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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-11-20
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL


WEEK ENDING Nov, 10, 1873. 7.
Notwithstanding the storm 10 not yet over there
has been a marked Improvement during the past
week, both in monetary and commercial circles, and
more confident and buoyant feeling prevails among
merchants generally, as the clouds seem to be set
Ting away. The merchandise traffic has been ex-
ceedingly good during the week, both with jobbers
and retailers. The jobbing trade for the months Of
October and November will foot up as large an
amount Gf not larger that of last year for the
same months Prices seem to have settled wn to
basis where it will be safe for the retailer to ppr-
chase. The Cuba excitement has caused an advance
on molasses and sugars The dry goods trade has been
large at the reduction Of prices. The flour and grain
markets are very firm and the produce market is
more active. Money is not so scarce-though scarce
enough-and me- chants find less dificulty in obtain
ing accommodations. No failures have taken place
here. Gold, under the Cuban excl ement, advanced
on Tuesday to 11O4 but receded and sold wednes-
day, 10th, at 1091@1093. 9HE
Apples are in good supply, mostly Michigan and
New York fruit. Some excellent Maine fruit has
come in which sells here at S. per Dbl. Dried apples
are firm Mt s@12c for Western cored and sliced.
Beans are steady. Box shocks have been in demand
at 750sOc and large shipments have been made to
Cuba. Butter is steady and without any change in
prces-prime Vermont brings 3593ec for single tubs.
Cheese is in good supply and very steady, Coal is
unchanged Coffee is very firm, Cooperage COM
tinues dull Copper is without change. Cordage is
Ac OFF for Manila. Dry goods steady at the re-
duced prices and the sales have been large Duck 10
&c lower for Por land goods Drugs and dyes are
without change. Fish dull; being cash article,
the sales are not SO large they would be with .
credit. The quotations on hske, scaled herring and
mackerel are retu ed Flour is very firm with large
bu sness transactions. Fruit is steady with slight
reducti ms on valentia raisns and on lemons Grain
is very firm at our last weeks quotations, and the
demand for corn is large. Hay is dull, with hardly
anything doing In pressed and dealers are unwilling
to pay over $15@l7 for it. Iron is further reduced
in price for refined, Swedish and Norway 1t is
about thirty per cent lower than it was one year ago.
Lard is rmer than 1t has been. Leather is In mod
crate demand. Lime is steady. Lumber is quiet
with no change in prices. Molasses is very firm,
with an upward tendency. and the probability is
that it will advance. Nails are steady. Naval
stores are quiet and unchanged. Oils are 1c of
Portland kerosenes and about &c of for linseed.
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Paints are lower for American zinc. Plaster il
steady. Produce il more active, with no quotable
change except on onions, which have advanced to
81 1905 per Dbl. Provisions are frmer especially
for pork Salt steady without any change in prices
In spices nutmegs are shade lower. Sugars have
advanced and Forest City granulat ID is selling at
1O4910ic and coffee crushed at 9kd1Oc Teas are
steady. Tins are lower for plates Woo is irregr
lar-prices favoring cash buyers, though our quota
tons not altered from last week.
FREIGHTS.-There is no activity in freights
either foreign or coastwise. There is tonnage her
sufficient to supply all dem,nd and rates to Cub
are lower, and to River Platte nominal The en-
gagemens since our lat report are schr Speed
well from Ellsworth to Matanzas or Cardenas at 80
for box shocks; bark Josie Mildred, hence to Matan
zas at 5000 Spanish gold out; schr Edith hence to
N. side of Cub, at s25OO Spanish gold out; schr
Charles Sawyer hence to Savannah at Csc per Dbl for
ground plaster, and thence TO Guadaou,e at s4 for
hard pine-returDing to Jacksonville or Savannah
for second trip to Guadalupe at $12 gold for hard
pine; brig M A. Chase, hence to Matanzas 25c for
box shocks; bark Daring, hence to Sagua at 25c COR
box shocks; schr Grace Davis. hence to Matanz at
$1,000 out. Coastwise freights very dull espec-
tally to Southern ports there being little or nothing
Offering Lumber freights to New York and Sound
ports are dull and unchanged.
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BOSTON, Nov. 1s.-The shipments of Boots and
shoes from this market to places outside Of New Eng
land tor the past week. irrespective Of those sent d
rect from factories, comprise sos cases, agains
1904 for the same week last year.
The total shipments since January 1, have beer
1143!S7 cases, against 44O cases for the sam,
period last year.
The past week has been one of the most quiet ones
In the trade during tie past season, and the ship
ments entirely OF small lots to distributors and
the interior dealers with some considerable cousien
ments Of odds and ends to auction houses. The fire
at Haverhill last Sunday night burned out some Of
the Oldest houses in the business but 1t will result tn
no serious detriment to the manufacturers as they
will be enabled to secure good accommodations and
will at once resume business
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BEFORE JUDGE MORRIS.
WEDNEsDAY.-Hugh Kelley. Search and seizure.
Fined $50 each with costs. Paid ~ Il
Carrie M. Waite. Polygamy. Continued to Nov
18th on account Of the sickness Of the respondent
Sureties furnished in the of $4,000 for her ap-
pearance on that day for examination. .i 5..i.
Libby. Strout g. Holiness
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CITY AND VICINITY.
New Advertisements To-Day.

AUCTION COLUMN.
Next Saturday-F. O. Bailey & Co.
Manufacturers' sale Crockery-F. o. Bailey q 20
SPECIAL NOTICES
Schlotterbeck's Quinine Hair Tonic.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
We Come to Stay-Wallace 8 Walsh.
Time Tried and Tested-W. ID. Little q Co.
Eaton Family ana Day School.
Administrators Notice-John w. Chase.
Guardian's Sale of Real Estate-Geo. w. Parker.
Coasting In the Streets-Geo. w. Parker,
M. & A. P. Darling Removed.
To Let-Tenement.
To Let-Part of House.
Boarders Wanted. i
Marshars ffice-Geo. W. Parker, r
Wanted Girls
REDUCTION in Prices--J. M. Dyer & Co.
A Good Rent-Wm. H. Jerris -,
Wanted-Milliken & Co,
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PERSONAL---VERY.. G. W. Bicknell of the
India street church, delivers his lecture on
"Spasms," at East Deering Friday evening.
and at Falmouth the following Tuesday even
ing ll.r
A Saccarappa correspondent claims f. NJ.
Ray, esq.,, as a resident of that village, and
says Saccarappa is proud to claim the rising
poet as her own. -
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ATTENTION BoYs!-The following streets
have been designated on which boys can coast
during the winter-On Anderson from Cum
,oeriand to Munroe Jon Boyd ton Fox from
washington to Back Bay; on New High. be-
low cumberland street; on Melen street; on
fieasant TO Centre street; on Atlantic to Fore
street, on Clark from Salem to Summer $. rect;
on Grove from Congress to Portland street; on
Chestnut from Oxford street; on Fore from
Atlantic street.
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LARcENY.-Officers Burnham and Merrill
arrested a colored man names c. H Richard
son, yesterday for the larceny of ham from a
house on Washington street. He was after
wards identified as the man who, inscompany
with comrade named Williams stole small
sum of money from the house Of W. f. Nor
rill in Deering. 1t appears that these men
called at the police station a few days since
and said they should be compelled to steal
something unless they were sent out of
town. They were as good as their word
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Mich Cows-we quote extra at s55 "a sao. san,
nary SIS q $50; Store Cows g. g. per bso odui-
Prices do not vary much for Mich Cows E~,r,
the common grades that in fair condition ar. us
sold for beef orr
Sheep and Lambs-From the West the supply was
light ting, landed at ighton, from to 6ic y ID
The trade for Northern Sheep was dull and prices 3c
y b lower.
Swine-Store Pigs Wholesale, 81 q 7}c; retail q
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misunderstanding afternoon Miss crooe
Wlnslow, daughter of Mr. j. M. Winslow of tho
Eastern Express Company. and Mr.. John
Lynch, Jr., son of Hon. John Lynch, were
married at the residence of the brides father.
Rev SDr. Hill performing the ceremony. Mr..
and Mrs. Lynch will make their home in Wash
ington where Mr. Lynch has charge of large
business operations.
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It q Il b q N.


PARIS, Nov. 19.-In the Assembly to-day the
debate was continued on Gen. Chargainer's mo-
ton for the unconditional prolongation of Pres
ident MacMahon's powers.
M. Rouher moved that the question be refer
red to publiscite, and advocated his motion in
speech in which he limited that Providence
might in time restore the Bonapartes to power.
Excitement over these remarks temporarily
suspended the proceedings of the session.
The vote upon NJ. Rouher's motion was final
y taken and it was rejected by vote of 499 to
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ADDED ATrRAcrIoNs.-Thre new perform
ers lin addition to those advertised) have heen
added to Washburn's Last Sensation, viz
Frank Willie Washburn, the great athlete,
Reoskaleeta. the beautiful young Indian mai
den, and La Petite Lille Washburn the child
Wonder =. -.
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u
Gloucester Fish Market.

For the week ending Wednesday, Nov. 10,
Georges Codfish-Stock in first hands urbt and
held at s. q g. % " qtl. fAE
Bank Codfsh-In good supply with small sales at
- " qtl. "
,MackereERays in good receipt but stock light for
the season-soue 1000 bbs. We notice sales the
past week at $12 to SO SO ~ Dbl for 1s and $40 to
I'll for rs. Late caught held at S14 and $40 X Dbl
for 1's and 2's. u & N ~ - w
Smoked Halibut-W We quote at 12c y h.
Olive quote steady ct Sc % gal t=
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mETEORoLoGrCAL.

PROBABILITIES FOR THE NEXT rwENTY-FoUR
HOURS
WAR DEPT, OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL
OFFICER, Washington, D. c.,
eta-s41s.. Nov 10, 70 p. MY
For New England
and Middle States northwesterly winds, cold,
partly cloudy and clearing weather.
The receipts of the Boston & Providence
1873, were 81, 1922, 108 Is, an increase of Sl05..
708.76 over the previous year. The expendi-
lures were 81, 425, 003.0S or $173, $50 40 larger
than those of last year.
Internal Revenue receipts, Wednesday $780,
954 -
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mfsCELLANEoUs MOTTO Es

A LARGE and fresh stock of groceries, ETC.,
will be sold this afternoon by F. o. Bailey &
Co., at store No. 598 Congress st.
EVEN WHEN THE SEEDS OF CONSUMPTION
ARE sowN, the harvest need not be death.
Haie's Honey of Horehound and Tar, taken in
the early stages, will avert fatal result.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in l minute.
nov17 -eod&w1w
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NEW HAMPSH1 RE.
Death ofEx-senator Hale.

Death OfEx-Senator Hale.
DOVER, Nov, 19.-Hon. John P. Hale died
at about o'clock this evening. iu
Railroad Gases.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 10. In the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court here this afternoon, the jury
brought in a verdict of guilty against the East
ern Railroad for killing Capt. Norton in the
Seabrook smash up. Judge Foster has not yet
announced the amount of damage he will
award. .s
The case of the brakeman, jeff Rowe, for
injuries in the Revere accident is to commence
Thursday morning.
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. THE WAITE CAsE.-The bail of Mrs. Waite
was yesterday doubled, but the examination
was postponed on account of her illness. The
proceeding is in the ordinary criminal form
the offense alleged being bigamy. We are as
sured by council for government tina t no COM
promise of the matter is possible or was ever
contemplated, and suspicious of an attempt to
blackmail seem groundless u.
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HUNTINGTON, L. l.. Nov 19.-The schocne
=. V. Turner of New York, from Honduras for
New York, with cocoanuts, struck on Stratford
Rect, Conn.,, at 3 a. NJ, Tuesday, drifted across
the Sound to Loyds Neck and capsized, Capt.
u e. Graves aud wife were taken off by life
boat from Eaton's Eeck. The steward named
White and two other men were washed over
board and drowned.
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CAMP MEETING AssocIATIoN.-The Orchard
Beach Camp Meeting Association met at the
store of M. G. Palmer. on Middle street, yester-
day afternoon. Arrangements were made for
the completion of the Googins lot, bonded for
$4,000 last September. The title deeds will be
delivered to-day. Plans of this purchase, of
the Camp Comfort purchase and of the Camp
Meeting ground will be Autographed and pub
liShed.
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WINDSOR CASTLE is fit dwelling for one
sovereign; ''The Windsor" New York, is
palace suited to nation of sovereigns. Messrs.
Hawk & Wetherbee furnish truly regal ac-
com modaticns for all guests.
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OFFICE OF THE SuP'r OF GRANITE CUTTING.
nfy IsrkNn Mr. N1y 1917
AdmiDistrator's Sale or F, RIM

DURSUANT to license from the Probate curs
III within and for the County { Cumberland the
undersigned, Administrator Of the estate OF Sarsh
L. Jordan, late of Cape Elizabeth. IL said county,
on WEDNESDAY, december l7ih, 1873, at eleven
o'clock in T. forenoon, the homestead farm which
was of said deceased situated in said Care Eliza
beth, he road leading ON The Cane Lights to
scarborough adjoining William .Iordans lam con-
tanning abont nine and tpe hall acres with story
house an barn Their S, II and sitvation GOOD
L for fruit and vegetables.
MILTON DYER. Administrator.
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MASSACHUSETTS,.



Boston, Nov. 19.-The present outlook is,
that the municipal election in Boston will not
be fully surrendered into the hands of the Odd
Fellows Hall citizens meeting, which nomi-
Aldermanic ticket. The regular delegate con-
ventions, both Republican AID Democratic, are
yet to be held, and new ticket for Mayor and
Aldermen will probably be made. 1t is stated
that A. H. Rice has been approached on the
subject, and that he will accept popular NOM
ination from Republicans and Democrats for
Mayor.
Lost Overheard.
Charles Reynolds and Patrick Phalen, of the
fishing schooner Mary E. of Gloucester, were
washed overheard and drowned October 18th,
during the heavy blow OH the grand banks.
Fire in Cambridge.
A fire in East Cambridge last night damaged
the premises of Shapley & Go. and james
Boynton & Co., manufacturers of frames and
paper bags, to the extent of $4,000.
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A VALUABLE second hand Law and Political
Library, formerly belonging to the late Hon.
Joshua A. Lowell, is for sale by Dresser, Nc
Iellan & Co, nov19-d2t
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SEND your orders for Oyster at Hatch's, 307
Congress street, 40 cents quart, delivered to
any part of the city. nov8Stf
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WASHINGTON.


day Currency 50 219 1855: special deposits of le-
gal tenders for redemption of certificates of de-
post $15,43O,000 coin $50, 045, 359 including
$2S 706 900 in coin certificates; outstanding legal
tenders 362,S07 1911. r-e.' .s.-- -
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For SALE on favorable terms, valuable
slate property. partially developed, with most
encouraging prospects. in the eastern part of
the State Owners refer to s. T. Pullen, ESQ.,.
PRESS office. je14-dtf
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~ RUNAwAY.-Mr. Milliken of Scarboro left his
horse and sleigh standing before the store of
Whitney & Thomas on Union street, yesterday
about one o'clock. This would probably have
been all right had not snow-slide frightened
the horse, and induced him to run away. He
ran down Union and some distance on Com
mercial street, before he was secured The
daamge to the team was not much Another
horse standing near thought that he was
frightened also, but little fellow in the sleigh
changed his opinion and brought him to a
standsfill
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vEGET1NE meets with wonderful success in
the cure of CANCER and DANGEROUS HUMoR.
-3ee nev19W8oSS5w1t 4.1.-
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d.. Urann of Boston,
at Preble House Thursdays and Fridays. Con-
suit stion Free Send for circulars containing
wont 'erful cures. nov12MaTh&wtf.
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AccIDENTs.-An elderly lady named Mar
garet Dolan was so unfortunate as to fall on
the sidewalk in front of the Park street block,
yesterday morning, fracturng her arm. The
injury is thought to be a serious one. SOTO
Mr.. Christian Martensen, Inspector for the
government of the dredging operations in Back
Bay, slipped into the water while inspecting q
deep cut made through the fats. He found it
impossible to ascend the sides of the cut on ac-
count Of the softness of the mud, and swan of
to the dredging boat where he was greatly i'm
peded by the ice which had gathered around
her sides. He was finally rescued, after having
been in the water considerable time, without
further damage than very thorough chill
from tho icy water. He will carefully avoid
slippery edges hereafter.
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choice Groceries, sc.
AT AUCTION.

IN Thursday, Nov. goth, at p o'clock D. m, at
~ store NO. 59S Congress street, shall sell the
entire st ok in said store consis ing in part Of -four
sugar molasses, syrup tea, coffee, tobacco, cixars,
col ned beet, pork, OIL canned and bottled goods
specs, saleratns tarer. tap Ca sta Oh toilet
and family soaps, stone, earthen and wooden ware,
latent medicines. extracts, barrels pure cider vine
gar dry aud fancy goods in variety, &c,
The above goods are fresh, and oft best quality.
F. o. BAILEY & CO.. Aac.ieneers.
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Manufacturers Sale
-oF-
CROCkERY WARE
TO THE TRADE.
BY AUCTION.

I'm WEDNESDAY, Nov. 26th, TIA p. NJ at our
~ Salesroom, IS Exchange street. we shall sell &,
the Trade large line OF White Granite Paris hit
G. G., ROCKINGHAM and Yellow Ware. Also Dec, rat.
ed Ware. suitable tor Thanksgiving and Chris,m =
trade. The sale comprises some fifty crates and
packages. .1 -,.......-. +. -
Catalogues ready and goods on exhibition on Tues
day. Nov, 25th. nov2Otd
OFFICE OF THE SURF OF GRANITE CUTTING,
DIX ISLAND, Me-, Nov. 10, 1873. I
IN Monday, Dec. 1, 1873, at 10 o'clock, a. m, by
~ public auction. at the office Of the Supernten-
dent OF the U. s Custom House at Roekland, Me-,
by order of the Secretary Of the Treasury, will DO
sold the following articles, viz:
Public buildings and other Government property,
consisting of q stone sheds about 3S4S feet in length
carving shed rs feet long; grindsfone sheds l3i
eet long; blacksmith snors about 234 feet long; 1
carpenter shop about 30 feet long; 2 Government
offices about Sc feel long; boarding houses known an
he Shamrock, Aberdeen House, Aberdeen ELL Dir
island House and the aigwsm, in all about 500 feet
long and from II to 81 stories In height; household fur
niture and tools and machine viz Assorted tools
scales, aDvils, bellows, vices, barrows stone iacks
grindsiopes, barrels. ladder buckets Clippers stove
and pie, padlocks, SC.
A deposit of ten (0) per cent. will be REQUIRED on
the day Of TIE sale and the balance when the articles
are taken away, which must be before the first DAY
OF January, 1874. X. =. FOGG,
Sup't Grants Cutting,
nO1Sl2t Dix Ialand- Me
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POLICE NOTES.-The Of the three Chelsea
boys who were confined in the station for va
grancy effected their escape by squeezing
through the bars of a.window in the lodging
room yesterday morning.
New York, Rockland, Lewiston and Lubec
were represented by dodgers at the station
Quite Cosmopolitan.
Jennie Lind. alias Mary Thompson, a gentle
maiden from Salmon Falls, passed the night at
the station She says she came to the city to
get her husband, having heard much of the
pretty men in Portland. The prospect SO elat-
ed her that she took to tie flowing bowl.
Hence these lines-and hard lines they are
too
Mary Collins, quite noted in police circles,
made matters lively at the station last night BY
giving way to an exuherance of animal spirits,
superinduced by the use of alcoholic stImnlants
She had child of seven years with her.
Mabala Hamilton of unsavory renown, gave
way to her great and usual failing, md so was
accommodated with lodgings at the station.
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. WHARF RooM.-The statement that the Do
minion Line of English steamers is proposing
to 60 to Boston for lack of wharf room here
seems dubious. The Dominion is the line
specially connected with the Grand Trunk,
which has large wharf room and would hardly
be likely to send freight to Boston to be
loaded. Besides, if they suffer from any scar
city Of wharf room, Custom House wharf can
be readily obtained and fitted with suitable
tracks within week. There is a rumor that
some of the Allan boats will go to Boston,
which may have led to the misconception. The
Allans are in the freighting business and will
send boat wherever they can get profitable
cargo We understand that the occasional
sending of boat to Boston will not at all in
terfere with their regular line here
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Boston stock List.
-s,- (Sales Al the Brokers' Board. Nov. 49,
Boston and Maine Railroad. 49,. .11ia
boston q Maine Railroad. ............".......11 2
Sales at Auction.
York Manufacturing Company. :. .......... 1880
BOSTON ~ Name Railroad. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 11l4
Bath City Skies 1907. Observation-Disclosures. nj
Eastern Railroad U.s. 1887. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 9S
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THE PRESS

may be obtained at the Periodical Depots of Fes-
senden Bros, Marquis, Robinson, Brunell s. Co.,
andrews, wentworth, Glendenning Moses, Hender-
son. and Chisholm Bros ON all trains that run out Of
the ity.
At Biddeford, of Pflsbury. -A--
At Saco Of l., Hodgdon.
At Waterville, of j. s. Carter, -t
At Gorham, Of News Ageut.
Al Bath. of j. o. Shaw.
AZ Lewiston, of French Bros. and Stevens s. Co.
AT kennebunk of G. f. Miller.
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The Bitter BT.-A favorite feat of legerde-
main with those clerks in the shops who have
idle minutes on their hands during the dull
season for business, is to smooch the crown of
their hats with lampblack and then to propose
to some victim to place the hat over his face
(they placing his hat over their faces) while
they extracted his jack-knife from his pocket
without his knowledge, in some wonderful way
that savored of magic. A smart young clerk
in one of our uptown drug stores was nightly
delighted with this trick, and eagerly sought
an opportunity to practice it. So he selected his
victim. But the victim had been warned, and
took the precautionary measure of backing his
own hat. When the trick came to be played it
was the face of the young clerk that looked like
a coal heavens, and now they cali him the
Black Crook; ; but he doesn't look half as cheer
full as that brilliant spectacular drama.