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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-14

a UOT1ON NOTICE. --DnuGGETs cANyprs AT AZ,
"A Canal street, 20 rolls o., making ,yards Slightly
upsrfcct and selling low Come aoon IA tan.i
street, door 70 WAters auction r0ess oid caTpe,s
takeo In part psrnsnt
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-14
ID TRUSTEES SALE
OF
BARNUM'S CITY HOTEL,
BALTIMORE CITY.

BY Of decree OF the Circuit Court Of Baltimore
city undersigned Trustees will sell nj public sale at the
hs5sh.ngc in sa city, so OK w. Pa
established and celebrated Hotel. widely known ~
BARNUM'S CITY HOTEL,
facing square OF said city, with front on Cal
vert street. extending Fayetc Bank ano, with depth
Fayee OF 23x feet and Bank lane OF 1917
feet.
The IMPROVEMENTS are the extensive Hotel 50 widely
known BARNUM'S CITY HOTEL. with its large Rrstau
rant Stores and Barber Shop, fronting on Calvert street,
Parors, Onlces, with modern conveniences, &c.
This Hoe located in the heart OF the city, being cello
brated and extensively known more detailed description
deemed unnecessary.
plan of the property be at the olce Of the
Trustees who win also show the properly and give oil nfor
nation desired
This property will sold free Of the stock debt but SUBJ
ground rents amounting to hityeight hun
dred and fifty bel dollars payable half yearly reserved
upon portions Of the ground of which rents the
sum of thtyfour hundred aud eighty Se0) dollars re-
deemable pleasure and the Of three hundred and
seventy c}10) dollars Is irredeemable.
cash. balance in one two, three and four
years, with interest payable halt yearly.
s. II. TAGGART, 43 Lexington street,
7. A. LINTHICUM, II North Charles street, Trustees.
r. w. BENNETT 4 CO., Anctioneeis.
For further information apply to THOMAS s. ALEX
AMBER. % Pine New York.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-14

lIARsBAL's sALE--l2 BOwERY.--I g. wEINBER-
M GER Auctioneer, win sell this DAG at a o'clock ut u
Bowcry, % barrels Of Bourbon Wh,skey 81 casks Brandy.
cski Cherry Brandy and about % baskets and cases o.
Wines, Charnpagnes aud oiber Liqnora Also lot OF
Cigarettes aud Neerschaun Pines BY order VI A. Aarons
Cily 4aTBbSL
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a. i. e:
s Ss ss nah; sS.. ' Table, :Y
s s:9S pps y M sale
4'H sSa:sEsss sSSPt5S s4ssrr
H.s. ..S S:ss: s!.s: "a III Fl:
street, near Fourth avenue.
REcElvEEs SALE,
all o'clock, AZ their saesroon.
FINE OLD WINES WINS xHp EEiilyons,
% S.:: s,.ss
xl fully warranted and positively be sold without
60 packages OF Imperial Young Tyson Tea and u pound
packages Catalogues Tuesday
A "o" Once and sassroom 81 Nassau street.
STEAM G GPHTSssIiSsa a' E ESss ffHsH &C.
FMS DAy Fsssnss IL sss'''
NJ sn D .a.i s fiss.s l :4sss 49,,
@ ss ps%:f TO y Hew.
feet diameter.
One Batent Wringer.
One Express Delivery Wagon.
Stoves for boating irons.
ss't% rgg .. saasS LED
years,
and now employing SO hands,
Ar AUcTIoN-B. r. THOMAS AUcTIoNEER.
"A Artists Gallery. tS7 Broadway, opposite Metropolitan
Hotel
Grand Holiday sale OF high class Paintings In rich gold
~ Hgsen AND M 4;i afSa
NJ ~ O'clock
without superb collection of Paintings nv eminent
artists, embracing first ciass works In variety,
Now exhibition Sale positive.
HOBBS, vn4Es 4 CO., AUCTIONEERS-SELL
IA at 10 O'Clock, l Canal street. Stock Fixtures and Fur
nure lager boarding house, Beds, Car
pets Tables Stove dc, In lots Buyers invited
BALTIMORE,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-14

A uCiok sALE-DRY GOODS, HOSIERY, FUHs,
-o III, r'ece Zoos, &c. A. 81 CRlsTALhR, Auc-
w oh on Thursday, December IS at 1D O'Clock,
~ rioyo"sS near Houston street, the entire and
solteu Socs ~ country dealer declining
gvsa leT oonv,nnce Of sale, consisting LINENS rop.
rrrdv made Clothirg Coohs urs,
s public invited stock must - sold ~ nv sacrsee
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-14

DY N. DOUGHTY AUCrIONEER.
ID Mortgage sale of Household Furniture on Thursday
Dec b at O'clock the entire Furniture contained In the
residence No e East Fourteenth street, consisting OF Bros
Seli Carpets nil the parora, and sars elegant
solid walnut Dressing Bureaus and Bedstesds
Bolsers and Pillows Blankets Sheets Spreads, rosewood
Parlor Suit IN crimson, brocate walnut Library Suit In
reps French plate Pier Mirrors solid rosewood and
walnut Centre Tables Etagercs, oak Dining Room Suit Suit!
China, Crockey and Class Ware, Kitchen Cteus1 Fun
particulars IN catalogue ON morning Of sale.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-14

NIARsHAL's SALE
M j. Z. rRAVER, Anc,ionecr.
JOHN A. DUNN q CO. will sell ths dsy, 1T II O'Clock, BY
virtue execution. At foot Of Seventh street. the canal
boat gnccns Sale positive BY order John A. Weh, City
Marshal.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-14
4 LBERT b. wALDRoN, AUCTlONEER,
"A EAlesrooms los Liberty and Ill Cedar street,
ENGLISH AND FRENCH FANCY GOODS,

LBERT b. wALpRoN, AUCTloNEER,
"A Saesrooms los Liberty and Ill Cedar streets.
ENGLISH AND FRENCH FANCY GOODS,
Toys, Dolls, China Glass &C.
THIS DAY. AT 1U% O'CLOCK
wALDR0N COOKE win sell this day : nne ASSORTMENT
~ Clocks Bronzes Paan and China Vases and Figures,
bohemian Glass Sets and Vases, Jardieres Mechanical
ADd other Toys Work and Glove Boxes Cigar Cases China
Tea and Chamber Sets, Jewey, Silver Plated Ware fine
English cutlery Co. &C. being yeIy large assortment Of
ON THURSDAY, AT 1919 O'CLOCK,
Household and Cabinet Furniture
including Furniture OF every description Brussels and
grain Carpeing, Beds and Bedding Of al kinds, Ac. Par
6culaJe tomorrow.
A Lien b. MINER BRO, AUCTIONEERs.-AuC-
tans Bed Beddng CIockery md Kitchen Uten.s At the
private resdence 4J Wet Thirteenth street. Thursday
December IL. al 105s O'Clock.
4 ssIGNEE,s SALE OF SHOES AND SHOE MANU-
"A fastursrs' stock.-H 3; RICHARDS Co, AUCTION
streets win sell in their Wednesday, December IL
BY order OF James Grn. Asgnee the entire stock late OF
Wolf consisting of LADIES' Msses' and Childrene
fne shoes and Slippers also quantity of unmanuIac.Ired
ehoe Stock Tools Fixtures &C. Sale to commence Ut lo
4. NJ.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-14

RY.,r COTTON, AUcTIoNEER. LARGE SALE OF
ID Household Furniture, OH Paintings, Carpets Piimpton
Becsds Sofa Beds, Buas Bookcases large French plate
pier and mantle Mirrors Paror Suits Glass Cases. Counters,
cember 49, BY virtue Of MORTGAGE large and general as.
Of really good Furniture that postponed last
week, but VIII positively be sold Friday next at o'clock
More full particulars In time. BY order OF n D. Wells, Esq.,
ftnrns NOR
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-14

DY N. DOUGHTY, AUCTIONEER,
ID win sell this cay In continuaton at 10 O'clock at the
saesrooms ~ Nassau street. large and general assortment
nut Chamber Suits Centre. Extension and fancy Table:
iresses Bankcs Sheets Bolsters and Pillows Ward
robes library and secretary bookcases Writing Desks and
cloths Mating, Hall Furniture &c, 10 peremptorty
aold.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-14
4 UCTIoS NOTICE.
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER IL.

eco CASES MEMS. WoMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S
BOOTS SHOES, BROGAES BALMORALS, CATERS
So seasonablc goods received direct from manuiactu
yprs viii be sold above. Attention of buyers invited.
WV TOPPING Co, AUCTIONEERS,
,a2 ca uRCH STREET.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-14

COLE, AUCTIONEER. STEAM ENGINE, PUMPS
81 OH Tanks &c. order of the assignee
TO be sold Thursday December IT, a. 7 NJ the
pany on Newton Creek Greenpon avenue, $40
horse power Epsne &C. Catalogues ready a $50 Fulton
strcrt. Broda Iyn. Terms cash.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-14

JACOB ROGART, ArCTI0SEER.
81 This day, December II,
Al 1917 O'clock at the auction rooms No North William
street. Household Furniture, Carpets &C.; farlor SUITS
SOFAS Lounges, Dressing nusaus wsshsands Bedsteads
Looking Glasses Eperavngs Casters Canteens, Cooking
and Par.or Stoves, Carpets, &C.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-14

4 HOBBS, vII4ES 4 CO., AUCTIONEERS-SEllL
"A. At 10 O'clock l Canal street. Stock Fixtures and Fur
nture lager boarding house, Beds, Car
peta Tables, SoveI Ac In lots. Buyers invited
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-14

IMPORTANT sHERIFF's SALE OF VALUABLE REAL
Estate IN nackenssck n JQn Saturday, Dec u, 1870
h2P M at the Court House in Hackcpsack, will be sold
the late Residence Of r. Il. Robert combating OF 12lU
acres Of land finely laid out with evergreens shrucbey
dsnce; situate on cataipa avenue Third street Willow ave
sem, EsQ. Further information of J. T. Van Barcun,
Sheriff. The property can be applying to Aaron
Noses Es corner OF Second street. Spring Valley avenue
Hackensack.
Trains leave New York fer Hackensack upper depop nj
A. N. and u ~ Returning leave Hackensack and r.
NJ. for York.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-14
LUXE FITZGERALD, Auc.ioneer.

A UCTIoE sALE.EY VIRTUE OF SEVERAL ExEcU
n lions directed viii sell at pablo aIetion, on
Wednesday, the h list, at o'clock A. NJ large lot of
0as stoves Coal Stoves, Oil Stovcs Benches Lahcs vsea
quaprty OF Tools suitable business
Oey st. Get GEORGE J. SMITH, Marshal.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-14

EDWARD sCHENCK, AUCTIoNEER., CONTINUATION
IL sole Of elegant Paris Fancy Goods this day at 81 Liberty
street, at IL o'clock.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-14

WIN. Writers, AECTIONEER-SELLS. TINS DAY,
" A. O'Clock At lN Canal street. faror Suits some
lace and Other curtsn Piano Iaror ssnils Clock
Rocking o'her Chairs China, 0ass Silver Stoves
Extension Table, black walnut mahogany and enaneled
Chamber Suits hair Mattresses Feathers, Beds Blankets
Sheets. % Or 90 Carpets Tapestry veye. Brusssa Three
o houssEeepins also 10 Telocpedcs The CARPETS are
very nice.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-14

Ill BUYERS OF CHOICE OIL PAINTINGS ARE d.
ia broadway, opposite Metropolitan Hotel Sale positive
70 nay ADVANCES.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-14

I SSIGNEES's SALE.-THE BALANCE OF THE Eff
"A fecis OF the New Lamp Chimney Company (bank-
rupt Including Lamp Goods Once Furniture Stoves &C.
Viii sod public auction at Wednesday, bee IA, II a.
n, 1t "a Gill street. JAM Els KERR, Assignee.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-11
j can Eeboul," translated by Longfellow.
THE ANGEL AND THE CHILD.

An angel with a radiant face
Above q cradle bent to LOOK.
Seemed his own image there to trace,
As IN the waters OF = brook
"Dear child! who me resemblest So"
IL whispered, "come, q, come with me!
Happy together let us go,
The earth unworthy Is OF thee!
"HeFe, none to perfect bliss attain;
The soul in pleasure suffering lies;
Joy hath an undertOne Of pain,
And even the happiest hours their signs.
"Fear at every portal doth knock;
Never a day serene and pure
From the o'ershadoWing tempesis shock
Hath made the n1orroW's dawn secure.
" What. then, shall s3rrOWs and shalt fears
Come TO disturb so pure a brow
And with the bitterness Of tears
These eyes Of azure troubled grow?
4" All no into the fields OF space,
Away shalt thou escape with me.
And Providence will grant thee grace
OF all the days that were TO be.
"Let no one In thy dwelling cover
In Bombre VestmeHts draped and yelled;
But let them welcome thy last hour,
Asthy first moments once they hailed.
"Without q cloud be there each brow;
There let the grave no shadow cast;
When one Is pure as thou art now,
The fairest day Is still the last"
And waving wide his wings OF white,
The angel, at these words, had sped
Towards the eternal realms of light
Poor mother! see, thy son Is dead.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-11
Exennfnr's Sala
Tobacco Factories
FOR SALE
"RE FOEEOWIHG TOBACCO
stemorieg situated aa follows

YuHE FOLLOWIHG TOBACCO
4 6temoriea situated aa lolloWsi
At Curdsville, Daviess County, Ky.i TO-
baccO House. Capacity TO handle 4VJiO0D
pounds.
Ashbysburg, Hopkins Co, Ky, Tobacco
House. Capacity 10 handle SO0OW pounds.
TayIor's Landing, Mclean CO., Ky, Toe
bacco House. Capacity 70 handle 1JIiUl4
pounds.
LivermOre, Mclean Co. Ky, Tobacco
House. Capacity 20 handle 300,Oy0 pounds.
Sacramento, Mclean Co, KY. Tobacco
House. Capacity 20 handle 400,OJ1 poohaH'
CeraIvo, Ohio Co, Ky, Tobacco House.
Capacity 10 handle 100000 pounds.
hartford. ohio Co., Ky, Tobacco House.
Capacity 10 handle 800 900 pounds.
cromwell. Ohio Co, KY. Tobi Geo House
Capacity to handle 10000 pounds.
Rochester, Butler County, KY To-
bacco House. Capacity 20 handle 4JlOV
pounds.
Raleigh, Saline Co., Ills, Tobacco House
Capacity TO handle 10000 pounds.
Enterprise, Spencer Co. Ind. Tobacco
House. Capacity % handle 70O0J0 pounds,
Rgchland, Spencer Co. Ind, Tobacco
House. Capacity % handle 100000 pounds
All OF the above stomerles are located
In the best producing tobacco sections
and are in complete order, having sareWBs
tobacco sticks, and all other mcce6aary
tobacco together with the Once. Cooper
Shops, Stables. and Lands thereto at
tached. All or any Of the above VIII PC
sold below their value, n~
For further particulars inquire 81 " 90
3. FORD. Evansville, Ind. or n. -. AAhtA-
ENBUHGH, 35 Broad 5ls, N. y. go
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-11
~ TOURNAL
WHERE SHE shEPF.


Then, every morn, the rivers banks shine
bright
with smooth plate armor, treacherous
and frail.
By the frost's climbing hammers forged at
night
'Gainst which the lances OF the sun pre-
vail.
Giving pretty emblem of the day
When guiitier arms in light shall melt
away,
And states shall move free-Iinamed, loOsed
from wars cramplng mail.
And now those waterfalls the ebbing river
Twice every day creates on either side,
Tfnkle as through their fresh-sparred grots
they shtver,
In grass-arch'd channels to the sun
denied;
High flaps in sparkling blue the far
heard crow.
The siIver'd dats gleam frostiIy below,
Suddenly drops the gull, and breaks the
CLASSY tide. -Lo1CeU
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-11
HOUSE,
FANCY GOODsI

TOYS, NOTIONS, MUSICAL WARES.
New Novelties, &C, for the Fall trade,
wholesale and retail, at the old stand, No
Main ST. toelS Sinl A, T.. PUSHEE
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-11
EVANSVILLE ROLLING MILL
DODD a LLOYD, Proprlotors.

Corner lth ard Pearl Sts., Evansville, Inds.
manufacturers Of all kinds of merchant
ehi8 iron, 81 i. Ehe hlshHst price RLl4
received I'd No. l52 Main street. iaepi2-amH
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-11-11
RIAL ESTATE.

New Real estate Agency
S.P. elliott 4 Bon
nm, ,sasHMWm a HEAE. EEWAE@
- = = ss,5asicy for the sale o. and renting %
- i5is5uses, SC, co
la1o lsii5ns HAVING houses o. land 20 rent OF
~ on persons wishing 20 purchase OF
sSent. viii do well by calling OF them
fheir ONCE, on
Third Street, near LOCUST
In EIzfotb'8 BlcgAEs
fuua1T II
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-11-10

THE NEW SCHEME OF EDUCATION IN LON
DoN.-Under the education act passed at the
LAST session of Parliament the ratepayers Of
London are about to elect School Board
who are to be constituted and empowered ac.
cording to the London Ne,cs, from which we
quote, as follows:
The election is to be by the ratepayers, and
by ballot similar TO that by which lin the
best regulated parishes vestrymen and other
officials are elected. For the purposes of the
election the metropolis is divided into ten
parts, and each of these divisions will elect a
certain number of members. The city, Chel.
sea, Greenwich and Southwark elect each
four members; Westminster, Hackney, Lam.
beth, and the Tower Hamlets elect five mem
bers each; Finsbury elects six, and Maryle-
bone elects seven. The election by the rate
payers will take place on principle altogether
new to English habits and ideas. Every voter
hasias many vOtes.a as the numberof members to
be elected in the district to which he belongs,
and may distribute those votes as he pleases.
A ratepayer of Marylebone, for example, may
give one vote to each of seven candidates, or
may concentrate all his seven votes upon a
single candidate, or may give four to one can
didate and three to another, or may divide
them in any way he chooses. Finsuury rate
payers have six votes, those in the other dis
tricts five and four respectively. The forty
nine persons thus elected will form the school
board for the metropolis, and will hold their
seats at that board till December, 1875. They
will be empowered to elect chairman either
from among themselves or from outsiders, and
under sanction from the Education Depart
ment to vote him salary, though they will
themselves be unpaid. The Board thusIconsti-
tuted will for three years have supreme con-
troll over the elementary education to be sup
piled by public rates to the people of London.
1t will have to take all the first and most i'm
portant steps for bringing the new system to
bear on our educational needs. These three
years will be the most important crisis in the
educational experience OF the nation.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-11-10
Life in a Chimney.

Perhaps in no other country, not even in
the ireland of to-day, could you find so many
instances of people living in extreme poverty,
amid wretched surroundings, as in this island.
In one of the fishing villages, a short distance
from st. Johns, the name of which is Pouch
Cove, I met lately with singular illustration
OF this extreme of human wretchedness.
Here was informed of family that for two
years had been living literally in a chimney
At once proceeded to 'intervew" this print
tive household, and found the story quite cor
rect. A chimney built of rough stones, il
the rudest style of architecture, served IL
show where once cottage had been. The
owner, as the readiest means of ejecting the
tenant, who had fallen into poverty and failet
to pay the rent, adopted the method of some
Irish landlords, and pulled down the wooden
cottage, leaving the chimneys standing. The
tenants were not to be got rid of so cheaply
like ghosts who haunt old ruins, and will not be
driven away, they took refuge in the chimney
This was wide, open one, of considerable
dimensions. such as may be seen still in some
primitive spots, with the hearthstone as fire
place. Fearing, perhaps, that if they effected
Hhy improvement Ou tuclI strange UOI0lCllo q
demand would be made for rent, and that, in
case of eviction, no allowance would be made
for such improvement "tenantright" not
being recognized here, they contented them.
selves with piling up some loose stones, leav-
ing small opening covered with an old rug
which served as door. Here they passed
the first winter, having little clothing, as NAV
be supposed, and but scanty supplies of food.
How they managed to exist is indeed a mys-
terry, but they took no harm, and enjoyed per
feet health. They had one advantage in the
abundance of wood for fuel, which could be
had for the cutting. Ventilation, by the
countless openings that established thor
ough draught, must have teen perfect enough
to satisfy even Miss Florence Nightingale; and
to this, no doubt, they owed, in part, their
immunity from disease.
The owner of the property, more tender
hearted than some Irish landlords, left them
undisturbed; and encouraged by the "the fix
ity Of tenure" which they enjoy, I found
when visited them few days ago that they
had erected across the opening of the Chin
iney q sort of rude porch Of loose boards and
boughs in order to break the force of the
northern blasts. They have now reached the
summit of improvement, and are inclined to
"rest and be thankful."-Ne,cfound Cor
reSp0ndence, Neu York Eueninq Post.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-11-10
Terms $500 per annua,, in adrancc.

freedom, tells us that it will clasp with such
iorce as to stop the circulation of the blood.
on one occasion, when he was exhibiting IL
ne had allowed it to coil itself about his neck.
AT TINS moment young lady came up behind
hlm, and did not discover the reptile until
within few feet of it. The sight so startled
her that she uttered shrek. The snake.
which is invariably started at any sudden
noise, tightened its folds so that the doctor
was in dauger of suffocation.
he captured it on a farm about ten miles
from ,n Gauiey's Bridge, in West Virginia, on
Iao ou oi august, three months ago to-day.
=; !. was discovered by boy who was at work
,ron neiu; r when discovered it took refuge in
@ = uee. Inc boy notified DIR. Crawford. who
n''pPeneu 10 DC near at hand, and he at once
n'ouo al iianSenents to capture it alive The
tfee was cut down. Immediately upon its
IaIi Dr. C1aWlords dog attacked the snake.
which seized its assaant by the nose and
then threw its tail around with a vicious
whirr, striking the dog in the mouth with the
hornlike appendage. The dog went into con-
vulsions, and died in about thirty seconds,
showing clearly that the horn inflicted dead
ly wound.
Some time after the capture DR.. Crawford
accidentally bruised the tail in dropping the
lid of the box in which he kept his pet, so
that the greater part of the horn was severed,
only enough remaining to show its character.
The Doctor says that before this injury was
sustained, upon holding the horn up before
a light, fluid could plainly be seen incosed
in hollow space within. which he supposes
to have been the poison which so quickly
summoned his trusted friend from the scene
of his earthly exploits.
The snake has grown about seven inches
since its capture. The boy whose discovery
OF it led to its capture had seen it a few weeks
before, and describes it as then but about two
feet in length. DR.. Crawford says that it was
examined by naturaists short time after he
obtained possession ofit and they pronounced
it about three months old. He thinks it will
reach length of twelve or fourteen feet be-
fore it attaiDs its growth.
The only solid food which it has taken dur
ing the last three MONTHS is rat which it
first Killed after the approved method of con-
strictors by crushing it in its folds, and then
swallowing it whole. DIR. Crawford has taught
it to drink milk, and it daily consumes a sm9ll
quantity of this food.
The reptile has excited much attention
among the naturalists by whom it has been
seem, who confess themselves puzzled to as
sign it place. The poisonous horn upon its
tail is its distinguishing feature, and efectua.
ly removes it from classification with any
known species of the family.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-11-10

AN EPISCOPAL MoNASTERY.-The High
Church Episcopalans are awaiting, with no
little interest, the arrival here of clergyman
of the English Church, who intends Starting"
monastery in this city. The clergyman in
question is Rev. Mr.. Benson of Oxford, who
has sailed from Liverpool with thirty of his
brethren. The monastery at Oxford was
founded some five years ago by the gentle
man. Associated with him was Rev. G. c..
Grafton, an Episcopal clergyman from Mary
land. They called their order the Society of
st. John the Evangelist. In England, how
ever, they are usually called the Cowley Fa-
theirs. lis members take the three VOWS of
poverty, chastity, and celibacy. Since its es-
tablshment it has grown to be quite large
order, and numbers among its members sever
al American clergymen. During the great
mission in London, last spring, the priests of
this order were prominent for their zeal and
efficiency. They come well supplied with
money, mon for their funds are estimated at from
Sooooo TO SIo,OO0. They will have head
mission house in New York and another in
Boston.-N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.