures Incipient Consumption. Consumption is the blighting plague of our nation. In its silent march through the land, it is stealing away from our homes thousands of the brightest and best of their inmates. If, however, the disease is taken in time, its terrible rav ages may be prevented by the use of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Prof. F. Sweet zer, of the Maine Medical School, Bruns wick, Me., writes: Medical science has produced no other anodyne expectorant so good as Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. It is invaluable for diseases of the throat aud lungs.” George E. Wilson, Battle Creek, Micb., writes: Twenty-nine years have been added to my life by Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I had been given up to die, with what my physicians and friends supposed was Consumption. I was weak and emaciated, and coughed incessantly. I procured a bottle of Ayer's Cherry Peeto ral, and, before it was all taken, I was about my business. I have been a strong and healthy man ever since.” Mrs. S. II. Jackson^ Far Roekawav, L. I., writes: ••Ayer's Cherry Pectoral saved me from Consumption, many years ago.” A. C. Po ll, New Glasgow, X. S.. writes: “More than twenty years since, when a young man. I had a terrible cough, for a long time. My system was run down, and my friends thought I was going into a de cline. By the use of Ayer’s Cherry Pec toral, the alarming symptoms disappeared, and I speedily recovered my health.” In all cases of sudden ailments, affecting the throat and lungs, the immediate use of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral is of the highest importance. It may always be depended upon in such cases, and for the effective treatment of these maladies, occupies a place, as a household remedy, that can be filled by no other preparation. Mr. Samuel Bement, Principal of Bartlett School, Lowell, M„ss., writes: “I have used Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for several years, iu eases of severe cold, or throat affections, and always found it a speedy and effectual remedy.” Mr. II. E. Simpson, Rogers, Texas, writes: “I contracted a severe cold, which suddenly developed into Pneumonia, presenting dangerous and obstinate symptoms. My physician at once ordered the use of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. His instructions were followed, and the result was a rapid and permanent cure.” H. H. Woodul. Editor “Demo crat,” MeConnellsburg, Pa., writes: ‘‘Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral has saved my life. After having suffered for some time from a disease of the lungs, induced by bad colds, and, when my friends thought I could not recover, I tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. In three months I was well.” Horace Fairbrother. Rockingham. Vt., writes: “A severe cold affected my lungs. I had a terrible cough, and the doctors finally gave me up. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral relieved my lungs, and, by its continued use, effected a permanent cure." Ayers Cherry Pectoral, PREPARED BY Dr. J. C. Ayer A Co., (Analytical Chemists), Lowell, Mass. For sale by all Druggists. JOHNSON*ANOJYNE Kerned- Ever Known. B B B Q K% 01 jM Bk jfl M External t afCURES-Diphtheria. fl H HI I HH I HI fl CURES O.tari h. Cho. Croup, iisthnia, I'.ron- B B Hi B MM ITB K BBB H era Morbus, DvsenUrv. chitis, Neuralgia, Rheu- B fl BBB fl Bail B BBB fl Chron c Diarrhea, Kid mutism. Bleeding at the fl |B I IIBI fi EVi S3 ney Troubles, md spiral hurgf!, Hoarseness, in- B MM HI fl B VV H B fl Diseases. in ulars free. «inTcko‘S2hCOUeb' kill II VII 91 I 3 BJSCC°' FOR INTERNAL AXs/->_EXTERNAL TTSB. PURGATIVE Dll I I HSIvUllV I make new, rich BLOOD. I ILLlW SICK-HEADACHE, Biliousness, .nd all LIVER and BOWEI. 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It is both for internal and external use and will prevent and cure diphtheria and all dangerous throat and lung troubles. The wrapper is about all the value there is to the large packs of horse and cattle pow ders now sold. If you want a strictly pure article get Sheridan’s. They are immensely valuable. decl5-d&wlw Nervous isehllltated men You are allowed a free trial of thirty daye’of the use of Dr. Dye’s Celebrated Voltaic Belt with Electric Suspensory Appliances, for the relief and premancnt cure of Nervous Debil ity, loss of Vitality and Manhood, and all kindred troubles. Also, fur many other dis eases. Complete restoration to health, vigor and manhood guaranteed. No risk is in curred. 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On and after October 11th, 1885, trains will leav* Augusta— tor Lewiston, Portland and Boston at 6.15 and 10.(0 A. M., 3.04, and 110.55 P. M. For Rockland and Farmington, 6.15 and 10.00 A. For Bath, 6.15 and 10.00 A. M.; 3.04 P. M.. and on Saturdays only at 110.55 P. 51. For vvaterville, t2/25 and 0.48 A. M.; 4.05 P. M., anu «u Saturdays only at 8 00 P. M. For Skowhegau, Beiiast and Dexter, t2.26 A. M., 4.05 P. M. For Bangor, Ellsworth, Aroostook county and St. John, *2.25 A. M.; and 4X5 P. M. Bar Harbor, 2.26, A. M. All Day Passengers Trains stop at the new Congress Street Mation, in Portland, where Horse Cars can be tuken for all points down town as tar as the Post Office. tNight Pullman Trains each way every night, Sun days included, but not to Skowhegan on Monda> mornings, or to Belfast and Dexter, or beyond Ban gor, on Sunday mornings. Gardiner Accommodation Train. AUGUSTA TO GARDINER. A. M. p. M. P. M. Augusta Iv., 8.25 2.00 6.30 Hallowell It., 8.33 2.08 5.87 Gardiner ar., 8.60 2.25 6.U GARDINER TO AUGUSTA. Gardiner It., 7.45 1.00 4.46 Hallowell t., 8.02 1.18 5.P2 Augusta, ar., 8.10 1.25 6.10 Freight Trains. For Portland and way, 8.40 and 11.40 A. M. For Vanceboro aud way, 12 55 and 4.22 P. M. Due from Boston and way, 12.38 and 4 12 P. M. Due from Vanceboro and way, 8.26 and 11.15 A. M. Through tickets to California and all points South and W-st may be had of E. H. Walker, ticket agent, Augusta, the only office selling via all routes and checking baggage free of expense, I'AYSON TUCKER, Gen'l Manager. 1. E. BOOTH BY, Gen'l Pass, and Ticket Ag't. Portland, Oct. 8,1886. PAYS NO FANCY PROFIT But is an original compound, made from the PUREST STOCK, and i3 sold by the makers and dealers nearer the cost of production than any other Laundry Soap in the market. See that you get this Soap, and not accept any of the numerous imitations that pay the grocer more money to recommend. 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Each copy Of Dera..reat> Monthly Magazine” contains A Coupon Order, entitling the holder to the selection of any i Pattern Illustrated In the fashion department In that num* Per, In any of the sixes manufactured. f*«nd twenty cents for the current number with Patter* Coupon and vou will certainly subscribe Two Dollars for* Tear and get ten times its value. Vol. M. 1H8IJ W. J Mining! Demortit, Publiih*', 11 E. 14th Sl„ New York. |__ dtc7dAw2w GOLD MEDAL, PARIS. 187ft BAKERS Jraaffl Cocoa. 5^ Warranted iheoluteh/ pure Cocoa, from which the excess of OH hue been removed. It ba*three times the strength of Cocoa mixed with Starch, Arrowroot or Htig*r» and Is therefore far more economi cal, costing less than one cent cup. It Is delirious, nourishing# strengthening, easily digested, and I admirably adapted for Invalids well as for iM*rsons In health. Sold by Grocer* everywhere. V. BAKER CO., Dorctaltr, Mass. PIANOS ORCANS The demand for the Improved Mason t Hanun Pianos Is now so large that a second addition to th* factory baa become imperative. Do not require one quarter as much tuning as Pianos on the prevailing wrX!^Pl|? Consult Catalogue, free. 100 Style* of OaoANa, 922 to 1900. For Cash, Eauy Payments, or Rented. Mason St Hamlin Organ and Piano Co., NKW YORK BOSTON CHICAGO. noytfcteui Maine Central R. R. Co. Annual Meetlnfg. 'fcTOTlCE is hereby given that the Annual Meet* A-w ing of the .Stockholders rf the Main** Central Kailroad Company will be held at the Director* Office in Portland, on Wednesday, the Sixteenth Day of December, A. D. 18s5, at one o’clock in be afternoon, to act upon the following article*, tIi-: 1— To hear the reports of the Director* and Trees* urer, and act thereon. 2— To fix the number of, and elect, the Director* for the ensuing year. S~To act upon an> other business that may com® before the meeting. Per order of the Directors, J. H. 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