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The Portland daily press., 1868-01-29
N O T I @ z
Ad1ninistratl.ix's Sale.

NOTICE Is hereby given that by virtue OF a license
~ from the Hon. John A. Waterman, Judge of
Probate within and for the County of Cumberland at
Court holden on tho Third Tuesday of November,
A. D. 1867, Ann X Libby, Admiustratrix Of the es
G tate Oh Peter Libby, late of Windham, County of
SSnnn1pefand, State Of Maine, deceased, will sell by
K Libby in Win1ham aforesaid. on The 18th day OF
eeetuary next at O'Clock in the afternoon so much
~ e estate Of Peter Libby, late of Ninham
duce the sum Of two hundred thrty-fye and eighty
U st SR ebs enSe1sss dollars for the payment Of his
g nsS aI o. sale, and admnstration-
and wood land, and is situated in WindSsap aforeo
said army
ANN. x. LIBBY, Administrators
Dated this eth day of January, a. d. 1sGs'
January o, 1868. w3w2
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-29

No. Cures Eeee,'s, Congestion, Inflamatlons Is
fsf- p -. sWoYns, Worm Fever, Worm Collie, Is
IS eTyinG Collie or Teething of infants %
Didrrca OF children adults, IS
v.sts = !" Dysentdry, Gripng, Bilious Collie, 25
4" Cholera MorbaS, Nausea, Vomiting IS
p {" 4 g Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, " q
g. :" 8 I" Neuralgia Toothache Faceashe %
..-I s. Headaches, Sick-Headache, Vertigo. %
10 " Dyspepsia Bilious Stomach, %
IL Z" Suppressed or painful Periods %
II Whites. too profuse Periods, Is
aEf 10 +" Group, Cough, difficult Breathing, 25
a.a7 IA Salt Rheum, Eryspeas, Eruptions %
g.f Hs15 " Rheumatism, Rheumatic Pains. Is
70 Fecer and Ague Chill Fever, Ague,l so
PISS" Y /" Ear Discharges, Impaired Hearing 80
" % g ScrQfata enlargedG lands, Swelings 10
+" ~ g Piles, blind or bleeding, 80
IS Ophthatnsy, and sore or weak eyes, 30
s- % 10 " CdtGfrh acute or cronic, Influenza, SO
Y Whoopiaq- Cough violent Coughs, 80
"21 ." Asthma Oppressed Breathing. 10
81 g DiphtheriG liberated Sore Throat, 80
-"32 Sugeriags at Change OF life, 80 90
80 Epilepsy, Spasms, ST. Vitus Dance. / 90
q ~ 8 General General DeSiAty, Physi al Weakness, 50
f-5s "2S " &Seasickiless, sickness from riding 50
" q " kidney Disease, Gravel, 10
s "2S Herao9s DEBILITY, Seminal emissions, l 90
- 30 Z" Urinary IncoRtinesce wetting bed 80
q r 81 " PdayM Periods nwith spasus 90
FAMILY CASES.
So Walls, Morocco Case, and Bnok $40 90
20 large Vials in Morocco, and Book g 20
,YiS Boxes tSos toisj and i Book sSr' %
VETERINARY SPECIFICS
Mahogany Case 10 Vals, 81 & $40 90
H% Single Walls, with directions, / 90 q
90 These Remedies by the case or single Box are
sem 70 any part OF the Country by mail express,
sSEiree OF charge e On receipt Of the price address
HOMG0PATEEIC MEDICINE Comply
Office and Depot No SOP Broadway, New York
personally by letter as above for ali forms Of dis,
eases. Il. Swceizor and Crosman 81 Co,
1880 : EalL.lfEt ma "a ucoeodly
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-29
Humphreys HOMEOPATHIC Specifics.

EAANE PROVED, from the most ample EXPERT
IA enee, an entire success; Smple-Promp Of Eff
Gent, and Reliable. They are the only Medicines
perfectly adopted to popular use-so simple that
as to be free from danger, and efficient as 10 be al
ways reliable. They have raise1 the highest COM
mendatlon from ALL and will always render satisiac-
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-29
WHILE for Sale.

rTlHE subscriber offers Tor sale the WATER
l. POWER SAW MILL owned by him, situated
on the Pellet River, in the County of Wesmorland,
New Brunswick, &c miles from st john and % miles
from Moncton. sluf tls- - & DIS -
The Mill is COMPRISED of Broad Gate and Single
Saw Gate, with Edger and Trimmers.
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-29
MISCELLANEOUS.
DOW, COFFIN Il LIBBY,
and General Insurance Agents,

NO. Is EXCHANGE STREET, PORTLAND ME-
Repsen ilowing Compa
4gtaa ms. Co.., Hartford, assets SLS33543 90
Home ms Co., New York, 3.623 SOC 90
Continental ms Co., Nec York, assets 1928 YO3 90
Insurance Co. of No. Aeeric0, Phtt assets 1696O5O 90
Lor5Uord ms Co. of New YORK;, ASSETS 1,414,S1O 90
NorTagonset ms. Cos Providence, ASSETS 627,s54 90
Market ms Co., New York; ASSETS Z 563,5e3 90
Putnam ms. Co., Hartford, ASSETS 576O55 90
Peoples Ias. Co., Worcester, ASSETS 443,3S4 90
N09svjch ms. Co.. Noaacich, Assets 4O59YY 90
Standard ms Co., Nec York, Assets 2Ss $50 90
Total d i - ~ - - $I5,997 231 90
iheL
p@Hit5 LII. COFFN, w.
p0unJ january q.
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-29
Portland & Kennebec R. R.
Winter Arrangement, Nov. II, 1867. !

EHEyssy1 Trains leave Portland at p N. for
seE&IeA& all stations on this line, and for Lewis
ton and stations on the Androscoggn Road. Also
Bangor and stations on Maine Central road. BD4.
Leave Portland daily, except Saturdays at M,
for Bath. Saturdays only leave Portland at 6 10
M, for Bath and Augusta. n
Trains are due at Portland at $50 A. NJ, and 21O
p NJ daily. -''- wv T7-77T
The through Freight Train with passenger car at
tached, leaves Portland for Skowhegan every morn
ing at O'Clock. B. y.ir II b -..Vlll@. NifliT III
Fare as low by this route to Lewiston, Waterville
kendalPs Mills and Bangor as by the Maine Central
road, and tickets purchased in Boston for Maine
Central Stations are good for passage this line
Passengers from Bangor, Newport, &C., will pur-
chase tickets to Kcndall's Mills only, and after tax
ing the cars on this road the Conductor will fur
nish tickets and make the tare the same through TO
Portland or Boston as via the Maine Central Dad.
Stages for Rockland connect at Bath; and for Bel
fast at Augusta, leaving daily on arrival OF train from
Boston, leaving at7.9oA. NJ; and for Solon Anson,
Norridgewock, Athens and Moose Head Lake al
Skowhegan, and for China, East and North Vassal-
bore at yassalbore; for Unity OF KendalPs MilPs,
and for Canaan at Pshon's Ferry. u NJ iuaM :.
"a w. HATCH, Superintendent.
Augusta, Nov. 8, 1867. novl2dtf
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11olN IDR-g. RUGEEB
CAN BEFoUED AT HIS
PRIVATE MEDICAL ROOMS,
No. II PTeUge Street,

NTHERE he can be consulted privately, and with
w the utmost confidence by the afflicted, at
hours daily, and from A. NJ. to p. M.
DR.. H. addresses those who are suffering under ths
affection of ryate diseases, whether arsinR from
impure connection or the terrible vice of eei-abuse
Devoting his entire time to that particular branch OF
the medical profession he feels warranted in GUAR
ANTEEING CURE IN ALL CASES, whether of long
standing recently contracted entirely removing tia
feet and PERMANENT CURE.
He would call the attention of the AFFLICTED to tina
fact of his long-standng and wellearnsd reputation
furnishing sufficient assurance Of his ekin and suo-
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-29
THE MAINE STATE PRESS

is carefully made up as an entirely independent
paper. 1t will contain ..
"A complete Con gressionaI and Il caisIativ
record from week 10 week, a summary
of Stafe News arranged by counties,
nm agricultural department con-
tanning articles prepared ex-
'at. pressiy for hts c0iumns,th
shipping News of tie
week ia full, Market ~
Reports carefully &
.-s1i 'S7 reyis ed TO date ~
li.4- 'fuu lu 1853 of pubsica- tF-i
-H..ie ~ ili g. ti0n, ti"
A readable Story every week, and n page
of entertaining miscellany, together
with the most inn Ortaut correspond
ence, reports and editorials, and
the latest teIcgraphie intellI-
!, gcnce from the daily
go. edition.
The Maize State Press is quarto paper, contain
ing eight large is of the largest weekly
papers in the country 1t will be furnished to sub
scribers as heretofore, for two dollars n year.
To clubs, during the coming important year, we are
willing to offer liberal reduction. To Clubs Of ten
trs icM send the Maine State Press one year for
serenteen and half dollars, and If tooae address,
for fifteen dollars, strictly in adgance. .--.-
Specimen copies will be sent free to any address.
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Persona,

TtFSO0afs
IF MRS. LOUISA HASLEI, wife of William M.
i Haslem, formerly of California now in the state
OF Maine. will drop line to- or send her address to-
Major George w. Han, Philadelphia Post Office she
will hear of something to her ADVANTAGES -O
January 9, 1868. w2w3
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GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY +!
f usa.a OF CANADA I,t
WINTER ARRANGEMENT. .d

WINTER ADVANCEMENT.
cxxsEzs;zfz7 On and after Monday, Nov. II, 1867,
G7z@s trains will run as iollows:- 7
Express Train for Lewiston and South Paris at &c
A. NJ. ~
Mail Train for Waterville, Bangor, Montreal, Que
bee and the West at Ito p. NJ. -
Local Train for South Paris, and intermediate sta
tons, at 5,P. NJ. ,.-. ,I.., .f
No baggage can be received or checked after time
above stated. ...-f Nh
Trains VIII arrive as follows:- l4i a..lU
From Lewiston, Auburn and South Paris, $40 A. M
From Montreal, Quebec, Bangor, Wa 4Ll
Local Train from South Paris and in -
termediate stations, at 800 p. NJ.
si'.fit 7i7T
The Company are not responsible for baggage to
any amount exceeding $50 in value land that pers n
all unless notice gven and paid for at the rate CT
one passenger for every $500 additiona value. IA
g 80 c. =. BRIDGES, Managing Director.
Il. BAILEY, Local Superintendent. -'
Portland Nov 1867
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Principal and Interest in Gold Coin.
The Best Investment for Surplus
Capital. 30

The attention Of Investors, Trustees Executors,
and others desiring an unusually safe, reliable and
profitable form Of permanent investment, is called
to the advantages and assurances of ~
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-29

SNSS-A& VIVA
T. Fsa'st Mortgage Bonds. j
The CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
offer for sale their FIRST MORTGAGE THIRTY
YEAR SIX PER CENT. GOLD BONDS, and sub
init to Investors the following among other obvious
considerations; and invite the comparison with the
merits and excelences OF any class of corporate Sc
curities:
| l. These bonds are based upon the most vital and
valuable part of the Grand National Pacific Rail-
road, soon to become the main channel OF commu-
nication on the continent. rTEITIG1-7 - -
Ii. The local settlement, and the business there
constantly increase. ~ = " =
Ill The hardest part OF the road is now built and
the remainder win be rapidly carried forward over
| the Salt Lake Plains. ~
~. The greater part of the means necessary to
build the road is provided by the U. S. Government
upsn subordinate lien.
v. The State and chief cities of California have
contributed upward OF ssOoO,0oo to the enterprise
VI The grant of land is destined at an carly dav
TO prove OF far greater market value than the total
equipments. :
VII. This Road lies altogether among the gold
and silver producing regions and its revenues are
received in coin.
,pLl. The management of this Company has been
dlsllngushed fUr prudence and economy; and the
U~
terest, are devoted to construction purposes
TX. The interest liabilities OF this company upon
tne portion now IN operation are less than third
net earnings.
x. Both principal and interest are pavnble IN
0OLU, under special provisions OF both National
and State enactments.i q IS ss.uiii = 30 II :
The bonds are in SUMS OF 81 900 each, with semi
| annual gold coupons attached, payable in January
and July, and are offered for sale at IS per cent Eo
tnelr par value and accrued interest from January
added, In currency. -
AT this time they yield nearly
Nine Per Cent. upon the nveatn,ent, q
These Bonds bid fair to attain The most prominent
position among the non-speculative investments OF
the country, and will be actively dealt in at the
money centers in Europe
Holders of Government Securities have an oppor-
tunity of exchanging them for Central Pacific Bonds
bearing equal rate ofinterest, with the principal
abundantly secured, and of realizing profit of ten
to fifteen per cent. in addition. liaf s5ura :
Orders sent with the funds through responsible
Banks or Express Companies will receive prompt at
IGNITION. Bonds sent by return Express, to any adj
dress in the United States, at our cost Information.
Descriptive Pamphlets, Maps &c, furnished on ap-
plication at the Office of the Railroad Company.
No 81 William So, N. ", and Of
Fisk Sc Hatch.
Bankers and Dealers I'm Cows Securities,
Financial Agents of the G. p. Il. R, Co.,
No. 8 Nassau Street, N. Y.
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-29

The Portland Daily Press is one of the largest
sized Journals is ably conducted has regular cores
pondents in the principal cities in the State, in ad
dion to its special dispatches and regular cores
pondents in New York, Washington, &c. We do
not why our citizens who want large sized, po-
litical and commercial daily newspaper do not take
Press is every way The better paper for Maine read
The Portland daily press., 1868-01-29
From the Bath Times. Jan. a

1t gives pleasure to note the enterprise and en-
ergy of our friends m the Portland Press in tho edi-
torial and news departments of that paper No pa
per in the State is more fully up with tile times than
40 'ne =. Iess' . Tf-.J gyft +1uIh,l =
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TUE LOUISIANA ELECTION.

egraphed several days ago as The official vote
was OF the vote as returned tp the office of the
Secretary OF State. Yesterday, the q Governor,
secretary OF State, and Judge of the ID Judi.
cial District, examined the returns aud declared
the result OF the election They throw out the
entire vote Of the parishes OF Avogelles, West
feliciana, Franklin. Jackson, Jefferson. Or.
leans, 81. BerI ard. Sabine, ST John the Bap.
tist, St. Martin, Terre Bonne, and Washing.
ton, for informality In the manner Of making
returns. and declare that no legal returns have
been received from these parishes, making the
entire vote for Grant, as returned nv them.
27,9l1. and for Seymour 4i,35s.
Notwithstanding the rejection OF the vote of
these parishes, KemocratIc Congressmen are
declared elected from all but the Sd Kistrict
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TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR,
This Afternoons Dispatches.
THE RICHMOND TRAGEDY.
Gard from A. f.. Pollard.

RlCF YoND, Nov. 26 Ed. A. Pollard, brother
OF II. Riyes Pollard, who was killed on Tues
oay, arriyed here this afternoon. He publishes
q card in the Ereniqg State Journal. AlIudmg TO
the cheeTihg of Grant by the crowd and the
verdict Of the coroner's jury that the death
was caused by an unknown person, &C., he
says:
"Let these things stand, to the shame OF their
perpetrators, and write their own commentary
OR the chivalry of RIchnend. They shame not
the dead. My heart is sufficient To held him
No mon can insult my tears. / come 10
claim but one thing-lustice.
AFTER denouncing the coWardice of the dee d.
The card co0cludes: ~Let all true people re-
CONSIDER. am far from defending the articles
which has been referred to in my brothers
iSper, i deeply regret it. But my brother
dld Dot write II. The murderer never iu-
qulred for the real author. He never asked
any word Of explanation. He never ap-
Piled to have the articles corrected
lie took not one single measure which the
brave man, no matter how wronged, ALWAYS
takes before he comes TO the last resources OF
blood lie went without one alternative to
that resource; and he went where no one but
the coward treads-on the path of the assas sin
[SignedJ J-E. A. POLLARD.
Mr. Pollard says that the Southern Opinion
snail not be publish he'd again.
James Grant, who shot II. Rives Pollard,
was examined this morning, and bailed in
SlO,OUO TO answer at the February term.
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THK WEEKLY STAR, now on our counter for
sale and in wrappers ready for the mails, con-
tains the Annual Report Of the Supervising
Architect OF the Treasury; the Council of the
Congregational Church; the rant.Pollard
Tragedy in Richmond; the Philadelphia L rag
edy; Railroad Projects: we'll told story
"After Many Days Art Matters,
Society News; Political News; Washington
News and Gossip; the Courts; the Working
People; Cseful Items of Domestic Econ
omyi Humorous Sketches; with Departmental,
and Local News; Agricultural and Housekeep-
ping Miscellany; and the latest Telcgrapnic
Dispatches from all parts of tine world.
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GENTLEMEN'S LIST

A-AtkiLsop Charles, ?; Adams Il +; Alison
EhPle; Adams T 5; Atkinson VIM T; Archer
Wyatt; Anderson VIM II.
B-BeckiDan August burnside General
Brooks q; Ban Capt y &: Bennett Charley:
Bowmen T. Nj; Bismark T. V; Blanchard Chas
Di Bark Dorsey; Bank Edgar, Burges Z; Bel
I'm Sig EnTico; Beckon Elick: Berner Frederick
Bell Capt Frank; Brown George X; Bradley q
q; Browning Geo r; Barrett Geo, !: Brook Col
Hunter; Bennett Henry NJ Belt Harvey q;
BIooker l.; Barclay John D3 Behrens JShp:
BaItrif Joseph; Berpant Jno B; Bender Jos
Bulkey B. ,; Bradsteed 4; Burns ] w;
bristol ID; Burke ID; BROOKE Joseph; Beck
Mr. BeT,eam Julius; Boarland Mr.; Brickford
Blosmon Nicholas; Bayley Paul; Butz Robert;
Bran Shadrach; Bohanner Thos; Bell T ID:
blanchard w; BurIngame VIM II; Beaman
Wv. 'se" WIN r Aurk'ey VIM; Bennett
aC-Carter A H; Co Baldwin &; CHAMPION
y q; Clagett u Creamer Charley; Campton
Daniel; Connolly ID A; Callahan Daniel; Com
ineore ID n; Coogan Edward; Carpenter Ed n;
Colsin Fred JI; Carson Frank II; Campbell +
5srrS =; U0rey y Geo T IL; d; Cox Henry; Go Heron &;
rad n; Campbell Hon J G; Bonfer Jno, CuI.
Ian Jno; Cayder NJ: Carroll James; Currau
Chaney b; Caruth Jonas; Carter James b;
f; Clagett Jno; Cox J M: Clark Hon H, ?;
Clark Lieut. nckley. Cox Jno T; Cook l.
h; Chapman Lond s; Carter Lutner; Chitten !.
Michael; Coils Hnrcisco g; Clinton Pichard:
Clark a; Cunning V ID; Chaplin VIM ID
chambers M h; Clafhin VIM; Chamberlain II
Comtwight VIM; Chambers VIM w; Clark w m
+, Clear VIM Lee.
D-Davis Alex Davis Byron q; Donuellev
q Dodge Chas w; Davis +; De Rossett F A:
Dow Fred; Doley 4 +; Donaldson Prot G w;
dement, Jno p; Downing Geo A; Davis H s:
bearing Geo w; Delaney Henry; Dunreld III
5; Daunbeck II: David NJ. Duncan Jno; Over
Jno w; Doody Jno; Dean ] w; Dickinson I,
b; Derin MIR; Dedrick & Myers; Dalton WIN
N; Downer ]: Quincy T s; Dramond Hon
l. w: Daley Uriab. col; Dorsey worthineton;
Dix VIM.
EIEvans Dodier; Elliott Jno +: Em.c.
Jno ID; Engel Jno Eastman Norman; Edelin
Pat Fl Emsmons VIM; Endiat VIM p; Ewing
F-French A; Francis Charles l.: Ford CC.
French David L; Fume L II; French Gen 3 p
Fisher q; Fitch q A; Franklin Julius: Fisher
John; Freeman Lewis; Furreu n: Farmer D.
Fisher s. Frederick 5 T; Falner Salmon; Fla,
miner VIM.
G-Green August; Green Il p: oa.ki, esn,
/; 0allespie r; Gates Capt Gutcheil Hem
Garrett Henry W; Grimes Jno N: (3erard ~,
J;Guinter John; Gamble Jos r, 2: Gale. ~
Gass Jno; George j; Gait Jno: Giii;n: ~,
Grifn & Co; Godfrey Mr: Goose Mics..,'
Gerard Nat Glinn p; Gray X w: Gresn n n
Gassaway VIM; 0reshon VIM n. Grt a;
Chandler; Goldsmith III "esS II
H-Howard A p; Higgins p. uor
Harion Benj Hodges Dr Beni: Harr,s ~ w
Hutchinson Clement; Heddsn DaniaI
Dennie; Ho6o Geo v; Howard H ri. IL ua.9y l
. Harding Hunting; Harvey II; Hodososs Iac a,
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TBy Bankers ana Broxsrs' Telegraph

Lewis Jchason d 20. quote stocks and bonds
IN home and foreign markets ss follows
NEw IoeK Nov 27.-First Board-U S. SIS
l5sl, coupon, ll5'.; 520's, iSS2. coupons I121;
1854, coupon, lV7I 1860, coupons, IOsx; is65
coupon, new, l10a. Saws, lS67, coupon. no Z;
I04O's, coupons, los; Pacific Mail, Il7K; OHIO d
MISS CerJ hcates, 81 Mar posa, none: Atlantic
Gaii, none; Canton. SLY Cumber land, 4Oh; w
U. Telegraph, 36a: Quicksilver. ~; Boston
Warer Power, Bk; N. Y. Central, l26; Erie,
. DO. preferred, 50; Hudson, 1.1a; Residing
~; Michigan Central, liz; Michigan South
ern, s?si Illinois Central, 1i2; Cleveland and
r1ttsbnrg, oe; Northwest, e5; do. preferred.
~; Cleveland and Toledo 99x: Rock Island
3eA Toledo i Wabash, 5SH; Adams Exp., 4s,:
Wells, Fargo 90. Exp, 26k; American Tx.
press, 45E; United States Express, ~; Mer-
hahts' Union, 1915; Chicago d. Alton. us:
90. preferred, l45. Market dull. Gold, I3jA
aIS-- 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-11-27

ga prisoner named johnson, boupd for
the Frankfort (hy.) PenItenuary, broxa his
shacklss on board the stearo@r Morning star
Jumped overheard, and attempted 10 rea 81 tue
shore, but was drowned.
a(Asa kimball led a. a hospital in Boston
on Tuesday, from injuries received by jump
ing from the window OF gambling room. in
Cambridge street, to avoid police RAID. He
belonged 10 Concord. n. II.
~Nea- Diah Bull, of Concord, Mass, has
been sentenced 70 ten years imprisonment for
forging the name OF his uncle, Rufus Merriam
upon transfer blanks Of United States bonds
and railroad stock which he had stolen 20 sell
~There may be doubts as 10 the wickedes:
man or he wlckedest woman in New YORK.
out tbere can be no doubt that the Erie Is the
Wlckedest corporation IN the Empire State
- more than sSDJ,tOO worth Of property has
been SOLD 10 actual settlers within q radius of
ten miles around Warrenton, Va. since the
war.
~The Jersey City letter carriers have ap-
Psared in gray uniforms
- Asocieiy for prevention Of cruelty to hu-
man beings l. proposed
~1he Missouri river was frozen at Omaha
30 that pedestrians crossed on the ice, the 10Th
INST
~The New York Tnbaue saws that any
enc who now speculates in Wall street
ought 20 b. hamnerpg stone IN the ward of
s0ms hisn-vs!lei Ssate prison"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-11-27

= New York has a '.red-hot democratic
club"
The Hon. J. Y. Scammon propoees To
build monster hotel in Chicago, 70 cost
&75O,OO0.
~ The Tribune says II Is a matter of prin.
cipal with Boetonians to be home bv nine
O'Clock p. m.
IA meteor was recently seen at Birmine.
nam, England, q: midday, while the sun was
shining.
- An Interesting widow In San Francisco
has done good business by obtaining loans of
susceptible parties on nice e-looking brass Jew
elry rs security.
~The Iowa Agricultural College has 6ftv
students, two OF whom are women, for the first
term
~The English Ritualists have adoptsd the
word MASS" for their celebration of the Com.
munion service.
~While the short walking dress continues
to be worn on the street, the sweeping trains
continue in favor for the parior, or for moruIne
toilette.
s&The regulators Of Jessamine county, XIV.
have been again correcting social abuses. They
whipped several citizens recently for alleged
misbehavior OF domestic kind.
~A lady in Louisville, Kentuckv, named
Mary Hays, has fallen heiress to $685. in
gold, bequeathed BY her grandfather in Eag-
land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-11-27
The falling OH during the lasr two vear.

The falling of during the last two years in
the attendance al The common schools of New
Enel'nd, ii Is asserted, is not to be attributed
to neglect OF education or to mistakes in the
returns, bnt TO an actual decrease in the num-
ber OF children. 1t is stated that. forty years
ago, ten children in a family were very fire.
quently observed. and that the average mum.
ber OF TIE ofi>prings of parents aged forty We,
was seven. Now, however, the average is
only four. In many towns the deaths exceed
the births, and only the immigration OF toreg
ers keeps up the general standard of the pop.
ulation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-11-27
THE REVOLUTION IN CUBA.
Santiago Invested by the Revsluti o nj sts-
RumOPed Comuromixa

NEW YORK, Nov. IA dispatch from Cubs
TO the New York Herald reports the revolution
lists IN front OF Santiago de Cuba, which city
they have closely invested, demanding It's sur.
render. Inc Governor of the district has, how
ever, large force to oppose them. The report
was current IN Havana and Santiago that q
compromise had been agreed upon between the
opposing authorities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-11-27
MISSISSIPPI REPUBLICAN CONyEN.


JACKSON, Miss, Nov. 26.-The Republican
C1nventlcn adjourned last night after prepar.
ing AZ address to be submitted 20 Congress
asking hat body to declare the defeated Con
stitution ratified and the State officers elected
"A number OF prominent Republicans opposed
tnls action inasmuch as the commanding
General had, tve months ago. for warded his
official report TO Congress showing that the
Constitution was defeated by majority Of III .
votes cast AZ that election