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RoMEo.-The gigantic elephant, Romeo, is
famous old fellow for furnishing newspaper
paragraphs. He has habit of getting "on
the rampage" periodically; killing keeper or
so, and having to be subdued. The result is
that he furnishes the villages through which
he passes with elephant hunts as exciting as
those in African jungles. All the past winter
he has been serving out a sentence of impris-
onment for killing his last keeper, Mr.. Will
liams. He has been secured by huge chains
IN the small village of Hatboro, near Philadel-
phia. Ashe belongs to Forepaugh's menage-
rie, and is wanted during the coming cam
paign, it became necessary the other day to
discipline him further in order that he might
be in becoming frame of mind for the duties
OF his position. Accordingly two experienced
elephant tanners, accompanied by large
crowd of assistants and provided with instru-
ments of torture and material for bringing him
tosthe ground, approached him one Saturday
morning He was finally thrown down, but
not until he had made most obstinate resist
ance and made very dangerous assaults upon
his assailants. But still his proud spirit was
unsubdued, and it was not till Monday morn.
ing that he made the plaintiye noise which
elephant hunters recognize as the signal of un-
conditional neutrality-suspicious. to throwing
up the sponge. During the winter he has
been in an extremely savage mood. and allow
ed no one to approach him. He was found to
weigh after his capture five tons and three
hundred pounds.
Romeo is "an ornament to society and
desirable travelling companion, being as 1t
seems, liable at any moment to give express
sion to any passing discomfort or an OCCASION
al touch of dyspepsia by indulging in an in
discriminate slaughter of bystanders.
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republican Convention
-ttA1H4 -syo ga sta8uaI j G1t Ban
-l FIRST DISTRICT! +-..

The Republican and all other voters of the FIRST
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT CT MAINE, compri ing
the Counties Of York and Cumberland, who are in
favor of sustaining the principles of the Republican
Party, and OF standing by and executing the recon-
sructon policy OF the Congress of the United States
In accordance with the recent call of the National
Committee, are invited and requested to send dele
gates TO convention to be held at the CITY HALL
INBIDDEFORD, '" -'' 3' sa.17 = aU
On Tuesday, Way 5th Mt III O'Clock A. VI :,
for the purpose of selecting two Delegates to attend
the National Convention which meets in Chicago on
the goth day Of May next and tor the transaction of
any other business that may properly come before
the co invention. m ~ "b = tsAfEEe@
The basis of representation will be as follows;
Each city and Town will be EMIT ed to delegate,
and one additional delegate for every seyenty-fve
votes cast for Joshua L. Cham beran at the Guber-
natorial Election Of 1866. A majority fraction OF
forty votes will be entitled to additional delegate.
The chairmen of the Several City and Town Com
mttees are requested to forward the names OF their
delegates to the chairman of the District Committee
as soon chosen. -7-+ ~.
The committee will be in session at the Hall on
the day above indicated at 10 o'clock A. NJ, to re-
ceive credentials. ID 9a8 -8.too sa zG-E
The apportionent of delegates to the several cities
and towns in the district is as follows: p Z e5A
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DAILY PRESS.
PORTLAND. +"- -
.,I7
Tuesday Morning, April IA, 1888.
NATIONAL UNION "r
Republican Convention '

The undersigned, constituting the National Com
mittee designated by the convention he d in Balti-
more on the 7th Of June, 1864, do appoint that
National Convention OF the Union Republican party
be held at the city OF Chicago, Illinois, Wcdnes
DAY, the Goth day of May next at 10 O'clock NJ, for
the purpose Of nominating candidates for the offices
OF President and Vice President of the United
States Each State of the United States is author
lied to be represented in said convention by the
number OF delegates equal to twice the number OF
senators and Representa- yes to which such State
is entitled in the National Congress.
We invite the cooperation of all citizens who
oice that our great civil has happily terminated
in the discontinue of rebellion; who would hold
fast the unity and integrity of the republic, and
maintain its paramount right to defend to its utmost
its own existence while impered by secret conspi-
racy or armed force; who in favor OF an econemi
cal administration of the public expenditures of the
complete extirpaton of the principles and policy OF
slavery, and OF the speedy reorganization of those
States whose governments destroyed BY the re-
b. iion, and the permanent restoration to their prop
or practical rel ations with the United States in ac
cordance with the true principles Republican gov
ernment. +i . ..-ls.. H.. .
MAnoun q. WAnn. of New JERSEY Chairman
% JoHE ID. DEFREss, OF Indiana, SeereIa1y.
JOHN b. CLARKE, ofNew Hampshire.
SAMUEL z. HERsEY, of Maine.
A. B. GARDNER, of Vermont.
W. G. CLAFLIN, of Massachusetts. ~
SAMUEL A. PURvIANcE, of Pennsylvania. l
Us FOWLER, of Tennessee. ia-t e 45am g
BIS. COOK, of Illinois. ras5 H.s.a s. SON T.
. M. GIDDINGs, of Michigan. a. sil- et a-ai s.f..-
n d. p. STUBBs, of Iowa. -.f-..,...ft ,r...r ...
D W. CAMPBELL, OF West Virginia. -
h II. w. HOFFMAN, OF Maryland.
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ef'a,ss $500 per- amman, Ss. advaace.

as MONDAY. The Southern rebels and their
Northern allies ale anxious TO bring to
naught the reconstruction measures OF Con-
gress, and secure admission to the national
legislature without the imposition of any
condition or giving any guaranty whatever
for future good behavior. To show that their
demands may safely and justly be complied
with, and to prejudice the igaoraut and unre-
fecting against the policy OF the Republican
party, they arrange the programme OF a per-
formance such as we are cons idering. 1t
costs them only the exercise of hypocritical
arts of which they have been close students
Tor many years, and of which they are now
the perfect masters.
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sIr. Howe,- Reception in nxlana.

The Montreal Gazette, very special organ
of the government, has the following account
of Mr.. Howe's reception in England:
Private letters received within day or two
from London state that the Hon. Joseph
Howe had had an interview with the Duke of
Buckingham, Colonial Secretary, in relation
to his repeal mission, and that the Duke, after
hearing him at length, quietly replied that the
Union was at present the policy of the En-
pire, and that the government, could not, up
on the representations submitted by Mr..
Howe or the other Anti-Tsnion delegates
whom he understood to be in London, under
take to stultify itself at this early day by re-
versing, the deliberate and we'll considered
course arrived at when it advised the Queen
to sanction the British America Act last year.
1t is also understood that the Duke referred to
the unconstitutional course adopted by the
Repealers, inasmuch as the resolutions passed
by the Nova Scotia Assembly, while purport-
ing to be the expressions of the Nova Scotia
people, had not received, or been submitted
for, the concurrence of the Legislative Coun-
Gil and Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.
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"SLAUGHTERrNG."-A correspondent writing
from Kennebunk says: Every business man
in the seaboard towns of York county knows
Bragdon, the genial Assistant United States
Assessor, and how we'll he enjoys good thing
in his line. 1t was before the law was changed
which required monthly returns from manu-
facturers, butchers, Sc, that our friend Brag-
don on his monthly round, was obtaining re-
turns on Main street, Biddeford, and having
taken the figures from Mr.. sirloin the butcher
stepped into the next door to assess a license
on Thomas McRotgut the whiskey retailer
when, before he had reached the bar, old Sir
loin popped his head into the door, eaihng OUT
do. YOU take monthly return from these
fellows?"
"No," says Bragdon.
awell, you ought to, for they slaughter enough
sight more than do" --
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Notice of ADDeays.


UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE,l
s First Collection District of Maine,
Assessors Office, SO Exchange street. Portland,
. April 8, 1865
NOTICE is hereby given that, at the Office of
IN the Assessor, of said District, inl Portland,
in the County of Cumberland, on Monday, the
27th day of April A. D. 1865 at two of the clock in
the afternoon, Appeals viii be received AMI deter
mined by me the undersigned, relative to any erro-
neous or excessive Valuations, assessments or emu
mera ions, by the Assessor Of said District, or by
the Assistant Assessor of any DIVISION assessment
district within said First Collection District, returned
in the annual list for the year 1868. 9afs4 a-W
The law prescribing the duty of Assessors in rela-
ton to Appeals provides that 'All Appeals to the
Assessors shall be made in writing and shall steciy
the particular cause, matter or thing respecting
which decision is requested, and shall state the
ground or principal of error complained Of"
All persons who have received notice to make the
returns required by law, len days prior to the said
9th ofApril, will be doomed, and not entitled to any
relief unless appeal is made at the time and in
the manner above stated.
The 9th section of the Act Of Congress-, approved
July 10. 1866 amending what is known the Inter-
nal Revenue Law, r.quires each Postmaster to
whom this notice Is sent to post the same in of
flee. NArH'L G. MARSHALL, r
apr11tapr27 Assessor First District of Maine.
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THE RoR !, gLANo DAILY PRESS is published

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and towns in the district is as follows. p
Who lie no. of delegates, ,258

M. A. BLANCHARD, Portland,
= EDWIN b. SMITH, Saco, s9F Republican
GEORGE LIBBY, Westbrook, llH boo q sdf
{ GEO. II. KNOWLTON, Alfred. = District
SAML. A. HOLBROOK, Freeport, M ~ ffrg7
john WENTWORTH, Kitiery, Committee. |
LUTHER BILLINGS, Brideton, ] tr
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ONE MORE ACRE OF POTATOES.


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