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The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11

Imitation and counterfeits of an established. nom
ur restorative ALTHOUGH mischievous in their direct
etfe,t, are indirectly beneficial in some respects
They teach the community to rate at it's just value
the preparation that has been simulated and pra ed
The reputation and sale of Hostetters Stomach Biz
ers for example, have been greatly exchanged by the
attempts that have been made to suppant it, The
dupcs ofimpostuTe who from time to time have been
induced by plausible falschood to try HESS
succedeneum for the standard tonic of America have
invariably returned to it in enthusiastic frame of
mind, ready to champion its merits to the uttermost
The warmest panegyrists of its preventive and
curative properties are those who have have weighed
the nostrums OF envious Adventures in the balance
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11


CONTEST OVER Mr. GaeELEY's WHL.-PaT-
ties Attempt to haze it Set Aside.-A New York
dispatch SAYS that at White Plains, n. Y,
Monday. the daughters of the late Mr.. Greeley
With few friends, accompanied by counsel,
anneared before the Surrogate to offer for pre-
hate the will of their father. This will was ex-
eeuted on Nov. 3d. 1872. 1t had been written
by Mr. Greeley some time ago, but was given
him for execution few hours before his death.
1t gave all his property equally to his two
daughters. This instrument had been placed
among his private papers By Mr.. Greeley and
was only taken fram among them at the time
OF his last attack, and at the first lucid interval
offered to him for acknowledg cement.
At the same time counsel appeared before the
Surrogate to contest this will, and offering in
It's stead one dated January, 1871. The con-
| Jestants are Samuel Sinclair, Richard ii. Man
| ling and Charles Storls, the latter being NAM
| ID as executors. The counsel for the contest
| ants then said that be hoped that the pTopon-
4nts of the will should acquiesce in the will OF
| 1871. He thought that the will executed by
| Mr.. Greeley before his death did great injustice
| nasmuch as it gave all the property to Mis-,
| Ida, with the qualification that one-half OF il
was to be used by her at her discretion in the
support and education of her sister Gabrielle
| and that some relations would be deprived o.
property intended for them.
The counsel for the daughters thought the re
marks were uncaled for, and announced tina
Miss Ida hal Offered to assign to her sister one
half of the property, also to grant suitable an
mities to relatives. The Misses Greeley thel
declined to consider any proposals for com
promise. Regular proceedings for contes
will ensue on the ground of the incapacity o
the testator to execute the will of 1872.
The first witness was Miss Lamson, who ties
titled: She became d witness to the will on th
day Mr.. Greeley died. Mr.. Greeley was then
few hours before his death, conscious and IA
tional After some further examination G
this witness, adjournment followed.
The will of 1871 gives the property to hi
daughters, but in addition gives requests to hi
relatives and legacy equal to the value OF
share in the Tribune to the Children's Aid Sc
ciety in New York.
Inc heratd says good deal of indignation
felt at what is regarded as a heartless attemp
yesterday to deprive the Greeley orphans
their Inheritance.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11
Those Welons did He Get2

Some years ago there lived in the State of
Vermont a man whom we call Las well
known for his seltishness as for his remarkable
melon patches. Towards the close of a Sep
TENDER afternoon l.. was looking with pride
| upon a lot Of beauties just behind the oak
grove. He was gloating over anticipated frosts
and chuckng at his success in raising good siz-
ed melons. Just then two neighbors Gaze
along and proposed to take L. that evening TO q
place where some glorious ones were lying all
ready for the knife. Ten o'clock in the eve
ming found the trio climbing fences, crossing
meadows, tumblng into ditcbes; until at last a
general scramble told that the capture had be-
gun. The melons bagged, L. proposed to stack
the vines, after which ungenerous proceedings
they went home in the same crcultous manner
as they had come. LIS dreams were troubled
that night by large demons with shaped heads
and fiery eyes, who chased each other over his
bed, tumbled upon him and finally drove sleep
from his eyes. Daron showed him only hea p
of vines where the day before lay all of his
promised enjoyment.
Whose melons did he steal?
The above anecdote was called to our mind
by the proposed reduction of rates of assurance
by the Mutual Life of N. Z.
We fear that such parties not sufficiently
posted in the theory and practice of life assur-
ance to discover the actual result of this device
and are consequently lead into the belief that
the cost OF insurance in a Mutual Life Insur-
ance can be reduced by diminishing the rates
Will some day, not far distant, awake to find
that it was their own watermelon patch which
they aided in robbing.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11

MISS CARY AT CINCINNATI-Then came
Miss Cary to sing that sweetest of airs by
Mercadante, COR la Sal 'onda'' There is
something in the genial, sympathetic face of
Miss Cary that wins an audience before she
sings note. She has none but friends and
admirers here, however, as the warmth of
her welcome must have assured her. Her
voice shows more fullness and culture than
when here year ago, and she sang the air
with such feeling and finish as stirred the
sympathies of all the listeners. Amid rounds
OF applause, which subsidized only on her re-
turn to the stage.she sang Kathleen MAvour-
men," as we do not remember to have
heard it. Her style was simplicity itself.
every word distinctly articulated. and every
sentiment expressed in the sympathetic tones
of her voice. 1t seemed, as the tumult of APP
pla!se rose into storm that fairly shook the
building, that the triumph of the evening
was to belong to our favorite. Cincinnati;
Commercial.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11

WE nave received a note from Mr.. Smith,
or, to be more explicit from N. D. Smith
Esq, of Bath who wishes us to announce
that he is a candidate for Assistant Messen-
ger of the House. Mr. Smith, IN. d. is, v e
can testify. a Republican of at least dozen
years standing-he having been candidate
for that position in the Senate every year for
that length Of time. Men less faithful to
their convictions would, under similar Sc
rles OF wanton neglect, have assumed ere
THIS, political mansard roof, or to speak in
more Definite terms, become "sore-heads."
Not 80 with N. D.; he is true blue, while
men who have become rich through fat
offices have turned their backs upon the par
ty that gave them fast horses and sood
clothes. We commend N. D. Smith Of R,+,,
to the one hundred and thirty-one Republ-
can members elect of the fifty third Lesisla-
ture!
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC. II, '7s.

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is Furnished
with card certificate countersigned by Stanley l..
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hetei
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
Journal as wo have information that seVerai puiu-
mers" are seeking courtesies Ill the name oi Tic
PRESS, and we have no disposition 20 BE- even pas
siveiv a marty to such fraud
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11

HE New York World is very much in IA
Vor OF reform of Presidential elections. We
Can syinpathize with the World, not because
we know how it is ourselves, but from the
TACT that that able paper has not cot much
satisfaction in such elections for the last six
teen years.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11

A WASHINGTON special says that leading
Senators are in favor of amending the import
ant internal revenue bill passed by the House
so that both assessors and collectors shall all
oe discontinued and the new appointments
made from the officers of both departments
OF that service, according as their merits de-
mand
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11

DOES this Congress contain single candi-
date for Immortality? We mean of the
earthly sort. If such there be, the way is
open and waiting for him to tread it. Let
HIM initiate movement to amend the Con-
stitution so as to overthrow that cumbrous
absurdiy, the Electoral College, and substi-
tute the system of voting directly or Preei-
dental candidates. Let him do this thing
and immortality will be his as sure as eggs
is eggs.'-Cona Advertiser.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11

WE do not real anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases in ispensabe not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty ofgooi faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
m lncations that not uset.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11

LAST July the Railroad Commissioners Pc
titioned the Supreme Court then in session in
Oxford county, for an injunction against the
Portland and Oxford Central Railroad Com
pany, alias the "Bucnfield Branch" alleging
the unsafe condition of the road. Judge
Danforth issued an order directing that the
road be put in proper condition before De-
cember LIST, or the hearing for injunction
would be given at that term. Friday, it ap-
pearing that the road still remained in the
same condition, the matter came up in the
Court now in session. The defendants did
not hold lat the road was in good condition
but that the statutes of the State relative to
the powers of the Railroad Commissioners
are exceedingly imperfect, and the proceed
ings informal and Illegal 1t was finally
agreed that the Court make an der revok-
ing the order of September, and that the or
der stand for hearing on the petition at the
March term. THE company thus gets the op-
portunity to run the road which the Commits
sioners alleged to be unsafe last July. If the
statutes on so important matter are defec-
tive, is it not worth the while of the Legsla-
ture-to so amend them that its officers shall
have the power to either discontinue the run
ming of trains or compel the company TO
make roads reasonably safe?
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11

Ar 9th, brig W Fl Bickmora. Bickmors, Portland
Tor Mayaguez; schs Charles SAWYER, Anderson Fai
ton for Wilmington; Katie Mitchell. Bailey and Ma
ry Louisa simpson, Gardiner for New York: Hyne
Oliver: &c for do; 0spray, Crowley fin Calais for do
Merrill G Hart Delay, 81 George for New York
Union, polyer, Calais for do Nellie Bell, stahl,
Gilkey, and F Willard Thompson, Belfast for New
York.
Calais; Tangent, Dix; Flying Arrow, Webster; al,
bert Treat, Sawyer; Julia & Martha Lunt: BROAD
field, Britt. and Clarrissa Allen, Hodgdon, Calais
A senora, nleans Ellsworth Helen Mar, Duncan,
VINEYARD HAvEN-Ar 9Th, sch II Curtis, Has
kell Weehawken for Boston; Carrie Walker, McFar-
land, jacksonville days for dol Union, Oliver. and
John Boynton, Hill, Calais for New York Katie
Mitchell, Bailey, Gardiner for do; Nellie Belle, Stah
Sid, schs Catharne, Forest City, Merrill Hart,
CE Mcccnville, NJ Farwell, Defiance, Red Jacket,
Bo " Katie Mitchell. and Baltic. ~
EDGARTOWN-Ar It'll, sen Baltic, Parker, Port
land for New York; Ida Howard, Harrington, do
BOSTON-Ar 9th, schs Mary Collins, Collins. from
Darien; Alabama. Meservey: Port johnson; Jossie,
Look, do; Arcola Wolston, Woolwich; Lizzie, Leigh
ton, Calais; Fair Dealer, Remck and Rapidan, Rem
lex. Ellsworth; Sea Queen. Moon. Franklin; Leader,
Clark, Kockland Mary Elizabeth, Perkins, Port
land.
CID 9th, baraue Jennie Cushman, Smalley, Cape de
! Verbs; brig SamI Lindsey, Bradford, Havana.
Cid 1Oth schs Beta, Brown, Jacksonville; K Baker,
! NEwBURYPORT-Ar 9Th. sch Mary Newton,
Hammond, Eizabethport.
| PORTSMOUTH-Ar 9Th, brig Matte Russell
| York, Hoboken.
FOREIGN PORTS.
/! AT Yokohama 9th ut, barque Walton, Mercer, FIN
( New York, ar Oct lS.
| AT Macao 10th ult, ship Oracle Humphrey unc.
At Whampoa 10th ult, barque Samuel Carlton,
Passed Apjier Oct 7, ship Comet, Bray, from Manila
at Cebu Oct IT, ship Gaspee, Drummond for Bos.
ton, idg.
Dow, Havana.
- =. ,e.-,nstown 22d ult, ship Kearsarge, Fled
Baker Island.
Sid goth, ship westaed, Humphrey, from Qua
Ar at Montego Bay, Ja 18th ult, sch Village Belle
Rowe, New York.
Ar at Falmouth, ia, Nov 81, brig waltham, Trim
Norfolk
AtKingston, Ja 9th ult schs Joseph Segar, Ellis
from jacksonville, 25th; Nellie Crowell, Crowell
for New York.
Ar at savanilla Mar 9TH ult, brig Hattie, Gates
| Calais.
Ar at Mansanlla 22d ut. brig NJ Tinker, Bern
Sid FIN St Jago Goth ult, barque Pleades, Camp
bell, Baltimore.
Ar at Havana 7th inst, barque Jas Ward Wiley
| New York.
Sid FIN Havana Sd inst, brigs Gipsey Queen. York
Savannah Caprera. Blanchard, North Of Hatteras
Ar at Matanzas list inst brig Martha A Berry, Der
ry, Portland; sch Arnna. Mitchell, Cardenas
SPOKEN
Aug 20, lat % N, lon 121 3s E, ship Golden Fleece
from 1lloilo for New York.
Nov "a lat 90 80, lon 81 &c. sch Nellie Shaw, iron
Trinidad for Philadelphia.
Dec 5, lat 80 "a, lon IS, ship Alexander, from Ney
Orleans for Bremen.
No date lat 81 90 lon 70 so, brig Adelaide of Tops
ham, with loss OF foretopmast)
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11

THE communications which have been ap-
nearing in the PRESS for several days respect
ing the evening train on the P. d h. X. r.,
will cease from this date. The newspaper
discussion has gone as far as we care to have
it in this journal. Public attention has been
fully called to the matter and further letter
writing would necessarily degenerate into
rancorous and bitter debate. We would sug
gest TO compliments that the superintendent
of the road is the proper recipient OF com
plants, and we have no doubt but that h'
has carefully considered the matter and VII
act judiciously for the interest ct the puoii
which is identical with the interest OF tn
road in the future as he has in the past.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11

THE NATIONAL ENCYCLoPEDIA.-We have
received Nos. II, II and Ii of the National En-
cyclopedia which is really what it purports to
be, Compendium of universal information %
This work is to be completed in eighteen num-
bers, is illustrated by 700 engravngs, and is
just what a large class of general readers who
are not able to purchase the more extensive
works, will find to be adapted to their wants
1t costs but so cents number, or SO for the
whole set, and. it is worth double that price for
family library. We have never seen work
OF this character before nearly SO complete for
so small price. Orders may be addressed to
the New England National Encyclopedia Pub
fishing Co., Thompsonvile, Conn
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11

RAILROAD MEN IN TRouBLE.-Tha Great
Ha'ls Journal says: Ephraim Morrill,, assistant
roao maste on the Boston & Maine extension.
.iora''o Flowers and Lafayette Kicker, conduc-
LOTS and Emerson Hill, Thomas Brown and
oamhei billiard, enginemen of Boston & Maine
extension on construction trains, were arrested
at North Berwick on writ of attachment is
sued by the Supreme Court, for contempt in not
obeying the order of one of the members of said
court, in relation to running the trains of tbe
Boston & Maine Railroad across the stree,
within 100 feet of the station of the P. S. &, p
r. R., at North Berwick, and were required to
give bonds for their appearance at the next
term of said court, to be holden at Portland IN
January, 1873.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11

CHEAP TRANsPoRTATioN.-Th question
of cheap railroad transportation from the
great food-producing sections OF the West to
the seaboard is every day taking firmer hold
on the minds Of the people. The entire
West is crying out FOR relief The subject is
being discussed at farmers clubs and agricul-
turai conventions, and is evidently destined
at no distant date to become one of the vi
tai questions of the time. Congress will
move when it must, but it will not be likely
to do so before. Its probable action in the
matter principally depends upon the action
of the people. Organization among these,
for the purpose Of urging the question upon
the attention of Congress, would undoubted-
ly be of considerable service in promoting
the eventual accomplishment of the design
In this connection it is a noticeable fact that
not few of the strongest papers in the West
are joining in the request for the interposi-
ton OF the general government in behalf of
freight railroads between the East and the
West, in order to secure reduction of trans
portation charges.-Pittsbarg Commercial.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11
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The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11

SToCKYARDs AT ST. LoUIs.-An extensive
stock yard, to accommodate the great herds of
Texan and Mexican cattle annually received
there, is in course of construction at st. Louis.
The grounds comprise 652 acres, laid out with
suitable avenues, which, with the pens are to be
paved. There are 137 pens already construct
ed, and when the establishment is complete
there will be quarters for $4,000 cattle, 10000
hogs, and 10000 horses, with reserve space suf-
ficent to greatly enlarge these accommodations.
A hotel and all modern Improvements are in
cluded in the enterprise, which is intended to
equal the famous establishment of Chicago.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11
MARRIED.
DIED.

In Gray, Dec. 5, Mrs Mary, wife of Matthew Nor
rill, aged 30 wears.
In Topsham, Dec. 5. Mr. Samuel X. Lawrey, aged
rs years.
In Dixmont, Nov. 80, Mary Bowden. ageo 6s years
In Biddeford, Dec. q Mr.. Edward Mcbride, aged
60 years months.
In Lebanon, Nov. 25, Mr. Chas. A. Hodgion, aged
40 years. He served in the army and navy during
the late war.
Gzg-The funeral services of the late Mrs. Tbos P
Beas will take place Thursday, at q o'clock P. NJ
at the residence of James Simonton, Esq, No. rs
to attend.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11

a CURIOUS WILL, that of Ann Josephine
Worcester, was filed in the District of Column
bia Probate Court Saturday. The first bequest
is one of $4,000, which she claims to be due
her from Sidney Oaksmith's heirs and assigns,
for her influence and aid in effecting the sale of
the captured rebel ram Atlanta to the Haytien
Government in 1870. The Atlanta started from
Philadelphia for delivery to the Haytien au-
thorities, and since her passage between Capes
Charles and Henry has never been heard from,
and is supposed to have sunk with all on board.
In the will she sets forth that she was Jointly
interested with Oaksmith in the purchase, and
was to receive $4,000 from the proceeds, and
that the debt has been acknowledged BY his
heirs, though the payment of the money by
the Haytien Government is still in ahayanse
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11

and found theni Whiting In peeuniary point Of
tbs medicine have proved advantageous to the pre-
prietors, and except for the sake Of protecting the
public the game Of exposure would not be worth the
candle.
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11
Gaufinn7 LEA & PERKINS,
OOuUAUnsN 0rcesters hire Sauce
Buyers are cautioned to avoid the numerous Coun.
terfeits and limitations offered for sale.
JOHN DUNCAN'S SONS, New York,
Agents for the United States.
oct1f aodsp1v

The Ayerila Chemical Paint
WILL PROVE ITSELF
1st-Far more beautiful then any other
2d-More durable then any other.
3d-Lower in price then pure Lead ard Oil.
4th-T be all ready for use.
5th-To require no thinning or drer.
6th-The best wood preservative ever discovered.
7th-Rain before dry does not wash it.
sth-It will net an or chalk.
9th-It is positively water and fire proof.
1Oth-Covers old work as well as new.
11th-Superior for covering brick.
12th-The best paint for iron buildings.
This paint has becn and is being used upon the fin
villas and buildings both public and private
this country, north SOUTH east and west giving uni
versal satisfaction, and in all cases has proved lite
GEAR to be fully twice as long, without chalking or
ackpg, as any other paint.
ID. WI. YEOFlANS,
General Eastern Agent,
80 Commercial ST., Portland.
Sept21eodsntl
A HORSE
Wanted, weighing not tess than fourteen hundred
and fifty lbs, by
nov20sntf JOS. HI. POOR & BRO.
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CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED
sCMENCK's PULMONHC SYRUP,
sCMENCK.s sEAwEED TONIC,
sCHENCK,s MANDRAKE PILLS,

sCHENCK's MANDRAKE PILLS,
Are the only medicines that will cure Pulmonary
consumption.
Sometimes medicines that will stop a cough will Of
liver stops the circulation of the blood hemorrhage
follows, and in fact ciogging the action Of the very
organs that caused the cough.
Liver complaint and dyspepsia the causes Of
two-thirds Of the cases Of consumption. Many
complaining with dull pain in the side, the bow
els sometimes costive and sometimes to- loose tongue
coated, pain in the shoulder blade feeling sometimes
very restless, and at other times drowsy; the food
that is taken lies heavily the stomach, accompani
ed with acidity and beching of wind. These symp-
toms usually originate from disordcrcd condition of
the stomach torpid liver. Persons affected if
they take two heavy colds, and ii the cough in
these be suddenly stopped, the lungs liver and
stomach clog, and remain torpid and inactive, and
before the patient of his situation, the lungs
mass of sores, and liberated, and death is the
inevitable result.
Schenck's Puimenie Syrup is an expectorant which
does net contain any opium, anything calculated
to check cough suddenly.
Schenck's Seaweed tonic dissolves the food, mixes
with the gastric juice of the stomach, digcsts easily
nonrishes the system, and creates healthy circua
ton of the blood. When the bowels costive skin
shallow, and the patient is of bilious habit
Schcnck's Mandrake Pills are required.
These medicines are prepared by DR.. j. H.
SCHENCK Sc SON, Northeast corner of Sixth and
Arch streets, Philadelphia Penn, and tor sale by
GEO. C. GOODWIN & CO., 80 Hanover street, Bos-
ton, and John F. Henry, College place, New York
sale by Druggists generally septSsneodtf
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11

L. o. o. r.
Members of EASTERN STAR ENCAMPMENT
No are hereby notified that the Resolutions in favor
of establishing Sinking Fund will be acted on at
the next regular session. to be held Dec. H. 1872 at
Odd Fellows Hail. A general attendance is request
ed BY order of the Encampment,
WILLIAM X NEAL, Scribe.
Portland, Dec. 8, 1872. st
The Portland daily press., 1872-12-11

ARE THE GRANT-GREELEY BETS OFF,
Wilkes Spirit of the Times of Dec. 18th, i'll 70
ply to the inquiry, "Are- the Grant-Greeley
bets OFF," says:
''When bets are made ON a Presidential
election, the issue is the result of the election
by the people in November. The bets do
not dope upon the electoral college at all,
nor upon the living of the candidate chosen
until his Inauguration On tina 4th of the fol-
loving March. All who backed Mr.. Greeley
have had a chance to win. The thing betted
on is the election by the people, and has been
so held for years. The subject matter of a bet
on a PRESIDENTIAL election is the voting by the
people, not the doings of the electoral college
or the lifetime OF the candidates. II the cleo
ton went for Greeley and he died the next
day, those who backed him to be President
would have won."
We may add that Mr.. Wilkes, who was a
warm supporter of Mr.. Greeley paid his own
bets the day after the election, and is un-
doubleday the best authority in the world on
all questions respecting wagers.