The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-08-31
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

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gTThe Chicago Republican notes the rapid
increase in the trade of that city There are
Ave hundred and fifty retail stores doing
grocery business in addition to which there are
forty-six houses exclusively devoted TO the
wholesale business of that branch Of trade.
gy-At the late local elections in Virginia,
Az t;o,,sts we're successful. Even paroled
roI,a, so,s;ers were defeated because they could
80 ,,ndar the terms of their paroles, favor the
az the national debt. Buffalo
Express. eco y
E<gPThe Hartford COssrant says that forty-six
,,.ars 400 The late Arson Loomis of Windsor.
-ceurirt a turtle.on his fathers farm in Bloom
field marked it With the dateoof the llyear, and
let it CO. The same turtle was caught the past
week but a short distance from where it was
set at liberty nearly half a centdaryago by
brother Of Mr.. LOOMS, who now has it in his
possession, s,sef.sTT E,fo ffnI o4aooV
The London correspondent Of The Nd
ton states that considerable dissatisfaction is
expressed at the way in which Mr.. Peabody's
magnificent donation to the poor of London is
tobe disposed Of The trustees have bui t
number of model-lodging houses which are to
be let to working men of good character earn
ing not less than pound a week. 1t is felt
that, this class, however deserving and badly
housed do not represent the "poor of London
for whom the Peabody gift was designed. -
/ DB M. d. Conway, writing to the Common
wealth from Londen, has the following signif-
cant paragraph: "Itis rather painful for an
American to gsee the column after column Of
letters and resolutions of public bodies trans
mitted to the widow of Richard Golden from
every part Of the world except America,
the land beloved and faithfully served next his
own. .reA-soe, .r uunso,a
% Texas letter says "We want not only
farmers, but mechanics Of allikinds a We want
rough labor, SIX lied labor, educated labor, hui
man labor, horse Ia 1or, an machine labor. A
genial climate and prod uctive soil invite Occur.
patton. Now is the time to come and mako
yourselves at home" sg.a
BB-Iti is waste of raw material to put five
dollars worth O. beaver on ten cents worth of
brains oa 'asi1sA1 2 111
BB The Chattanooga (Tenn.) Gazette speaks
Of discrimination against Northern men in the
business fairs of that city, and protests against
it. 1t threatens 70 print the names of all p r
sons who persist in such narrow-minded
course, and says: "We desire Yankees, Dutch
/ men, Irishmen, Cinnamon, and everybody else
to locate and invest their capital here. If it is
not brought here by strangers we certainly
81 IL never have any So RI
ErAt recent prairie chickenhunt in Iowa,
sight hundred and tifty-seven birds were killed
IN four hours by nineteen men. Aa "
/ Bituminous coal is selling in Richmond
1t ten dollars per ton with a prospects that it
will be higher during the winter
The New York Post alluding othe late
strike among the coal-miners andths recent rise
in coal, deprecates the idea Of any permanent
scarcit5, Or that supply for winter hould be
secured now at any price, and says 'srhe best
/ information that can be obtained leads to the
conclusion that any attempt to enforce extreme
rates this winter must fail, almost Of necessity.
The spectators can succeed only through the
fears and encouragement of the public, ~asy
EY- Masks are to be introduced among .,the,
bathers at Newport. They are made of thin
white cotton CLOTH fitting tightly to the face
with places cut for the mouth and eyes, The
disguise is perfect and mo- doubt will be very
generally adopted " ~ 1AhW ~
I BB- The Berkshire County (Mass.) Eagle
moved by the list of crimes Of various kinds
appearing in its local column, very concisely
remarks :ts'H the devil isn't at large now he
never was; he is continually moving up and
down the earth, stopping at Pittsfeld both
ways as he goes, not only seeking whom he
may devour, but always devouring some
body. si''ii'Ae e ~ w : -
g~ The ex-slavellolders say " You have
rendered our laborers worthless to US; you are
now bound to remove them from our midst" /
Not so. Itgwas you yourselves who rendered
your laborers worthless, if they are worthless,
and you are bound to keep them in your midst. /
Cease whining over the consequences of your
own crime .sai = - 80, = - s
W. Opposite me, in the ballroom, tonight
sits stout woman, in a wide-striped silk dress.
She is the wife of a legal notability, and was,
when youngs circus'ridero of great repute, re-ip
nowned chiefly, for leaping unaided upon fun2
nlngshorse In the ring. Another fne-,ooking
couple, graduated from Fulton market-the
ausband still sells bivaIves in that famed To-
cality.4S Saratoga Corresp II Nc !. 4
8 70 Red chalk has been discovered in Kan
as Some workmen were excavating for a,
sbnildi & at Leavenworth and struck a stratum
of this material which promises wellsr sesis ei q
There is a contest going on out West
between thegsthree-hned beetle" which is con-
suning the potato leaf, and the lady-bug, which
fisdestroying the eggs of the beetle. The fate
of the crop depends upon which eats the
fastest. j.. az 4