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HARRY h. STEVENS,
j. HENRI BUHCH,
JAMES b. WARD,


eaovsrnor Wsrmosh replied as follows:
CSENTLEMKN-In reply have TO stsse.
Cat the request Of at least hity-seYen
-. ,r1ters Of the house Of representatives
.evsnteen members Of the senate, with
s-tepsut-;1 Governor Pinchbsck az their
#,sd tbat 1 hsve oily tasan such meas
- A. will protect the capital AM Neun-
q 4 OF the assembly from insult and In
% The members OF the police and the
IS sre only for the purpose OF protoc-
ne' and for protecting the members
Ir tie legislSture, and hsVe Iris
Inc sent General Heron 20
~ -, that the members who have
- a expelled viii be allowed TO pescsbly
nj n the house IS citizens. l positively
-. Inc 10 remove the troops and police
- ii sny moment there might be con-
Al and some OF the members and
roi 3 of the people might get killed. 1
IN keen them for the purpose OF pre-
eerTipg the peace, and ~ decline 10 70
:, ben The committee to the governor
F-stuTned 20 the Cosmopolitan club-room
- Canal street, the temporary heao
<.rartsrs Of the Carteriloe, with Inc gov
S.-,or's reply, Mr.. MonsuKe, speaking
fTDrn the balcony, said:
Hrhe sneaker Of our house OF repre-
I,..rtatives hss been refused admis1io n
and tie governor hAs refused % reno We
Jane police. We have adjourned until
Monday" -,
speech ia the course OF which he SAID:
al viii see General Emory viii Lay
The MISTER before him, and nhe approves,
u viii appoint nom among the eitiEens
gufacient number Of sergeapts-at- arms
10 seat the members"
y The Republican extra gives further pro-
seedlings as follows:
In pursuance OF this resolution Of the
1sader of the disorderly crowd, rush
gTss Immediately made for General Emo
rvs hesdQ usrters on Camp street. The
street and sidewalks were denselg packed
with the Eurging mass OF shouters and
toud calls were made for General Emory
General Emory presented, himself a. the
door and wanted 70 know what they
kFanted.
some one IN the crowd sung out.
sWs want martial Law, General
To which he replied r3od damn you
] win give yon martial law Fith crap
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The resident Refuses to Declare Martial
Law Ia New Orleans.

WASHINGTON, January I2.-The follow
ing dispaIoh was recsived to-day;
NEw ORLEANS, January Il.
To the President:
must again renew and urge my request for
a decla- atiou Of martial law in the parish OF
New Orleans. The public mind Is in a state OF
excitement, suspense aud alarm. ANY hour
NAV bring on a collision, which would only
end ia blOOdsned. The desire Tor martial law
is nearly universal with good citizens Of ali
classes BENZ. F. FLANDERS, Mayor.
To which the President replied: Mar
tial law viii Eot be proclaimed in New
O5leans UnGer existing circumstances
no assistance will be given by the Federal
authOHIiss TO persons or parties unlsW-
fully res!zting the constituted authorities
OF the state
The above reply was the result OF
cabinet consultation.
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IA. sEEssEL & SON.
READ OUR PBICE LIST!

Choice Prints, cents per yard.
Heavy 4 brown Domestic, 10 sr.vsrd.
Heavy Is brown Domestic, 9 cents per yard.
Heavy "a brown Domestic scents yard
Heavy "A beached DjmesHe'
Heavy rs bleehed Domestic, Daryq
Heavy Plaid Osnaburg ia cents per yard = ''lus
Heavy Canton Flannel cents perys
Heavy Red all wool Flannel, 3 "a pew
Heavy White all ian per ryari.
Heavy Plaid all WOO tinsey, perry
Heavy Kent1aF Jeans IS cents perysrd
p,.. s., 40 ., Heavy ftueky Jeans extra 2ep pergd
German eorsets, IS
French Cores, 76eens each
All Linen Towels, large -.
All Linen Io5els heavy, IS cents each.
All Linen Napkins, Scents
Ladies 3bbed Hose, Is pslr
Onoiee OF our entire stock Of Children Woo Hose per pair
0ents Skllsh hall Hose,
Gents British Half Hose, 1he, 20 per pair.
Gents British Hall Hose, centspe
Gents British Half Hose heavy, cts nal,
We will out 50 dozen assorted s Hose at 81 cents % s
slightly damaged S-h
Ladies'
pair worth money.
Six DEsis Buttons ali eoor choice Styles per
Valenciennes Laees, from cents ber yard
Jaconet Edgngs and to cents
embroidered 0Own Chemise
Ladies' Hemstched lleents
Ladies' Hemstitehed hne Haudk cents
Beautiful CsDa aandN ua Der set
scotch Plaid ShsEBt large size, 81 80.
Gents all wool Shawls, g.
o., - - - Gents, heavy MeriDJ Undershis
5000 Boys Gents Csrs tvI r er OK
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MARRIED.

WERK-BRUGE-At ChsTiot. Ohio, Janu.
sry 10th, at the residence OF the brides pss
rents, by the Rev. ThOs. q. Skinner, EXILE
L. WERK and Miss KATE R. BRUCE
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miscellaneous.
The Undine arrived from OscsolR with
seventy one bales Of cotton, one hundred
and ffty sacks Of seed and q lot of sun
dries.
The George W. Cheek, from Frisrs
Point, brought in twenty-fOur bales OF
cotton, one hundred aud eighty-ssvsn
sacks of seed and sundries to order. She
returned at dark with . good trip OF
freight and passengers.
The Allegheny Belle No. -Four arrived
yesterday afternoon. She discharged
three thousand kegs Of nails here and
departed for New Orleans with two bsrges
in tow.
The G. s. Weeks added here two han
dred and fifty tons Of ollcske, two hun
dred snd hfty bales Of cotton and t for
New Orleans, drawing four feet.
The Dexter arrived from Cairo yestsr-
day afternoon. She added teen hundred
sacks OF grain on her way uown, and de-
parted for New Orleans, after embarkinZ
here quite q number OF passengers.
The Emma Q. Elliott departed for White
river with 8 good trip and q cabin fun OF
people.
The Undine and ". S. Hays left for the
upper cosst with fair trips.
The Dsrdsnslle leaves tomorrow for
Little Rock and Ell points on the Arksn-
Ess.
The Bismarck, Edinburgh, Henry Ames
and Colorado are the next boats due from
bsloW.
The alleged obstruction to the nsviRs-
ton OF the Chippewa river By ths ssWmill
works, etc, 81 Eau Claire, hss recsived at
tention from congress. A committee has
been appointed TO investigate the matter,
and the people Of ChipPews Falls and
other places above Eau Claire are happy,
Sol. Silver has bssn appointed passsn.
ger agent st Cairo for the Memphis and
st. Louis packet company.
The little Uncle Sam, built In the Ken
tucky river, and which sunk below Port
land Friday night, cSpsiEsd Monday even
ing, snd Ii a total wreck. Loss, 5000; no
insurance.
Captain Lafe siekles, who built the
steamer Jim Fisk, IT,, was found dead at
Portsmouth last Bundey-the same day
that the Prince OF Erie died.
A dispatch from Sc. Louis gives the an
nexed details In reference TO the charter
Of the Great Republic 20 the Grand Dukes
party: "The steamer Great Republic,
which Is 10 convey the Grand Duke AL
exis and his suite 10 New Orleans, will
undergo some changes for the occssion.
Two Of ner large Etsterooms will be
petsd and furnished with q set
Of splendid chamber furniture. Billiard
tables viii be set mp in the rear OF the
cabin, and other arrangements made 70
break the monotony OF q steamboat trip.
None but the officers Of tho boat will be
allowed on board during the passage, and
especially all newspaper men will be ex-
clndsd, special arrangements haying been
made to this effect. The terms Of the
charter are $500 per day II the boat car
riss freight, snd 1880 II she does not,
This includes table fare, wines, stO. The
1aFty will probably Femain one day at
Memphis. and make stoppzges Of some
hours AZ Yioksburg and other points on
the river"
Boats Leaving Te-Day.
For New 0rleanss The Great Repub-
lie, Captain ThOrWegan, leaves to-day At
noon as above.
For st. Louis-The Colorado, Captain
Luker, leaves to-day ct noon for Cairo,
st. Louis and all way landings
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PROBABILITIES.

WAsHTyoT6S January lS- The barometer
viii pronaoIy coz tinus 70 rise north and
west OF the Ohio valIe5, win diminishing
north and northWeEterly Winds aSo Is44lne
tenn perature. A rising barometer ana e u
ing tsra pera uFe, with CLOUDY weather, viii
prevail in NeE England. Partially cloudy
and clearing weather viii prevail In the
Southern and Cult states, with winds YEAR
ing 10 northwest. The highest barometer
viii move southeast into Michigan. BrisK
but not dangerous winds are anticipated to
night from Michigan 60 the Atlantic coast,
,uirh fregh and HIGHT winds elrsWhere.
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Rivers Hnd Business.

The river st this point is now ten fest
and seven inches above lOw-Gster mark
having risen only two inches since last
report, The Arkansas lie slowly sdYsnc-
ing, and White river has four feet TO Au'
gusta. Ths weather yesterday was clear
and pleasant, and business was brisk.
Local packets all left with good trips, snd
transient boats downWssd-boundh had all
they could carry, and refused freight here
There are sbout four hundred balss Of cot
ton on the leFee sKsiting shipment.
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ADDITIONAL MARKETS BY TELEsRAPE
IsEK THn:D PAGE ron sElIEhAI REPoATl


MOBILE
MoRTLK January is.-The cotton market is
oTiSf and irreS1lsr. niddlinR 2szo. nst re-
seipts. lg77 bales; exports 70 the continent $3.50
BALES; exports 20 Genoa l6S bales; sales, 800
bales; stock, o. ,sll bales.
GALVEsTON.
GALVESTON, January l3-The cotton market
"a ouiet: Good ordinary, ls63lg1Se; net receipts
g7SB bales: exports-to Great Britain, l2le bales;
ooastwiBe, Ia bales; sales, 1000 bales stock,
- ''''''-' SAVANNAH.
SAVANNAH, January lS.-The cotton market
"a quiet and nrm; middung, 2lG2l1<c; net re-
ceipts, 266e bales; exportS-to The continent,
800 bales coastWise, elB bales; sales, 200
bales; stock, 1-l8 bales
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
MISSISSIPPI
AGRICULTURAL. EDUCATIONAL

MANUFACTURING AID SOCIETY,
Authorised by the Legislature ofthsstats.
sArURDAX MORNING. c1.Ase 2S, Jan. l3, Is72.
q, 80, 4, 10, 20, 50, IA, 81, Is, rs, II, 81.
SATURDAY KvKEIEe, GLASS "a, JAN. ls, IaA
So 2o, 20, 4s, SS, 82 ~, 81, rs, 7s, %, 10, 81.
4A7 SECOND sTREET,
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sThs figures indicate feet and inches.
LEGAL Weather RePOrt-Jsnuary Is.
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Report Of the c OndItIOn
OF THE
UNION & PLANTERS BANK
OF MEMPHIS,
40 Close Of Businsss, January n, IszA
WOsdsffuI Cure for Cancer.

THIS REMEDY soOTHEs AND CURES
In all csses whore the vital organs are
not materially paralyEed. VIII be expressed
to any part Of tbs United 8tateB, with fuil
directions, on receipt Of ss and description
a. 10 part Affected, etc. Send by Express
D. o. D. or in rsEistered Ietters. THIS VERT.
LIZ Is NO HUEBU9. Satisfaction gunrar-
tsed or money returned. Address
n. p. JOHNSTON,
tsls ooldWateT, Mis-.
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sT. LOUIS, January Is.-ArrivedI s. s.
Merrill, from Cairo. Departed; st. Luke,
for Memphis; Columbia, for Arkansas
river. River falling slowly. Weather
cloudy and cold.
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THE GREAT
Clearing Sale
A STILL FURTHER
R E. D U CTIO N
-FoR-
THIS w EEK.
B. LOWENSTElN
&o BROS.
DRESS GOODS,
At Less than Cost.
Sill K S,
st Less than Gsst,
CL AK S,
At Less than Gssi.
S n A W. s,
At Less than Cost.
FURS---FURS,
At a ereat S Sacrifice.
WOOL HOSIERY,
At a Great Sacrifice.
UNDER WEAR,
At a Grsas Sacrifice.
CASSIMERES,
At a Great SaCFifies.
DAMAsKS, TOWELS.
napkins. LINENS.
WHITE GOODS,
AANDKEE CHIEFS
EMBH0IDERIES,
LACES, RIBBONS.
NOTIONS and
TRIMMINGS !
AL VERY HUGH REDUCED.
FANS! FANS!
Ths FiHeat AssOrtnlent Of Rich and Ele
giant Fans at Popular Prices
B. LOwsnstein 4 Bros
242 and 244 Hals St,
CORNER OF JEFFERSON ST,
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and canister if you don't get away from
hersin
The report about General HERON going
70 the Carter faction with proposition OF
compromise Marshal Packard states is
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[OFFICIAL.I
GENERAL COUNCIL.
RoaRD OF ALpERMEN.

Called Meeting of the General
Council.
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THE SITUATION II LOUISIANA
Progress Of lbs Rev Between tbs Radicals
Down TEsre.

EKw ORLEANS, January lS.-There
were two committees from the Carter fsc-
ton 70 the Mechanics institute to-day 7;
one 70 the house and the other 70 the
governor. The one 70 the governor handed
, In q communication az fOllOWs:
To His ExceleDcy II. c. Wsrmoth.
Sir: That tbs citizens and their repre-
seutativeE OF the legally constituted house
of representatives may have free access to
the nail Of the house to, be enabled to
legfslste freely and without intimidation
or moleststiOn from armed men, We, as
committee Of said house and in behalf OF
tbs same and OF all the members Of tho
. legislature, respectfully demand that the
police be removed from the building and
It's enviTons, we pledging ourselves 70
countenance no violence nor any act that
would make necessary the presence Of the
: police. Respectfully.
HARRY Il. STEVENS,
HENRI RTTH(sH
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RIVER NEWS.

River HepOrs-Japuary Is, Is7s.
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SS have naas ssasra Rsdu0Os Throughout Various Ds E
asws are sstsralssd to rsirs 10 saasSsS
The Portland daily press., 1872-03-30
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscoaG1N COUNTY

ANDROsCOGGIN COUNTY
The Journal understands that the Directors
of the Lewiston and Auburn railroad hav com
pleted favorable arrangements with the Grand
trunk, and Will be prepared to give them to
the public Immediately. s - W
The Journal says Lynn shoe manufacturers
continue to visit Auburn to look up the chances
for new shoe factories. Several new shoe f;rms
are crystallizing and looking over the fine Rnal
Block premises, SO excellently adapted to shoe
manufacture-each being heated by steam and
furnished with steam power.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
From the Bridgton Neaos we learn that Hon.
Charles +. Gibbs has entered upon his duties "a
Postmaster OF that village
Last Saturday Col. J. P. Perley of South
Bridgton captured black wOodchuck
The Nesos says that ! registered letter sent
by VIM. f. Fessenden, ESQ.,, of South Brdg-
ton, to parties in lewiston containing S245 -
mailed at the South Bridgton office Feb Doth
and forwarded from thai. office to the one in
BridgtOn the same afternoon, has not vet reach
ed its destination; and, the matter having been
investigated, it can be traced no farther than
the Bndgton Centre post-ofice. The loss seems
to be fastened upon the Office in Brdgton. and
the probabilities are that either POstmaste
Harmon or his bondsmen will be compelled IN
sustain the loss. R
Gov. Perham is to lecture in the Free Baptist
church, Harrison Village, Friday evening, April
9TH.
The News says last Thursday morning Steph-
en- f. Sawyer, II years of age, son of Mr. Jas.
Sawyer of Sweden, while at work in the Pondi.
cherry Mills in Bridgton, caught his left arm
in the belt of the picker" and before he could
be rescued it was broken and twisted i'm
shocking manner.
A few nights since the unoccupied store at
Great Falls. Windham, owned by Joseph Lind
The Portland daily press., 1872-03-30
Our Pennington Letters.
Drouer n,issiag-A Chapter Of Accidents

A Drouer naisSiag-A Chapter Of accidents
FARMINGToN, March %, 1872.
Mr. Libbeus Worthley, prominent citizen of
Strong, farmer by profession, but who has
followed the business of a drover for MANY
last Sunday week with drove of cattle for the
Brighton market, instructing his son to meet
him at this depot on a certain day. At the
time appointed the son was at the depot but
the father did not make his appearance, and up
to this time not word has been heard from
him. His family are very much alarmed as he
was known to have a large sum of money on
his person. Dispatches were sent to-day to
Brighton, but no answer.
Mr.. Thomas Stevens, of Industry, met with
serious and painful accident yesterday while
on his way home from this village. He had on
heavy load of corn, which was in bags piled
crosswise ON his pung. On coming to pitch,
the horse started quickly, and as the pung
struck the bottom, Mr.. Stevens was precipitated
forward, and the entire load was thrown upon
him in such way that he was unable to move,
doubling him up. Luckily a neighbor was
coming along behind him, and extricated him.
Mr. s. was seriously injured in the spine.
Joseph Gould, of Walton's Mills in this
town, while running a circular saw, one day
last week. splinter from the board which he
was cutting flew up and struck him on the
lower lip, tearing it open from the top, nearly
to the chin, making frightful wound.
John Gould, of Leeds, a brakeman on this
division of the Maine Central Railroad, while
in the act of coupling cars at this depot this
morning, was caught between the dead-woods.
His shoulder was badly jammed.
Albert Bailey, of this town, an old printer,
one day last week visited relative in New
Sharon, and while there undertook to chop
some wood, when chip struck him in the eye,
piercing the pupil, and completely destroying
the sight. - r,, 49,
AS man by the name of Durrell, in this
village, was chopping wood Monday, the axe
hooked on clothes-line over his head which
he had not noticed, and flew back, striking him
in the forehead with such force as to stun him,
in which condition he remained over an hour
The Portland daily press., 1872-03-30
News Items by Mail.

Recently, in the night, train ON an English
railway gradually slowed until it stopped but
not at station. After considerable delay, the
uneasy passengers made an examination, which
resulted in finding both the engineer and fire
man dead drunk and the fire out A rare
chance for an accident. A
Gov. Warmoth's friends in Washington
having become somewhat reckless, assert that
they have more money patronage in Louisiana
than the President has throughout the United
States. They name, among this boosted pat
ronage, two hundred offices paying $4,000 a
year and fifty offices (tax collectors) paying
$4,000 NJ sst- Fl ..rsr r--.. "
The Ohio Senate defeated a bill providing for
the erection of monuments to ex-President
Harrison and others. .. .-
The liberal Republicans of New York city
have organizations in ten of the twenty-one
assembly districts. ~ ~
A New Orleans judge fined two men$15O each
for fighting duel One of them was wounded
in the thigh. 1 QA
DR.. Colzey Of Columbus, Ca, few days ago
shot young man dead in the street for sending
improper notes to his daughter t5s
No epidemic has, within half century, been
as general or fatal at Philadelphia as the small
pox. 1t has already ragged there ten times as
long as did the cholera
At public dinner in Oregon Joaquin Mill
er was introduced to Mr.. Applegate with a
magnificent prologue, as the poet of the Sier-
ras, etc., wheE the matter-of-fact Apologize re-
sponded: II have known Mr. Miller before
He edited secesh paper during the war, which
was suppressed by the government for its rebel
principles T a.. Nrs ~ -
Hon. Charles Francis Adams will sail for
Europe, in the Russia, on the Oath of April.
A vivaclous Texas woman was divorced and
remarked within five minutes.
South Carolina papers report that the freed
men are now working well throughout the
State.
Angel, the Mexican General, doesn't feel so
celestially, now that he has been arrested
Two Harvard students have been expelled
for insulting ladies in the streets of Cam
bridge. f 80
Some strap-ping young thieves have carried
off shoemaker's sign. His anger WAKES great,
but is bootless. 81 ze as ~
Among the announcements of births in the
st. Louis Republican, appears this: son the 9Th
instant, at jackson, Mo-, a daughter to Isaiah
Poe, Sen., Jagged eighty-fve) and wife"
A man arrested in Indiana for two attempts
to throw trains from the track, said he only
wished to see how far locomotive would 90
when thrown off the track at full speed ID
A Boston paper makes the surprising asser-
tion that whipping post, set up in the Com
mon, would find plenty of use, if all the "re
spectacle Boston gentlemen who habitually
insult ladies received few lashes for their i'm
pudenCe
The Portland daily press., 1872-03-30
DOMESTIC PORTS.

SAN FRANCISCO-Cld goth, ship Sea Serpent,
White, Newcastle, NSW.
Ar 25th, ship Charmer, Lucas, Newcastle, NSW.
GALVESTON-Ar goth, sch Alpha, Salisbury, I'm
Boston.
Sid 10Th, barque Polo Alto, Berry Cardenas.
NEW ORLEANS-C1d 23d, barque st Cloud Ames
Amsterdam.
Ar at Sw Pass 23d, sch F Lowell, Leavitt, from
Sagua.
sAvATNAH-Cld 27th, ship L Gichrist, Watts,
Liverpool arf = 2. -A - t'sa
Cid 9th, sch Cyrus Fossett, Pierce, Uniod Island,
to load for Philadelphia. e.-s-.r.
BRUNSWICK, Gain port I'D sch c E Wood
bury, Woodbury., ldg.
CHARLEST0N-Ar eth, sch Kate Foster, Rose
brook, Baltimore. ,t = III w f-f7f
WILMINGTON-Cld 25th sch venelia, Sheppard,
Boston. rrHf'a' M sEaF
NoRFoLK-Ar 25th, sch Helen NJ Woodward,
Cobb. New York. #f# #
FORTRESS MONROE = In the Roads 9th, brig
Mary Chase, from Baltimore for Portland.
BALTlMORE-Ar 9th, sch M c Frye, Bunker,
Brunswick, Ga.
Cid 9th, schs Cygnus, Small Savannah; Maggie d
Marston, Marston, Bosotn.
PHILADELPHIA-Cld2 7th barques n M Haven.
Hall, Cardenas; Florence Peters, Skinner st Jago
schs 9 Moseley Haynes Boston; Carrie Melvin,
Ar 9th, brig Peri, Perkins, Cardenas.
Ar at Delaware Breakwater 27th, brig Alice STAR
rett, from Matanzas for Philadelphia
NEW YORk-Ar 26th schs Casco Lodge Pierce
Somerset for New York; l. NJ Strout Dean, Provi-
dence; w b Darling, Smith, do; Pnta Clark East.
port; Elizabeth English, Crowell Portland; Lady
Suffolk, Armstrong, New Bedford; Abbie Willard,
The Portland daily press., 1872-03-30
say was set on fire by an incendary and com

say was set on fire by an incendiary and com
pletely consumed. M ~
HANCOCK COUNTY.
Hay is selling at Ellsworth at S37 to $40 per
ton
A new post-office has been established in
Surray, called the East Surry post-office, and
Ann NJ. Lord has been appointed postmis-
treSS. f4k& E& VI III #
A gentleman of Ellsworth made bet with
his wife that he could undress, go to bed, get
up, dress and then undress and 90 to bed again
while she was preparing to go to bed. He won
his bet, says the american.
The largest rate of taxation in Hancock Co
to support schools, is in Swans island the
lowest in Castine and Bucksport; in the former
seventeen mills on the dollar, in the latter three
mills.
On Thursday March 2lst, the house owned
by E. Cousins in Surry, and occupied by f. w
Witham, G. w. Curtis, and e. j. Saunders
was burned. Furniture saved. The house was
owned by E. Cousins formerly of Surry, now i'm
California.
Mayor c. G. Peck of Ellsworth has been re-
elected, the Democrats making no opposition.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
DR.. l. ID. Stearns, surgeon of the National
Military Asylum at Togus, has been transfer
red to the asylum at Milwaukee, and has gone
on to take the new position.
sze PENoBscoT COUNTY
The Dexter Gazette appears in a new dress
and presents bright and handsome appear
ance. &#MsH Eaa
The town of Dexter has voted to exempt from
taxation until the year 1881 the property inve St
ed in any manufacturing enterprises which NAV
hereafter be located in the town, provided such
Investment shall amout to ten Thousand dollars.
At the late town meeting in Holden the town
voted to build a Town. House the coming wear.
and chose committee to obtain plaus, specifi,
cations and an estimate of the cost