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The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18

MLBURN.-This genius will be at Music
Hall tomorrow evening, with budget of
amusements that will surprise people; at least
the press everywhere pronounces him incom-
parable in his peculiar line of acting. If his
merit is equal to what it is represented to be'
he will make plenty Of friends in Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18

BURNT CORK CONCERTS. -Duprez & Bene.
diets New oiieans Ministries are to appear at
City Hail. Manday and Tuesday evenings,
Oct % and "a. This is probably the yerv best
troupe that travels, and in side-splittinp and
mir 10 provoking ability is unexcelled T. Is .
strong and talented Company, and is ono 81
the oldest organizations OF the kind now t,av-
cling.
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ILLINOIS.

An Attempt 10 n ut up FrIees.
CHICAGO, Oct. 17.-An attempt was made by
q number of lumber dealers Yesterday to carry
up the price of lumber from SO to S4 a thou
larger de aIers ard defeated. Fully $50, 900
feet are now in the yards and the supply
continues abundant
arrest of Murderer.
The police have captured the Italian saloon
keeper, Gregorio Petra, who stabbed two
men on Monday night week.
The Dead.
The total Number Of bodies on which inquests
were held up to last night is 49, When the
debr,s IS removed it is expected many more
will be discovered.
various Items.
Arrangements nave been made for the re-
movai OF the Post Office to Wabash avenue near
Harrison street, which will be occupied until a
new building is erected.
The Board of Trade has decided to appoint
committee to select suitable lot near the
old Board OF Trade rooms to erect temporary
building.
Gen. Sheridan issues an address announcing
There has been no violence since the disaster.
The banks, national and savings, resumed
business to-day. Calls from depostors for
money are light Many sought to ascertain
their balance and to what extent they could
safely draw, and hereafter many deposits VIII
be made.
Ihere IS no excitement or rush. There was
considerable excitement at the Clearing House
anC many checks were thrown out. AT tnt
Third National Bank SAC, 900 was checked out
and $72,OQO deposited. Tue State Savings
Bank Was prepared for a rush but only forty
dep0slt0rs called for money the aggregate
which Is greatly exceeded by the deposits.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18

CITY SOLICITOR. The moral certainty that
Mr. Symonds will be appointed to the vacant
Judgeship causes the question Of his successor
in the position of City Solicitor to arise. We
understand that the friends of James 7. Nc
Cobb, Charles f. Libby and Byron D. Verrill
present them as candidates for the position.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18

PICTURES "A rare chance is now offered to
lovers of the FINE ARTS to get beautiful Pic
ture for small sum of money at the Bazaar,
IA Exchange st. Ladies are invited to call and
look at the ne,U collection. oct17-3t
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18

CARRIAGEs.-Taylor, at the Bazaar, IA Ex-
change ST., will sell you nice custom built
shifting top side spring boz pattern buggy for
$175 and good open business aoagon Zone or
two seats) for 1915. call and see his neac stocks
,oct172t
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18

In THE city of Portland for the year 1871,
260 Individuals or firms have beeu assessed a
special tax Of 1926 as retail liquor dealers; and
Is have been assessed 800 as wholesale liquor
Dealers
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ALABAMA.

HAW
MONTGOMERY, Oct II The sub ku Klux
Committee has commenced its labors here
Subsequently they go to Demopolis and thence
probably to Washington.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18

COMPLEMENTARY SUPPER.-The Bar pro-
po'e giving Judge Goddard a complimentary
supper at the Falmouth Hotel on his retire.
ment from the bench.
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Carleton, Il 50.
Mr. EDIToR:-Iu your issue of yesterday
E nd the following: wv W

Mr. EDITOR :-Iu your issue of yesterday l
End the following: -h 'sAs44
PARDON OF A RUMsELLER REFUsED.-An
earnest appeal has been made by Mr.. Samuel
L. Carleton OF Portland, who has been promi
neut IN 1t mperauce reform, to secure pardon
from tn Governor and Council for Mr.. Rich
ard r. Robinson, of that city, who has been
thrown IL jail for four mouths for selling in
tox eating liquors. The effort has proved I'M
successful, notwithstanding Mr.. Robinson is
ss:d to stand well in Portland society, and it is
claimed by many of his friends that he has been
nsd- an * imple of without cause.-Augustd
cor. Boston Journal.
I wish, through your columns, to say that
the ABOVE stateme so far as concerns myself
10 false from beginning to end.
! was never counsel for Mr. Robinson never
saw his petition, and did not known that he
was in jail until he had been there some ten
days. / never asked for his pardon; and of my
ow know ledge 1 do not know of single per-
son who has.
If Toby Candor" wishes to bs considered
candid hope be will be really to do justice to
one who he says has been prominent in tenn
perance reform" S. L. CARLETON.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18

NEW Turk. Oct. II--EUentH0.-MOneY Stringent,
per cent. currency to Gold interest; lie "a was
paid or turning stock till tomorrow. Currency is
flowing rapidly to Chicago and elsewhere. Discounts
are in pressing demand and it is difficult to sell D. line
paper un Ter II cent; good names 10 q 49, Ster-
ling Exchange ii mer at 1tSs a lt9J.
Gold dull nd steady at 1874 a 13s loans at a.
per cent. tor currency, and per borro
earapces $50, 600 900.
Governments quiet and rather better hut feverish.
Sta,e bonds weak. Stocks weak and [ 02A per cent
lower under Money pressure
The following the closing quotations OF Gov
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18

The pupils of the High School have contrib
uted over hundred dollars for the relief of the
sufferers by fire in Wisconsin and Michigan.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18

The HIRAM DROWNING CAsE.-We have
been informed by reliable authority from Hi
ram, that there has been a most thorough
search for the body of Clemens, who was sup
posed to have been drowned there on the I'd in
slant, and that the universal opinion at Hiram
and Brownfield is that he is not in the river.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18

PORTLAND. Oct IS, 1871.
There will be special meeting of Bosworth
Post, No. 2, G. A. R tbs "Wednesday evening
at IL O clock, to act on invitation of City
Government to do escort duty TO Presiden
Grant. Also to make arrangements for tn
funeral of III. H. Wescott. A full attendance
is desired. By command of
VIM. HI. GREEN, P. G.
TOfficial7 SAINT r GRAVES Adi't
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SPECIAL NOTICE ooLUMN.
One Favor. .. George Fenno.
sEw ADVERTISEMENT COLUMN.
Insurance -. W. d. Little & Co.
For sa 'e. Charles W Prescott.
Fancy G ,ods. ..Swee,ser & Merrill,
walfed.. G E. Wilson.
Opening. .Wneelock x Sargent.
For SaIe'".Twt Tenamcnt House.
Notice. al D. Fuller.
Millinery Dods. :. Eastman & Cuts.
Apprentice Wanted. Mrs W. Smell.
Commerce ms. Co.. -. j. H. Webster.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18

GENTS Furnishing goods for sale by Orin
Hawkes. & Co., 1872 Congress st. d&w
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18

Thomas Martin
drunkenness.
late Fair are
PAYABLE now at Portland Savings Bank.
Tue ladies of the st. Lawrence street Socie-
ty will hold social festival at Lincoln Hall
this evening. Admittance free. Refreshments,
confectionery and ice creams for sale. All are
invited
Rev G. II. Harlow, formerly of Minot, but
more recently of Kansas, where lie has been
preaching ten years. has accepted a call to the
pastora OF the Congregational churches OF
Cape Elizabeth, at salary of $1,000. Mr. Har
low will supply the South or Spurwink church
in the morning, and the North or village
church in the afternoon and evening.
Manning Dunbar, Esq, sheriff of Washing
tou county, came to town yesterday, will
three boys from Eastport, who have been SEN
fenced to the Reform School for larceny.
Tue attention of policy holders in the Com.
me;ce Insurance Co., of Albany, is requested
TO the advertisement of j. I'll. Webster, agent
for that company.
Tue Army g. Navy Union voted last evening
to accept the invita- ton extended them by the
city authorities, to form part of the escort for
the President of the United States.
The Parepa Rosa and Adelaide Phillips
Grand Concero excites considerable Interest
among our friends in the neighborpg towns
Efforts are being made to arrange for special
trains from Saco and Bildeford, Gorham, Sac
oarappa, and other towns. TIE demand foI
tickets exceeds that OF last year. The Army
& Navy will need an addition put on the City
Hall if they continue IN this way.
We are glad TO earn that the loss of Messrs.
E. G. Hight & Co., by the burning of theil
saw mills in Virginia, will not be SO great as
was reported. The cost of them was about
$4,000, and there was insurance in other of
fees besides those mentioned yesterday.
Bear in mind that the steamer Lewiston
makes only one trip per week leaving every
Thursday evening for Machiasport and inter-
mediate lapdinge.
jeremiah Dow, Esq, yesterday received
telegr am from the President OF the Connect
cut Fire Insurance Company, at Hartford,
stating that arrangements were being made
to continue the business.
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holders unwilling to make CONCESSIONS shouidefs u,
Sides a a &c. Whiskev in go Vi demand at9lc'
ToLeDo, Oct. 17.-F our dull and unclaimed.
Wheat quiet; No White Wabash "a; Amber Mich
igan A.; No Amber Illinois A; No. Red
winter 46: No. 2 do 425; No az "a Corn quiei
aud shade higher; high Mixed So; low Mixed 57c
Oats quiet; No. at 9c; No at 375; rejected "a.
CHARLESTON Oct. H.-Cotton quiet; Mrddliug
upands lsA "a 1sac.
SAVANNAH, Oct. H.-Cotton irregular; Miodlinp
uplands at 49, q 1890.
MOBILE, Oct. r.-Cotton dull; Mdiling uplands
1871 a 19c
saw orr EANs. Oct. 17.-Cotton dropping; Mid
ding uplands l94e
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18

DELEHANTY & HENGLER have long had a
good name as MINISTRIES and comic artists, es-
pecially in New York and the West. These
gentlemen, combined with Villa & Miners
comic troupe, ought to offer very strong in
ducemert to pleasure seekers to visit City Hall
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alIsCELLANEOUs NOTICES.

WE will bet Dollars to Doughnuts that we
are offering goods at lower prices than any
house in Portland. We quote special bargains:
per dozen, or lie pair.
! Ladies' Merino Vests from 75c to $133
Gents Merino Vests from Csc to 81 %.
Misses and Children's Vests from Coo up
wards.
Ladies' Silk Neckties from SIC to 81 co.
Ladies' Kid Gloves for SIC, sold every where
for 81 Is ~t-F
Hoop Skirts, Corsets, Bustles, Embroider-
les, Hosiery, Gloves and Yankee Notions, at
corresponding prices at
-ia,- tss-at j. III. FITzGERALD's.
Accident Insurauce and the Chicago Fire.
The value of Accident Insurance is again
demonstrated by the relief afforded the fami-
lies of those who held policies in the Travellers
Insurance Company. All OF the Chicago fire.
men were insured by special contract with the
City Government, in this Company An-ex-
ample which other cities should follow. The
following letter will give an idea of the prompt
response to the claims upon this company by
those who have passed through a great calam-
Insurance is established on a firm basis.
HARTFORD, CT, Oct. - 1871.
To the agents of the Trauelers Insurance Com
pdny:-
GENTLEMEN:-In answer to numerous in
quiries, you are advised that this Company
WILL meet all of its loses resulting from the
great fire at Chicago, as soon as the requisite
papers are made out. Our Secretary Rodney
Dennis, Esq, is now in Chicago, adjusting
matters as rapidly as possible. All of the fire.
men were insured $1,000 each. The extent of
our loss Is not definitely ascertained, but it will
not in any way affect either our capital or re-
serve, as the surplus is sufficient for all con-
tingencies.
No policy holder in this Company aoiN lose &
single dollar.
Respectfully yours,
.EB J.G. PATTERSON, President
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AUCTION SALES.
House and Land at auction.

ON WEDN ESDAY, Oct. 1s, at 2 Ia y. M, we
" shall sell the and one halt story house M.
80 Adams street Said house con ains rooms am
pie CLOSETS. well suppei with water { eontains
about 1000 so. II. Sale posiuse aud term at sais
#. -. ALLEY a. 20. Auct.omeSts
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18

Receiois by Hailroads aud Stea M b0a ma.
STEAMER MONTREAL FROM BosroN 90 hills Of
shafts, ~ hds shovels 80 casks nails 10 bdls wash
boards Al bags oysters, bales carpeting do oak
UNI, 10 boxes seed, soap st me soves 81 pcs water
pipe, 20 cases and bales domestics 25 kegs Soda 10
blessed hogs. bis. oysters, horse, BOBBY hack,
carriages, 100 pkgs to order. - -
FoI Canada and up countrywide bags saltpetre 63f
bors iron 222 boxes in cans so bags 10 bbls OF
dyewood So bars steel, pckgs iron, 20 box es tin
plate, Is bales wool, rs pl Is to order.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18

The following list OF contributions for the re-
lief OF sufferers by the fires in Michigan and
Wisconsin was furnished to us yesterday. Mr.
Spring, the Treasurer, has sent $1,000 to each
of the States of Wisconsin and Michigan.
A considerable quantity of clothing for Chi
cAgo and other places in the West was packed
a. the Marsha's I tiice last night and Will be
sent forward at once.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18

THERE will be a meeting of the High School
mon council room. 1t is desirable that all the
graduates Of the Portland High School should
be interested in this association. 1t is expect
ed that there will be large number present as
those who have attended the previous meet
ings have shown great interest in the forma-
ton of the association.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18

LORD LIsGAR,-Lord Lsgar, the Governor
General OF the Dominion of Canada, left Mon
treal by special train over the Grand Trunk,
companled by his suite and attendants Mon
day afternoon and arrived in Portland yesteI-
day morning about 8 o'clock, and at once took
Carriages for the Falmouth Hotel, where they
took breakfast About II o'clock Mayor Kings
bury and number of gentlemen called upon
the Governor General and paio their respects
On the arrival of the train Mayor KiDgsbury
accompanied him to the depot and introduced
him to President Grant Lord Lisgar was ac-
companied by Hon. S. l. Tiley, Minister OF
Customs, Sir John S. Mcdonald, Attorney
General, Hon. Charles Upper. member of the
Dominion House of Commons, Aid-de-camp
PoLsonhy, Lieut.. Mcneil, William Ceebrook
OF the Toronto Globe, and others.
This distiu guished gentlemen first entered
public in 1881 member of Parliament from
the Court OF Cavop, and has been Lord of the
Treasury, Secretary of the Treasury, Chief
Secretary tor Ireland, Lord High Commission
er of the Ionian Islands and Governor o New
South Wales, aud in 1868 was created peer
and appointed Governor General of Canada.
Notwithstanding all these honors he is a very
genial, companionabie man, and would cas- y
be mistaken for a prosperous American mer-
chant. He is apparently about 65 years of age.
THE annual meeting of the Maine Educa
tiopal Society will be held in this city on Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday OF Thanksgiv-
log week. Among the subjects which will BIZ
presented by papers and discussions, are,-
Course of Study for Common Schools; High
School System; Teaching the English Lam
guape; Instruction in Drawing; Public School
Revenue. President Chamberlain, OF Bow
doiu College, will deliver an address on High
er Educat on for the Peep 9 of Maine. Other
gentlemen, eminent for their relation to the
puohc lie OF the State, will be present and
participate with the teachers in the discus
sions
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IngersoII 10 be Pumped.

The case OF VIM. f. Havemeyer, one of the
Ciuzens' Committee, against JAS Fl Inge soil,
came up again before judge Barnard to-day.
The Judge granted the application to examine
the d, PENDANT, remarking that The questions at
issue are new and proper for the consideration
of the general term. An examination of the
defendant therefore was ordered and the mo-
ton to vacate the next order was denied.
Poor Church.
MALONE, Oct lion Sunday the congre-
CATION of the Catholic church had Just left the
basement when the church was blown down.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18
MIC HlGAN.
Gnll AAr Hou~

DETROIT, Oct 17.-Governor Baldwin has
issued proclamation calling earnestly for con-
tributions for the sufferers bv fire in Michigan.
Committees are appointed at Detroit and
Grand Rapids to receive the same.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18
Foresxn nmr~rta.

. LIVERPOOL, Oct. ITO 80 a. M.-Cotton firm:
Middling upands ssd do Orleans l0td; sales 10, 0CO
bales
LONDON, Oct. 17-11.30 A. M.-Consos opened at
92s for money and account.
American securites--U. s. 5-20s. 1862 9OJ; do 1866
old 9O4; do 1867, 9i3; U. s. 10-4Os Ss2.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18

All persons holding policies in the Market
Insurance Company, of New York, and the
Putnam Fire Insurance Company, of Hartford,
Conn, issued at this agency, are requested to
hand them into this Office for exchange and re-
turn pemium.
Dow, COFFIN & LIBBY,
AZ Exchange st.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18
- o NJ Nj Il R g AL


, HALIFAX, N. Steamer Chase-1S hhds
bones to kimball 81 Brown goods for Montreal, Tor
ONTO and Bnstnn. ~
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NEW YORK.
The Proof Against Tam many-The Ring
DrIllsnx fts Men.

New YORK, Oct 1.-THE Times states that
the report OF the sub committee on the city
frauds has been finished and will soon be made
public. Their report will hasten the eonyc.
lion of the thieves who have robbed the citi-
zens
The same paper also states that the fact has
leaked out that the laborers on the public parks
and boulevards are undergoing course OF mil
itarp drill for any emergency that may arise in
the coming election. The police, however, know
nothing OF it.
A movement is also on Foot that mass
meeting OF the citizens be held at the Cooper
Institute to make arrangements for general
suspension of business for one day and a pa
rade of comm ittee of five thousand citizens
who shall wait Don Mayor Hall and demand
proper safeguards for the purity of the election
in Nnua m her
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18
rwuicSpai Court.

JUDGE MORRIS PREsIDfNp.
TUEsDAY-Daniel Stokes was fined So and COZ
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18

[Oficiall SAM'L B. GRAVES, Adj't.
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weather Repor1-Oct V1-,a NJ.

War Department, Signal Service u. s. ARMY Dr.
vision OF kilograms and Reports for the beneht of
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18
Agency of J. III. Webster.


s. f4. PORTLAND Oct. 16, 1871.
The undersigned would respectfully inform
his patrons that the "Holyoke" of Salem, aid
" Traders Mechanics" of Lowell suffered no loss
by the confagration at Chicago, and are issu
ing policies at slightly advanced rates.
OFFICE OF THE ATLANTIC FIRE ms. Co., }
.,sr+ No. 178 Broadway. New, York :
New YORK, Oct. II, 1871
To the agents of this Company:
We are not yet fully advised as to the amount
that we shall lose by the Chicago fire, but hav-
ing carefully examined the records of our risks
there. and all the returns in our possession, we
are happy to be able to state to our Agents and
the public, that the Atlantic can meet all its
losses, with the same prom ptitude for which it
has always been distinguished, leaving its cap
ital unimpaired for future operations.
1t is obvious that this disaster will suggest to
all interested, the necessity of liberal adj
vance in premium rates.
JOHN d. Cocks, President.
w. ID. CORNELL, Secretary.
j Ii. WEBSTER
AZ Miud1a ST
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II reixhIs.

HAVANA. Oct. f6.-Freights-Box Sugar to North.
cru poris of Cuba and 10 the United States 75e:
Southern ports the United states so y bbls Su-
gar from northern ports OF Cuba 90.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18


AsEsfoAs CHEMICAL ffaE Es0tNE -
Another successful exhibition of tie capabili-
ties of this new patent was made at the loot OF
Preble street yesterday afternoon. A large
pile of pitch pine casks was built up and filled
with shavipgs and saturated with Kerosene oil
and smeared with coal tar barrel being used
for the purpose. After the whole was Their
oughIy on fire E, stream of water was played
on it from the engine, and in very few seconds
the fire was completely extinguished. The ex-
hibition was regarded as thorough test, and
we observe that some of the engines have been
purchased in the city and number of manu-
facturers are examining them with view to
adoption in their shops.
PERsONAL.-Professor Churchill, the talent
ed elocutionist who reads in the Peoples
Course at the next entertainment, has declin-
ed post in the Department of Elocution.in
Bowdoin College, and Mr.. Taylor, a recent
graduate of Harvard College, is expected to
take the position, dividing his time between
the College and Bangor Seminary.
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18

NEW YORK, Oct 16-Mornine. Gold opened a
11oa.
Money at per cent Sterling Exchange at 1854 "a
1894. ~ '''1 ~
The following were the quotations for Union Pa
The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18
late Fair are

Thomas Martin
drunkenness.
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PORTLAND. Oct. 10.

Portland, Oct. 16, 1871. 81
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-07-06

Who wants cheap
Dry Goods? Every
body. Where can
you get them ? At.
Gundry 81 Gray's.
Extra inducements
offered! The Largest
stock, Best goods and
Lowest prices. Ev-
cry article warranted
as represented. One
price to all. Large
lots of New Goods
received w c k ly !
Great Bargains IN
Dress Goods, Shaw|s,
.Cloakings, Cloth S,
Cassimeres, Blank
cts, FIanncls, Jeans,
Prints, Delaincs,
Domestic, Cottons.
&C., &c. Our Mer-
chant Tailoring De-
partment, in charge
of MIR. Amberg is I'M
riyaled in this section
tor style, durability
and cheapness. A
choice assortment OF
our own manufa cture
always on hand.
a and be con-
vinced that you can
save money by maxi
ing your purchases of
us.
| GUNDRY 4 GRAY.
Fnersi Posa,. Wis. "A
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-07-06
Mineral Point, Wis, March 3Oth, 1871.
To tie People g.:

To Tie PeopEe: -
approaches when who supplied Will
REAPNG OR MOVING MACllNt allow call your an-
MCCORMICK partially described above
Manufacturing Machines
demonstrate that have advanced lar
all valuable perfect Workmanship compete
we can
not be
solicit CRITICAL inspection or our
alongside through the
aying and harvest the purchaser agreeing keep ana Tor e one
thorough OF them
claims superiority 1t safe plan to beware OF machines
leave leisure,
G, II. RUSSELL,
General Travelling Agent, Mineral Point Wis