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The Portland daily press., 1872-06-08
MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES.

so cases of Hats and Bonnets just received
from the manufacturers and being sold at low
prices. CoGJA HAssAN.
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-08

CoGIA HAsstN' milliners get up the most
stylish Hats in the city and at moderate prices.
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-08

KENDALL & WHITNEY have for sale Tobacco
Soap for the destruction of Currant Worms
and all insects injecting plants jest
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-08
NEW YORK.
Turbulent Strikers.

!, NEW YORK, June 7.-Considerable disturb
ance is occurring among the strikers in Brook
Ign. Yesterday number of them visited the
planning mill of White & Co. and called on the
men working there about 100 in number, to
knock off, but the workmen refused. A force
of police then arrived ON the ground and the
strikers dispersed The BARRIERS propose to strike
Monday unless their employers reduce the hours
Of work
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-08

ANY person desiring Summer Residence,
would do well TO read the notice of the cele-
brated Colby Farm, to be sold at auction at
North Fryeburg, on Saturday, june 18th.
= oIAtR,-1<
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-08
Splendid Summer Residence and
Farm For Sale mt North Frye

VNHE subscriber will sell at Public Auction, the
II celebrated Colby Farm, on Saturday June 18th
1872 Said farm is located the banks OF the beau,
tful Saco, at No. Fryeburg Me- and consists of one
hundred acres OF good land. The buildings are
large, convenient, and in good repair. No pleasantsr
summer residence in n. Z. Sale positive.
s. L. CHANDLER, No. Fryeburg, Me.
junSd&w1w WA
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-08
Brief Joftiuxs.


No business before the Municipal Court yes
terday.
Willie Murray, a little son of Dennis Murray,
living on Marion street, broke his leg Thursday
by falling from his fathers jigger.
The Haydn Association propose to give an
other public rehearsal of Jubilee Music at Flu,
ent Hall next Thursday evening.
The Temperance meeting at Preble Chapel
Sunday evening win be addressed by Mr. j. M.
Palmer and others. A general invitation is ex-
tended to all to attend the meeting.
A bound volume of jerks Portland Gazette
for 1799-18OO is offered for sale. ANY person
desiring to purchase this valuable book can
learn further particulars at this Office.
The Dirigo Club of Deering and the Resolute
Club of Portland will play match game of
base ball on the Rolling Mills ground this after
noon at o'clock. vs. -atr.
The Portland Light Infantry will celebrate
their anniversary to-day without fail. Honor
airy members and invited friends are requested
to be at the Preble and Falmouth hotels prompt
ly at $50 A. M.
Jas. L. Rounds and wife celebrated their
silver wedding at their residence on Oxford
street last evening, and they were the recipients
of some very handsome presents from their
friends assembled.
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-08
Choice Plants nj Auction.

nN SATURDAY, June Sth, at 10 o'clock A. NJ,
" at Salesfoom, we shall sell a consignment of
Plants from the celebrated conservatory OF Norton
Bros, consisting of Hardy, Perpetual, Tea and
Monthly Roses, in variety; Verbenas, Double Ge-
Nus Pollock Rose and other Geranums, with gem
eTai assortment Of bedding plants in pots and bas
kets.
Those who attended the sale for these parties last
year will attend this and those who did not attend
we advice to call and the plants on morning Of
sale.
je4td F. o. BAILEY & co. Auctrs
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-08

OEIN HAWKES. & Co., 29O and 292 Congress
street, have all the new styles Hats and Caps.
i iu8d3t&w2w -
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-08

MANUFACTURERS bankrupt stock PARAsoLs,
at half price. Cogia Hassan.
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-08
Modern Brick House at Auct;ou

Modern Brick House at Auction
I'M SATURDAY, June Sth, at p. NJ, we shall
Osell the substantial brick House No. so Clark st.
with all the modern Improvements, containing 10
finished rooms, besides the bath room. The house is
Piped throughout for gas and water; cemented Gel
lar oor large brick cistern, heated by furnace in
every way modern house; lot about 250O square IT,
Terms easy and made known at sale.
m30 I'd F.O. BAILEY & CO, Auctioners
Gold Watches and Chains mt Auc.
ton.
nN TUESDAY, June 11th at ten o'clock A. NJ,
" or after the U. s. Marshals Sale Of Gold Chains
&C., we shall sell at office,
New Ladies' Gold Watches,
Ladies' Gold Watch Repeater,
4 GEMS I"
Also assortment OF secondhand Silver Watches
Chains, &C.
jun7td F.o. BAILEY & Co., Auctrs
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-13
GENERAL NATURE-No. 1873.

An act making appropriations for sundry
civil expenses Of the government for the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eight
cen hundred and seyenty-three, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums be, and the same are here
by. appropriated, for the objects hereinafter
expressed, for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
thrce. VIZ:
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-13
general SArURE~No. l32. !

An a.f for the relief OF Sarah s. Trapp,
exccutriH OF William Yrapp, deceased.
BE il enacted by the Senate and House Of
REPRESENTATIVES Of the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
Letters Tatcnt granted 60 William trapp, q
citizen of the United States dated the first
dav of October, eighteen hundred and forty
five. surrendered and reissued on the tenth
day of March, eighteen hundred ana 1ortyc
nine, and extended by the Commissioner OF
Patents for seven Years from the first day
Of Ortobar. eighteen hundred and tifty-nine,
and arain surrendered and reissued in two
several divisions or patents numbered,
resDectiyely, nineteen hundred and forty
six and nineteen hundred and forty-seVen,
tor new and useful Improvements IN barrel
machinery, be and the same is and are
hereby renewed, revived an3 extended Tor
the term Of seven years from and alter the
passage of this act; and the Commissioner
of Patents is hereby directed, upon the pre-
sentation of said patents or reissues num-
bered respectively, nineteen hundred and
fortv-six and nineteen hundred and forty
seven. or certified copies thereof, by making
q certificate upon such patent or reissue or
certified COPY thereof, OF such extension,
1.-THE lawful fees being first paid therefOr), IN
the name Of Sarah 5. Trapp, eXecutrlx OF
said William Trap; and the Commissioner
OF Idt6nJS Is u6iSoJ ulLICUOSt w S"'.2C AZ
same to be entered of record in the Patent
Office; and the said patents so renewed, re-
vived and extended shall have the same ef-
feet in law as if originally granted for terms
extending 10 the end of the term to which
they are extended by this act; provided,
however, that such renewal or extended
patents, respectively, shall be open to legal
INQUIRY and decision in the same manner as
if issued under the general law regulating
& &c. Il yAnn NvIi Of I'm
Their, that no person, firm or corporation
shall be liable for any damage or royalty
for having made, vended or used said i'm
provements in said patents specified prior
to the passage of this act; and any such
person, firm or corporation having made or
purchased and usedsa Improvement since
the expiration of the said patents shall be
entitled to use the same without habAlty
during the term Of said extension.
Apnrnzyn1 Tunp N ISTD.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-13
GENERAL NArURE-No. 1917

second Session of the &Orty"tIrst
Congress.
GENERAL NATURE-No. i3l.?
An act to amend the fifth section of an act
entitled 'An act making appropriations
for the legislative, executive and Judicial
exDenses of the government for the year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-threes and foE otheE pur'
poses
Be it enacted by the Senate and house
Of REPRESENTATIVES Of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
the fifth section Of the act approved May
eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-t|o,
making appropriations for The legislative
executive and judicial expenses OF the GOV
eminent for the year ending june thirtl,et9;;
eighteen hundred and seventy-three, shall
not be held to apply to materials, stores =, or
supplies sold to officers and soldiers OF the
army or 10 exploring or surveying expe?ii,
lions authorized by lave and that sad
section shall not be held to repeal such part
of paragraph 1892, Revised Army Regula
lions Of eighteen hundred and sixty three,
as provides that expenses of sales OF mlll,
$arV stores or supplies regularly condemned
viii be paid from their proceeds.
Approved june :, L8"'.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-13
OF FKC8A Ao

laws of the United stnres Passed nE the
second Session of the Eorty'First
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

Coy continuing the collection o. statistics
az mines and mining, to be laid before Con
gress. to De expended under che direction
Of the Secretary Of the Treasury. fifteen
thousand dollars.
For the continuation of the eeoTogicafsur.
by Professor f. v. Hayden. under the di-
yeeti0n Of the Secretary Of the Interior, dur
ing She fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-three.
sevenfy-fye thousand dollars.
Fog completing the survey Of the Colo
RADIO Of the West and its tributaries by Pro
tessog J. ". Powell. uudeE the direction OF
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-13
CAPITOL EXTENSION.


For finishing andsrepairing the work nm
She Capitol extension, and for complpting
the tagging of the upper terraces, fftP
thousand dollars.
For annual repairs of the old portion of
She Capitol building, for painting, glazing,
keeping roofs in order, waterpipes nave
ments, and approaches to the bnitdinr +on
thousand dollars; provided, that a sufficient
portion OF such appropriation shall be ex
pended, under the direction of the architect
OF the Capitol extension, to keen in order
the arch-ways, door-ways, rotiIndas and
corridors of the Capitol.
,, For finishing and repairing the work on
the new dome OF the Capitol four thousand
And so much of the sum appropriated IN
the deficiency act approved Nav eighteenth
eighteen hundred and seventy-tWo for
b0lIer, Water-tank, and steam DnInn in tI,a
south wing OF the Capitol as NAV NOT he az
pended previous to June thirtiefh. eigbtnan
hundred and seventy two, may be expended
uuIInS tnS hSGaI year ending June thirtieth
eighteen hundred and seventy-three,
For continuing the work Of oradino and
ming, and for planting the grounds aTonnG
Ghe capitol, paving 3 street north. from
Delaware to New Jersey avenues. and tha
quadrant, thence to Pennsylvania avenna
ana 1or curbIng and paving the footwav55
around the Capitol grounds, thirtv-fSSa
Thousand dollars, which shall be availah!o
Immediately; provided that the GRADES oilso oF
the streets and avenues in the yiein rT9 Of Of
the Capitol be and the same are berebyy e "
tabLshed in conformity with the Man o oS-
proved 9y the mayor Of the city Of Wash 81.
ing - me otlcer in charge of public build.
l G5ni$ anu grounds, and the architect Of the
;o6f eG7tension, as authorized by the
eighteen hundred and seventh and fee F9e4 t6i,
purpose the plan made byIWiIliam F [Ta Vfls
surveyor, dated January tWentV ULIS5 ~
eighteen hundred and se7enty-one, on Ilt fiji,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-13

Treasury building, Washington. District
of Columbia: For annual repairs and I'M
provements. fifteen thousand dollars; tOg
improvements and repairs Of heating appa-
Eatus, nine thousand dollars.
For continuation Of the construction Of
the building for customhouse at Charles
ton, South Carolina, one hundred thousand
dollars.
For continuation Of the construction Of
the building t0S postotttee and courthouse
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-13
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

For the preservation of the collections of
the surveying and exploring expeditions
OF the government, fifteen thousand dols
lars.
For the completion of the hall required
Tor the government collections, ten thou.
sand dollars.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-13

To provide for the plates of an Official
Gazette of the Patent Office abstracts Of
the drawings of patents issued, forty thou
sand dollars, to be expended under the d.
section OF the Commissioner of Patents.
FQg deficiency in contingent fund, caused
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-14

THE EuY1IRATEs VALLEY RAlLR0AD.-Ot
the progress OF this interesting enterprise
the LerQnt Herald announces That the Grand
Vizler has commissioned N. Pressed, the
well-known engineer, TO undertake the sur
yey of the ground for line Of railway from
Tripoli, on the coast Of Syria, TO Bagdad,
and preliminary step has already been
taken In the dispatch to Tripoli Of two ex-
pericnced engineers, Messrs. Schernik and
Schutt-the former of whom took an active
part in the pioneering work OF the Roume-
liam line. The object isto obtain an accurate
professional tracing Of the route devised by
the Grand Yizier, in substitution of the lines
previously proposed for connecting the Medi-
terranean with the Persian Gulf. The line
now suggested By Midhat Pasha Will cover
distance Of about $50 miles, commencing at
Tripoli, OH the Syrian coast, passing by way
Of Palmyra, and crossing the Euphratess. ;
thence traversing Mesopotamia and the IL
girls, and terminating at Bagdad, where It
would meet the Persian Gulf line, IS origi-
nally planned.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-14
Hints for Houses.

The lesson Of Chicago passed almost abso-
lutely UNDECIDED by New York builders.
Shall that Of Boston? Are we to go on de-
fyiug every law Of safety which first Chi
cago and now Boston has enforced, making
our roofs tinder-boXcS, our floors and parti-
tons mere food, our elevators mere conduits
for flame, our windows ready means for it,
ncccss, and our partiIionwals too thin 10
check liz speedy spread from one end of :.
block to the other!
Firepro0f buildings burned like the rcst
in Chicago; in Boston the fire was almost
exclusively in Il iire-procf quarter. In effect,
scarcely one in u thousand Of our present
buildings IS tire-proof. How shall they be
made SO!
First, we must have an end Of granite as a
building material in crowded localities. An
isolated building of granite. if otherwise
we'll constructed, would probably be very
hard to burn down. hut in the blast-furnaco
of great fire III narrow street it flies like
glass. Chicago showed free stoneand cast iron
to be almost equally unsafe. In word, the
only walls we have yet found that cannot be
burned down are walls OF biick
Next, the Usual ManSard roof Inuat be
abolished as nuisance and an abominnti0D.
1t Is il fire-trap OF pine lumber barely covered
with thin sheet OF net i or slate, aud pIl!
up beyond the reach OF tre-cn:;;nc5. 1t i,
very easy to kinulG it and nearly impossible
to cxtingt!ish it, while it, height enables il
10 scatter lirubIands on every rOof IL Il neigh
borhood. They urc talking Of inccndiiIlc>
in Boston. The ManSard roof was their
real inrcndiary. But il must be rcmcn!:
bcred that the lmin objection lies to it, cree
ton over IN unsafe building and 10 The llSr
of it on wooden framework. Put 1t over
n building otherwise safe. ana construct it OF
slate OF metal on III iron frame. and it Is per
tpctiy safe.
Next, the Use Of wooden joistS 20 support
floors, in crowded OF exposed parts Oft city
should be prohibited. Iron, II 80 fastened 10
the walls that it may warp In heat, aud thus
tumble them down, Is nearly as bad The
same may he said Of It's use, in the midst o!
combustble material, to uphold brick walls.
Iron shutters are Indispensable. To what
end construct II fire-proof building, I'LL 1t with
inliammable matcria, and then leave but a
pane of glass between it and fire raging turl-
ously on the opposite side Of the street or in
IN adjacent building York Tribune
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-14

A STRAw-PEDDLER WORTH HALF A MIL
IIoS.-A New York paper says: "Old
Wight, the straw man, Is q character. For
more than forty years he has peddled straw
in this city and Brooklyn to the poorer class
of the population to make straw beds. Sixty.
five years Of age or thereabouts, he Is still
Young and active He has an honest, farmer.
like look, and wears old and patched gar
ments of an ancient fashion and appearance,
but which, nevertheless, look comfortable
and appropriate to the man. His overcoat
is Of blue cloth, with double cape. He wears
a straw hat winter and summer. His boots
are fastened together with thongs OF leather.
and were fashioned by himself. The soles OF
them are ut least two inches thick, and have
the appearance Of having been worn with
sundry repairs for at least ten years.
"His horse, which is blind OF one eye, ap-
pears to be we'll cared for, and IA probably
The only-horse in the city that has not bad
the prevailing disease. Whether he Is too
old, or has an immunity from contagious dis
eases on account Of his mode of life, It IS dit
ficut to say. The harness covering hls horses
back Is composed of small pieces of leather,
rope, and bits Of chain.
"Old Wight lives down in the meadows,
foot of Tenth street, Brooklyn, in an old
sl,anty constructed by himself. He has ac'
uuircd great riches by means OF his industry
and misery habits. His property, composed
of lots and small houses erected on them
scattered all over Brooklyn, Is yariously estl
| mated az worth between $500, OD0 and Sooo,.
0OO-aIl ACQUIRED by selling small bundles o.
rye and oat-straw at FIVE cents bundle, ano
investing his gains in real estate In BROOK
lyns"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-14

lneiit, were sti1irk down III tlieEr efforts to
s,lsc stock by the fall of 4 portion Of the side
wall. One was totally buried, but the other
was caught only by the legs. he shouted for
succor, saying that If his legs were extri-
Gated he could ret out easily. Several fire.
men responded by dashing into the doomed
building, the front wall Of which was even
| then tottering, and making frantic efforts to
release the poor fellow. Suddenly they were
startled by cry that the massive front wall
| was going over. There was desperate rush
for life, and silent horror seized the spec
tators as the wall fell with laundering
| crash, and ii was seen that two Of the fire.
men had shared the fate Of those whom
they had so nobly tried to save. The
| names of the buried men are not known
| positively, but there are the grarest fears
that the tiremen are Assistant Foreman VIII
liam Ferry and Daniel Cochran, Of Hook
| nnd-Ladder No. 4, who have not been saen or
heard Of since. The only ground for hope
| for them is the fact that they are not GER
| tainIy known 10 have been Of the rescuing
party. But be this as it may, there is no
reasonable doubt that four mangled bodies
lie beneath the ruins. a search will be made
| for the remains to-day. Two other firemen
were reported missug-J. c. Il. Humphrey
nicknamcd Dumpsy' y and - Sullivan
Called by his comrades "Spike'), both of
Steamer Of this city. When last seen they
were on the roof OF the store Of 3. It. Ste
phcnson & Co., on Washington street, max
1lg their way toward the fire then consuming
the rear portion OF the building at the corner
Of Washington and Summer. This was at
m early honr Yesterday morning.
Es,c Insurance COmpanies--A Full ia
Bile OF their Actual F.osses.
The following is the HorId'S carefully
compiled list OF the losses sustained by COM
panics belonging in the city and State OF New
York, and by the companies belonging in
other Suites who have agencies in that city,
al5o hy the several foreign companies,
amounting to totul Of SID, 1890:
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-14

necessary examinations, IS restulrea BY law ].
lie announces he will use the powers iIl-
vested in him for the full protection OF the
companies, every one of which shall have
every opportunity to work out"
Loss Of Heather and TooI. and Ccnsc.
80 quent Advances.
New York, November 13.--It is estimated
that 259,000 sides Of leather were burned In
Boston. Prices here have advanced; on un-
finished leather, 10c.; on sole leather, to
&c. per pound; and further advance Is an
ticipated. Sheep skins are held high.
100000 pounds of wool is estimated to
have been burned. Prices here have adj
vanced 10 per cent.
Recovery of Stolen Goods.-Gas
Turned On.
BosToS, November 13.--Twenty thousand
dollars worth of property has been recoy-
cred from thieves.
The gas was turned on to-day, after two
nights Of darkness.
Protest against Imitation OF the
National Currency.
BosToN, November 13.-The following
was issued this morning from the Relief
Committee:
cit having been suggested that the secre-
tary of the Treasury might issue an addi-
tional amount of currency in view Of our
calamity,
''Resotred, That this committee earnestly
remonstrT.te against an7 such issue az unwise,
unnecessary, and prejudicial to the whole
country"
Meeting OF Citizens Of Boston.
BosToS, November ia meeting Of the
citizens Of Boston was held to-day to con-
slider the present emergencies and future
contingencies. Mayor CASTOR, who presided,
after abiding to the profcrs Of assistance
from other points, said that from our own
citizens, too, had also come manifestations Of
the same spirit, which made him rejoice that
God had given to them large hearts and
large means.
Resolutions were adopted in favor Of the
reconstruction Of the street lines In the
burnt district on better plan; prohibiting
Mansard roofs also, in favor Of erecting
merchants exchange in some central locality;
faroring an extra session OF the Legislature
to authorize the issue of building bonds by
the city; and for an application to the Gen
eral Government for the extension of the
new post-ot!ice building upon the burned
over lot adjoining and for an act Of Con-
gress allowing drawbacks Oh building mate
rails.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-14

REMARKABLE CASE OF LoNGEyITY.-Mr. VIII
liam Perry Moore, OF Northampton county,
Va, died at the residence Of his son, William
p. Moore, IN that county, on the It'll instant,
ia his nlnety-third year. He was endeared
to 2 large circle OF friends by his wise eoun-
sels, aud the great service of IN immense
amount of real estate and money, which was
uniformly invested for the promotion of the
interests Of the community IN which he lived,
and toward the encouragement Of worthy
and enterprising young men. He retained
remarkable degree OF yisor to within ie"
months Of his demise, frequently riding Oh
horseback, walking, sailing, fishing, and at
tending to his large agriculture! interests.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-14
Action OF the Philadelphia Under
writer's, Association.

ReSolred, That all rates of premium on
merchandise and buildings containing the
same be advanced fifty per cent. from this
date. and that the old tariff Of the Philadel-
piiia Board OF Underwriters and of the Tn.
dcrwrters' Exchange be taken as basis.
Rcsoired, That rates Of premium on
specially hazardous risks, as taken in Phila.
dolphin, lie advanced twenty-five per cent.
upon the current rate, the latter being under.
stood TO be the rate of existing policies.
The Old Dominion Insurance Company,
of Richmond, was represented at the meet.
ing at which the above action was taken.