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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-12-21

City Real Estate for Sale.
- DWELL&G and COTTAGES on
f1Jf3 corner OF Plain and Gates streets. fs33R
'4oATho largo house contains twelvo-se@ -e@iE
tages have three rooms-one is naw. has
water and gas. Tho lot is largo ono. has
fine vegetable garden, and an abundance of
space for comfort and additional buildings.
This property 10 noar Main street. tho m arkot,
hotels, schools and churches.
And, also, the eligible vacant LOT, on cor.
ncr Gates and Plain streets, near tho Howard
School, 120 feet by 104 feet.
And. also, that yory pleasant vacant LOT.
on Arsenal Hill, between Gatee and Lincoln n
streets, on Richland stroet. bounded on tho
East by G.. Bouknight's lot and on the West
by Glaze & Shiolds' lot, containing ono hall
acre-104 feet OH Richland street.
This property will be sold at q bargain-on,,.
third for caeh and balance on credit. Titles
will be satisfactory. Apply to
NOV Il y. BOUKNIG Ut.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-12-21
CARRIAGES
BUGGIEs!

Fresh Family Groceries.
pICkLED New York BEEF ROUNDS.
North Carolina Mullet. &c.
SMoKED---New York Pig Hams and Stripe.
Nova Scotia Salmon,
Beef Tongues, &c.
CANSED-Succotash, Lima Beans.
Peas, Salmon, Mackerel,
Lobstcrs, Peurs. Peaches,
Gteen-gages, Mushrooms,
Trufiles, Asparagus.
FRESEEvED-Canton Ginger, Pears.
Citron, Pine apples.
Strawberries, Ounces,
Blackberries,
Raspberrics, &c.
JELL1Es-Guava and general sc seortmont.
iEAs-'annnpHwder nna Imperial, Japan.
Souchong, and English Breakfast,
selected by an expert, and finest in
any market.
CofFEEs-Mochs,L Laguayra, Rio,
o. G. Java, Raw and Roasted.
ALSO,
The Downer MINERAL SPERM OIL. absoInte.
y safe as a candle, brilliant as gas. and
cheap as kerosene; have all tho NECESSARY
burners, Wicks, Chimneys. to fix old lamps,
NOV ~ GEO. SYMMERS.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-12-21
Sawed Cypress Shingles.

Sawed Cypress Shingles.
lnF superior quality and finish, can now be
" furnished in any desired quantity on ap-
than any shingle now in use; and, besides
giving q finished look to roofs constructed
With them, they mako roof perfectly free
from leaks.
They will be shipped in any desired auan.
tity to any point on the various railroads, and
VIII be found very convenient to parties in
the country desiring to build They are
neatly packed for shipment.
We refer to the following parties who have
used them:
CLARK Wasing. Esq. childs, Johnston 4
Ta.Mcr, Ur. Goo. 9. Irezovant, t,is Tcstry OF
MARKEDLY, Greenville, s. G.
MoMASTER, EIONTEITH & ROATH,
Office in Law Range, Columbia, S. C.
| Greepvlle Mountaineer, UnionviIlo Times
| copy onoe and send bill. Dec 3 t1mo
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19
STRAYED OR STOLEN.

IROM the pasture of Silas RUSSELL Bay Colt,
four years old, with white hind feet and star in
the face. Any person finding the same will be suita
bly, rewarded by returning the same to SILAS RUS
TON, corner of Milk and Market streets, Portland,
Me, oc17d&wtf
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE.

imminet danger of breaking his neck, was
licked by one of the other boys whose breath
he materially lessened by stumbling against
his stomach, ran silver into his knee and
was bitten violently on the neck by new
kind OF bug. When he got home his father
annolnted him with the boss end of billiard
cue, and the next day at school the teacher
escorted him twice round the room by his
poorest ear. He says that chestnuts are so
,wy Mwormy this year that it don't pay to go after
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

Desirable House Lots.
TENHE undersigned offers for sale few very choice
4 building lots, located on the line Of Deering
horse caes, and within % minutes walk OF Portland
Post Office. Apply to
WARREN SPARROW,
iy95dtf 70 Exchange St
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

A FEW genteel Boarders in quiet family in
"A central part of the city, within five minutes
walk of the P. o. Apply at this office, ocl7f
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19
Wanted.

A Nova Scotia or American girl to do general
IA housework in a small family with good wages.
Apply at 175 Cumberland street. ocl6tf
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

The gold and green Of the forest along the
Housatonic road at Brookfeld are very grand
indeed. We sent correspondent up there
yesterday, to write down the beauties, but he
got to shaking dice in Brookdeld, and when
he came back, and we asked him about tne e
scenery, he said: ''Scenery be d-d they nre 1s
taken it in for fear of a frost" we n"''
discharged him.
A little Danbury boy ran away iLonr tha fba az,
Monday, to go chestnutting. Dut,ns tras tn 70 the
pedition he fell twice out oil oie wv
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

GOOD Board and Rooms furnished or unfur nished
W can be had at reasonable rates at 40 Wilmot st.
nct16-1W&
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

A Weston man succeeded in carrying his
gold to the grave, by holding it in his teeth.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

A candy-making party last night set pan
of hot molasses into the yard to cool, and ON
going for it several hours later were aston
ished to observe an upright cat in the middle
of it. The question is not SO much now the
cat GOT there, but how it is to be got from
there. If any of our readers can suggest a
plan we hope they will do so, as the owner
of the cat is in hurry.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

Of a vindictive Stony Hill mule it is said:
''His foot is against every man."
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

The oldest inhabitant says the sadness OF
this season is above the average.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

The servant of a Prussian officer one day
met a crony, who inquired how he got along
with his fiery master. 'Oh, excellently," an
swered the servant; 1--WE live on very friendly
terms-every morning we beat each others
coats; he takes his off to be beaten, and
keep mine on.'' us H1
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

The Independence Beige says that Sig
nor Mario, the tenor, recently sold the Villa
Salviati, near Florence, for 100000 francs.
The price covers the adjoining land and the
objects of art within the mansion. The pur-
chaser was Baron Hagermann, rich Dane,
who owns the Almaforte Palace, on the
ng' Ano.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

Augustus thinks Excepting ah dwam shop
in Dahnbury just now must be wisky busi-
ness.'
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19
Commissioners Notice
National College Of Music,

EsTABLISHED BY THE MENDELS-
Ia SOHN QUINTETTE CLUB, will begin
September 16, 1872. A thorough musical education
in all branches of the art be obtained from
corps of FOREIGN AND RESIDENT AK
lists of HIGH GRADE. Applications for
admission received. Glasses formed early in
September. Circulars with full particulars mailed
rec. Address THOMAS RYAN, Director OF
I)Ial College of Music, fremont Temple, Boston,
jy27-wed&sat 3m
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

A Weston mans grief at the death OF his
father was in a great measure ameliorated Dy
the intelligence that he had drawn four dol
lar breast pin in Gift Distribution.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

Looking over numerous Exchanges" it is
noticeable that all of them are not always,
week in and week out, equally well printed,
but occasionally suffer little in their work.
From some complaints we have been led to
suppose that this remarkable phenomenon oc
Cured only to one paper in the country
Boston Transcript
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

A matter of fact Danburian being asked il
he saw Rubinstein when in New York, va
eantly responded: Why, no; was he looking
for me?
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

A runaway team and man with five dab,
las in his button hole and double-barrei
chew of tobacco in his mouth were the at
fractions on Bank Street, New Milford, yes
terday noon.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19
THE INDIANA DIVISION

is ABOUT eighty miles in length traversing extensive
Bituminous Coal fields and making direct (and the
shortest possible line between Chicago and the Block
Coal district at Brazil.
The Iron and other materials for the Indiana Divi
sion have all been bought and paid for in cash,
part of it in operation and the entire Division
is to be finished this and opened to profita
BILE business. p
The company is not in debt, and owns a large and
very valuable real estate in Chicago, beside having
an equipment of twentythree rst-class locomotives
and about 700 cars. u A 8%&
A first mortgage upon such road, at the rate Of
SIS 500 per mile is safe investment, and know of
no other railroad bond at the price asked for this,
that can demonstrate similar value as security for
savings banks and others.
We have sold nearly two millions of these bonds to
savings banks trust companies and the most careful
investors and have but Ss5O,OOO bonds remaining
They are for $1,000 each, and have forty years to
| RIM. Interest
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

You would think the Tribune was an "or
gam if you could see its ''stOps."
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

Knoxville, KY, has several polite highway
sengers money or brains," and some peo
pie are foolish enough to give them the more
necessary article of the two, quite forgetting
how many people go through the world with
out brains.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19
SUMMER RETREATS.
GEORGES HOTEL,
MAIN STREET.
T I'll o nj TON, MAINE.


This old well known and favorite house has during
he past winter, been thoroughly repaired, remodeled
nd supplied with new furniture, in style equal to
any Hotel of the day; is now opened for permanent
and transient boarders.
The rooms are light and airy, the arrangement, be-
ing such that each room has view upon Main ST.,
street unsurpassed in beauty by none in the State
Making most pleasant resor for visitors from cit
les during the summer season.
The arder will be kept fully supplied with the best
the market Affords at all times and seasons, and
pains or expense spared to make the condition OF all
who may patroniZe the House agreeable and happy.
Central and commodious SAMPLE ROOMS are
open, in connection with the house to accommodate
Travelling agents.
Coaches leave the House TO connect with all the
Steamers touching at Rockand from east or west
Also TO carry passengers to and from the cars.
Carleton's well-knOwn Livery Stable is connected
with the House.
All old acquaintance and friends ut the LYNDE
HOUSE, where the undersigned officated as Clerk
from its opening invited not to forget his present
residence. He will be at home and happy to lee.
them all. WILLIAM X. BICKFORD,
Proprietor.
CHARLES H. GLoYD, Clerk.
Thomaston, June list, 1872. je13dtf
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19
TH E PRESS
SATURDAY MORNING, OCT. 10, 1872.
Gossip and Gleanings.

James Memory has died in North Carolina.
His name will never be Forgotten.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

Theodore Tilton is said to be waiting for a
chance at the editorial chair of the New York
Tribune.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19
THE LAST OF THE LOAN
CHICAGO
Danville & Vincennes
Railroad Company.
TIE Careful Inyestors.

1t is seldom that Mortgages upon new Railroads
considered sufficiently safe for the investment OF
Trust Funds. 1t is only when Railroad is earning,
net, an of its interest obligations, with GER
taiI,tJ vf tondy erop.i tirt It's Bonds can be SAID
to be perfectly safe.
The CHICAGO, DANvlLLE & VINCENNEs RAIL-
ROAD is doing this, and has this certainty. That
part of it known as the ILLINOIS DIVISION from
Chicago to Danve, 132 Miles) finished last year,
and its gross earnings have increased from OF
in December, 1871 to S57 ,5s7 95 in August, 1872.
The net earnings for August S3o,4l2 46, or at
the rate of S364949 50 per annum. The total inter-
est ability upon the total issue of Bonds upon both
the Illinois and Indiana divisions is S2S0O0O gold
The Illinois division is, therefore, earning, net more
than enough to pay interest upon the entire bonded
debt upon the whole road.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

Wedding invitations in London are now
written on parchment by the prospective
BRIDES mother.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19
WANTS, LOST, FOUND.
Wanted.

A RENT C cntaining rooms within six minutes
N walk of the PRESS Office. Gas and Sebago re-
quired. Rate from $3.50 to $500. Enquire
oct1S-2t PRESS OFFICE.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

1t is said the long-intended tour of Mdlle.
Tietjens in America is at length definitely ar
ranged. The prima donna viii leave Eng
land early in the autumn, after the musical
festivals, and will return to England at Eas-
ter, 1873.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

From the Danbury News.
The depraved are shaking dice over the
bloody chasm for poultry.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

Anton Rubinstein, the great pianist, was at
one time so poor in Vienna that he had to
give music lessons at half form each.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

DR.. Stillman, who testified to Mrs. Fairs
insanity, was asked if he had ever read Sto
bel on Insanity. He said he had, and was
then told there was no such author
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

Froude looks like George William Curtis.
Can he stand as much work-edit weekly
and monthly magazine, lecture, reform the
Augean civil service and preside and be happy
at literary dinners to historians ''greater than
Macaulay'?
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

A Bethel man discovered that a stranger he
rescued from a watery grave was not a long
lost brother, but party he owed three dol
lars and half for turnips. The Bethel man
retired in disgust.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

Earthquakes are travelling eastward and
receiving considerable attention. along the
route.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

Dye-HOuse.
IF. sYMONDS, India st. Velvet Cloals
dyed and finished.
FOSTERS Dye House, "a Union Street.
Furniture Wholesale and Retail.
WALTER COREY & CO., Arcade, No.
1S Free Street.
GEORGE A. WHITNEY, No. So Ex-
change 81. UphOlsterinS of all kinds
done 10 order.
Furniture and House Furnishing Goods.
BENZ. ADAMS, cor. Exchange and Fed
erai Streets.
HOOPER & EATON, Old Post Onicc,
Exchange Street.
l.. f. HOYT, No. II Preble Street. Up
hOsstering done to order.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

A Western editor says Of a neighbor with a
quivering eyelid, that he "stutters in the left
eyew
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

This is the kind of weather that induces
one to turn his eyes inward and enquire how
he is to meet the bills for his winter clothes.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

Chicago boys of roundabouts and tender
years are arrested for carrying concealed
weapons.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

An Indianapolis man undressed and went
to sleep in the garden the other night, and
somebody stole his clothes. The local papers
say that he was Every much enthused,"
which seems sufficient excuse tor anything.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

"How 1 wish could take a leaf out of your
bookp' said scapegrace one day to his pious
friend. Subsequent events proved that it was
his friends check book on which the young
scamp had fixed his mental eye.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

A profane journalist is good enough to say
tnat somewhat illiterate man up town has
named his dog Michael Angelo On the sappo-
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

Delegations of Amherst students OCCASION
ally wander up find down the walks in front
of the seminary at South Hadley, admiring
the beauties of the building
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19
THE
MUTUAL BENEFIT ACCOUNT BOOK,
BYM. V. B. STIMSON.

Is pass book designed for the use of all classes Of
dealers in every department of trade and is an inva
uable medium for encouraging cash payments for
goods, -. ,.,o, =, ,ho
As an economical measure i has no equal IN me
save 20 per cent in the cost of living.
Price s1.2o per dozen. Sent postpaid in packages
British Provinces on receipt of order with price in
closed Full particulars on application. Sample
eopies by mail postpaid for 10 cents.
nj. A. NICK ENNEY Il CO., Publishers,
sep23-d&wtf 129 Middle ST., Portland Me.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

A defeated candidate in St. Paul avoided
the congratulations of his friends by sallying
out with dog and gun "to chase the antelope
over the plain.''
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

A Mill Plain man came into Danbury this
morning with load of potatoes, for which he
desired to obtain 80 cents bushel, but was
not able to get 35 cents. There was not dry
eve in the load.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19
TO LET.

nNE half OF double House No. AZ Pleasant street,
W Eleven rooms in good fine order. Furnace gas
and Sebago water Stable room for one horse and
Carriage.
Can be seen any day between the hours of Q and
2. M. oct17-f
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19
FOR SALE.

FEyHE real estate of the late Mrs. ELIZABETH
Il SMITH, No Chestnut Street.
Please address
Mrs. o. Z. S. FRINK.
Portland, Sept. 4th, 1872. sep3dts
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

A young man now staying in Danbury
wants to get position as captain in base
ball club. He has been blown up in steam
saw mill, married twice, and has lived in
Bridgeport.
The Portland daily press., 1872-10-19

A North Main street man who has beau
tiful daughter with an obnoxious suitor, got
up in the night recently and kicked HIM OUT
of doors. When his anger lulled he permit
ted his daughter to explain that he haa io9t-
ed the wrong man. He says now tha' he
was walking in his sleep.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-06-15
Distinguishing Edible Mushrooms.

A writer in the English Mechanic gives
what he considers to be an invaluable
rule for distinguishing the true mush-
room from the poisonous species. He
remarks, in the first place, that the true
mushroom is invariably found in rich,
open pastures, and never on or about
stumps or in the woods and, although
wholesome species sometimes occurs in
the latter localities, the writer considers
1t better to avoid their products. A
very good point, in the second place, is
the peculiar intense purple brown color
Of the spore-dust, from which the ripe
mushroom derives the same color (al-
most black in the gills. To see these
spores, it is only necessary to remove
the stem from the mushroom, and lay
the upper portion, with the gills down
ward, on sheet of writing paper, when
the spores will be deposited, in dark,
impalpable powder, in short time.
Several dangerous species, sometimes
mistaken for the true, have the spore
umber-brown, or pale umber- brown.
In the true mushroom, again, there
is distinct and perfect collar, quite en-
circling the stem, little above the
middle, and he edge of the cap over
laps the gills. In some poisonous spe-
cies this collar is reduced to a mere
fringe, and the overlapping margin is
absent or reduced to few white scales.
Lastly, the gills never reach to nor
touch the stem, there being space all
around the top of the stem, where the
gills are free from the stalk.
There are numerous varieties of true
mushrooms, all of them equally good
for the table. Sometimes the top is
white and soft like kid leather; at other
times it is dark brown and scaly. Some
times, on being cut or broken, the
mushroom changes color to yellow, or
even blood-red; at other times, no
change whatever takes place. To sum
up, it is to be observed that the mush-
room always grows in pastures always
has dark, purple-brown spores always
has Il perfect encircling collar; and al
ways has gills which do not touch the
stem, and has top with an overlapping
edge.
In addition to the method just indi-
Gated for testing the genuineness of
mushrooms, we are informed that, how
ever much any particular fungus may
resemble the eatable mushroom, none
are genuine or safe the skin of which
cannot be easily removed. When taken
by the thumb and finger at the over
tapping edge, this skin will peel upward
to the center, all around, leaving only
small portion of the center of the crown
to be pared off by the knife.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-06-15
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS.
"a Little Bird Told Me-"

By On. THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH
A little bird told me and W! at did it say?
That Elsie. my darling. was aching for play
Inc streets were so narrow, close was the
town;
SO prim must she walk lest she latter her gown :
In lessons no longer n pleasure was found,
She had bent over those till her shoulders were
round;
And she went to her school with a wearisome
tread.
crook in her temper. n pain in her head
And that's what the little bird told me-
" A little bird told me and what did it saw?
That Elsie would go to the country to- day.
Where the bluets and violets spring from the
sod
And the little anenomes trembe and nod:
Where the dogwood blossoms with calyxes
white
Enlivcn the landscape with splashes of light;
Where the little Eirds fitting from low bush to
tree,
Are singing to welcome my Elsie and me
And that's what the little bird told me-
A little bird told me "-and what did il saw
That Elsie and in the country would stay
so long as the martins they built at the caves
80 long as the trees they were covered with
leaves.
SO long as the lanes they were shaded and cool.
So long as the dragon flies SKINNED DER the
pool:
And we wouldn't come back to the dull dusty
town
Till the flowers were all dead and the leaves
were all brown
And that's what the little bird told me-
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-06-15
Thc Diilerence.

Willie, why were you gone so long
for water ?" asked the teacher of little
boy.
We spilled it, and had to go back
and fill the bucket again" was the
prompt reply; but the bright, noble
face was a shade less bright, less noble
than usual, and the eyes dropped be-
meath the teachers gaze.
The teacher crossed the room and
stood by another, who had been Willie's
companion.
g Freddy, were you not gone for
the water longer than was necessary ?"
For an instant Freddys eyes were
fixed on the floor, and his face wore a
troubled look. But it was only for an
instant-he looked frankly up to his
teachers face.
Yes, ma'am," he bravely answered :
"we met little Harry Braden and
stopped to play with him, and then
we spilled the water and had to go
back
Little friends, what was the difference
in the answers Of the two boys? Neither
OF them told anything that was not
strictly true. Which one of them do
you think the teacher trusted more
fully after that? And which was the
happier of the two?