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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-03
STATE OF MAINE.

CUMBERLAND. S.: --it1 ..g
Upon the foregoing application by Nathan webb,
Attorney OF the United States of America, having
been satisfactorily made to appear to me, that the
said applicant is duly authorized agent Of the said
United States to make the same and that the mat
ters of fact therein set forth true and that it
tns accurate description of the lands proposed to
be purchased by the United States for the erection Of
fort and battery, together with the names of all
known or supposed owners of said lands, it is
Ordered that notice of said application be given to
all persons interested in the lands thel elm described
and especially to George G. Thompson, therein
named as supposed owner, requiring them to come
forward in the Supreme Judicial Court, in Portland,
IN the County Of Cumberland on Tuesday the eighth
day Of April A. D. 1873, being the second Tuesday Of
April next, eleven O'Clock In the forenoon and file
snelr objections if any they have, tc the proposed
py the said United States of said described
lands, by publication of true and attested copy Of
the same application and of this order thereon once
IN each week for the space of four months in the Port
land Daly Press, newspaper published IN Portland
nearest to where said land les the last publication to
be at least one week before said eighth day of April
next.
=, Dated at Portland, in the County of Cumberland,
the thirtieth day of October, A. d. 1872.
G. w. WALTON,
Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
thereon.
Attest:
D. W. FESSENDEN. Clerk
nov5 oawW4mt aps
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A FIRST CLASS NEWSPAPER.

The Publishers congratulate themselves that their
efforts to make the PRESS acceptable to its patrons
appreciated from the conclusive fact that with
out special efforts its list of subscribers has been in
creased to greater extent during the last six
months than for any similar period the past six years.
AS an advertising medium the DAILY PRESS stands
first among Maine journals.
TERMS: $s year in advance; 81 for six months
so for three months.
Liberal commissions will be paid those who will
secure subscribers with prepaid subscriptions.
gB-Orders from News Dealers promptly filed.
Address
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-03

No more touching and conclusive proof Of
the innocence of implicated Congressmen"
is afforded, than the spectacle of these very
men at lunch in the Capitol restaurant.
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PERSONAL.

IF the voung man who went down in the Portland
1 Roat Two Wears ago vii b the Dry Goods Runner
and who was going to live with his b. other and work
at the Rolling Mill. will send his address to the un-
dersiened will hear of something to his advantage
Address, A. PACK ARD,
f,b10d3w Chelsea Macs
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-03

Ames is called the king of Spades. But it
seems to be his office TO harrow.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-03
SPECIAL NOTICE,

All of the TANITF CO.'S good are direct
ly made by the Co., at their Factory and under
their own Patents and Processes.
It is cheaper to buy Standard Goods directly from
well known manufacturers than to buy OF Dealers or
tion on all points connected with Emery Wheels and
Emery Grinding Machinery will be furnished BY this
Company febSe0d3m
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-03

So sheepe with wool are clad, their masters have the
game; -
So birds do build their nests OH brakes and put them
selves to paine. ..,,.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-03
THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING, MAR. B. 1873.
Gossip and GIeanings.

-
Gossip and GIeanings.
Ames is called the king of Spades. But it
seems to be his office to harrow.
Hundreds of South Bend mothers are
gravely considering The propriety of re-christ-
ening their darling boys.
So sheepe with wool are cad their masters have the
So birds do build their nests brakes and put them
selves to paine. r...:,,.
rf - t-
Interesting rumors are iii circulation touch
ing the charming songstress, Mad. Nilsson
Rouzeaud. i.sa--L 1
Danbury man who has just heard OF
Miss Faithful, is anxious to know whom she
has killed
An enthusi astic dramatic critic says Of a
popular actress that ''when she went out to
meet her loyer, she carried the whole of the
audience with her. Quite an arinful.
Glorious news for boarding-house people.
The last thing discovered is tree in
West India the juice of which will make the
toughest steak tender.
Mr.. Webber, of Albany, can whistle to lis
hearts content for his wife to return, but she
is ''over the hills and far awa''' with Ber-
nard Whistler.
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To binde bushe Of thornes amongst sweet swelling
howres -.. ~ -r'.i IA it
May make the posie scemc the worse, and yet the
fault Is ours: tHNi u OBI 5000 'isi a
For throw away the thorne, and mark what will en-
sew,
The posie then will shew itselfe swecte faire and
fresh of hcw. -Goscojqne.
Fred Douglass, sitting in the seat Of the
scorrful, wakes facetious. He wants to know
in view of the Credit Mobilier developments,
how it is about negro suffrage lowering the
standard of legislative honor?
The approach of spring has aroused the
liar who writes paragraphs about hogs and
cows remaining under straw stacks all win
ter. He is just trotting them out and inyit-
ing the public to gaze upon their thinness.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-03
Lumber and Dock Timber Wanted

In exchange for
Locomotive Boilers, Horizontal Euy;,cs.
Feed Pumps and Other Machinery.
Address, G. II. ANDREWS.
ieofutI 178 Pearl ST.. New York,
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Hundreds of South Bend mothers are
gravely considering The proprety of re-christ-
ening their darling boys.
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WANTED.
Lost.

1t CITY HALL, on Friday evening, at the
Cloak seams stayed with White tpe Another
left in place of the taken, which the owner
have by calling at 143 Middle street with the TAX
en- through mistake. sxh sf1s feb25
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-03

1---Hard White Ash Coal.
2..-Free-Burning White Ash Coal
3---Schuylkill Red Ash Coal.
4---Alaska Red Ash Coal.
5---ShamOkin White Ash Coal.
6---ShamOkin Red Ash Coal.
7-.-NOrth Franklin Coal.
S---Loiberry Coal.
9---Lykens Valley Vein Coal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-03

Interesting rumors are iii circulation touch
ing the charming songstress, Mad. Nlsson-
Rouzeaud at..ar-.. ..-1
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A Danbury man who has just heard OF
Miss Faithful, is anxious to know whom she
has killed.
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s7ssHs ig z4eE Wanted. 5sssTa ssn-safS
A N APOTHECARY CLERK, one that has hap
IA two or three years experience Address Apoth
ecary 2. Q. Box, 1881 Portland -9 -. fea22*2w 81
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09

At q meeting Of the Board OF the Township
OF Paw Paw, held April 10Th, at the Office of
the Clerk OF said township, the following reso-
lutons were adopted in reference to obtaining
bounties for killing woodchucks in said to WIN.
ship:
LIST. Any person killing woodchuck within
this township after the 7th day OF April. A. ID.
1873, till otherwise directed BY the voters of
the township, shall be entitled to the sum of
twenty-five cents for each one killed.
IND Before any person shall be entitled to
bounty, he shall take the scalp OF the wood.
chuck, with the ears, entire, to Justice OF the
peace IN said township. and exhibit the same
to him: and certify under oath that he caught
and killed the same within this township spec
flying the day, month and year, and said Justice
shall burn the scalp and give the person a GER
thcate for the same, which shall be filed with
the Clerk OF the township previous TO the 10th
day OF october in each year.
Ord. The Clerk OF the township shall renoyt
to the Supervisor before the 18th of October
the amount to be raised in each wear For such
bounties, and the Supervisor shall spread tbe
same on the tax roll OF the township and the
same shall be collected with the town taxes.
9TH. The Town Board shall draw an orde,
upon the Treasurer Of the township for the
amounts specified in each certificate. and the
Treasurer shall pay the same out of any monies
received for that purpose.
WM II. Mason Township Clerk.
T.. BARNCM Supervisor
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09
FROM DECATUR.

The body Of Jacob 8. johnson Of Decatur
was brought home for interment yesterday
He was killed at the Ill. Central r. r. accident
at Kankskee. Ill AN accident caused, it is
said, by the criminal carelessness Of an engineer
OF a freight train, which &C hded with the one
on which he was riding. The deceased leaves
a wife, mother and one child, who were de-
pendent on HIM for support.
E. P. Hill, injured by falling in the ware
house of Rawson IL Hill, 10 go nearly well
again as to make his appearance on our streets,
although his system has not fully recovered
from the shock and he is stil quite weak.
Chas. Northrup, ESQ, intends soon to ere ct
brick store on his lot adjoining the BRICK store
of Thomas & Quin.
Henry A. Rogers, with his family, has re-
moved to Detroit to reside.
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900 to HOO lib. command about the same - tho
foregoing mich COWS, with calf, sS5@40.-
Sheep nowhere, with prices 5Oc@sl 90 lower |:
40 to 100 h., wooded, 8 2596 25. Hogs are In
only moderate demand-medium weights. ESQ
8 20. Flour is doing better than for some weeks.
The demand is mostly for the best white grades
at % $500 90; millers, however. with No.
wheat at 92lS, see their margin getting rather
close. The wheat market is firm and to some
extent excited. Every effort to break prices
has failed, and now with the receipts less than
20 cars per day and the stock in elevator re-
duced to 114,000 bu. the bulls are more
ramparageous than ever. Liverpool, New York
and Chicago have reported strong markets
during the week. Closing prices: white extra,
~ OF; No. white, 92I1; No. do, TAO
70; No. amber, 7511. Corn is steady at
471s@4Sc; oats quiet at 4Oc for No. 1 and 44c
for white State; barley dull at 81 5O@1 75.-
Apples are IN better demand: choice red fruit
bringing $4@4 80 per Dbl. Russets, etc., NOM
ipal at s2@2 90. Beans are firm at 2 25@2 80
for PRIME picked. Butter easy at 23@24c.-
Dried apples are sick-No. State offered at
519. Eggs in good demand at 13@1315 in bbls.
and l3]5@14 in crates. Hides quiet at 1908
for green country. Maple sugar plenty at 100
14c. Onions nominal at S1@1 Is per bu. Po-
tatoes In neutrality-suspicious. 75@SOc on
track and 80@85c from store. Provisions firm
mess pork, $1s 80; country hams 11@12c;
city do, 13c plain and lac covered; shoulders,
8@9c. Lard 91lc IN tierces. Talow firm at
719@8c. Wool dull at 4o0p42c for unwashed.-
Money rather close at so12 per cent.
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NIOrtg age sale.-DefauIt having bean

MOrtg age Sale.-Default having been
made In the conditions OF q certain mortgage
whereby the power therein contained to sell,
has become operative, executed by Henry
Lucas, OF Van Buren, county, Michigan, to
Ihaddeus II. Harrison, of Paw Paw, Michigan,
bearing date the eleventh day of April, A. d.
eighteen hundred and seventy, and recorded In
the Office Of the Register Of Deeds for the
county OF Van Buren,, and said State of Michi-
gan, on the same day of the date, in Liber ID
or mortgages, on page AZ; upon which mort
gage there Is claimed to be due and unpaid at
the date OF this notice the sum Of five hundred
and forty-tbree dollars and seventy cents
(S543.70), and no suit or proceedings at law or
Ia chancery having been instituted to recover
the same or any part thereof, Notice is there
lore hereby gwen that on Saturday. the second
day OF August, A. d. 1878, at two o'clock in the
afternoon, | shall sell at public auction or VEN
due, to the highest bidder (sale to take place at
the front door OF the Van Buren, county Court
House, in the village of Paw Paw the prem
lees described in said mortgage, or so much
thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the
amount due on such mortgage, with ten per
cent. interest, and legal cost Of foreclosure, to-
gether with an attorneys fee OF fifty dollars,
covenanted FOR therein that is TO say the
Following piece or parcel OF land situated in the
county OF Van Barren. and State Of Michigan,
to WIT: Lots one Q) and four (4) in Block
thirty-four (34), in the village OF Paw Paw,
according 10 the recorded plat thereof.
Dated Paw Paw, Michigan, May 9Th, 1873.
THADDEus Il. HARRISON. Sl5tl3
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MINNESOTA Is a sufferer from the railway
Immigrant system to degree not equaled in
any other State. The grants made by the Gen.
eral Government and by the State to aid in the
building OF railroads amount to H. 222, $50 acres.
These lands are estimated by the companies
holding them at over sc per acre. total value
over S73,OOO,OOO. In addition to this, the State
has aided. IN bonds, to the extent of $4,000 900;
with municipal donations added, it makes the
total amount received by the companies over
Ss0,0O0,OOO. The average fare per mile charged
passengers in Minnesota is five cents, and for
first-class fregbts, II cents per ton per mile
and fifth-class rates, which include wheat.
cents per ton per mile. A disInterested person
will fail to see how the people of Minnesota
can receive a fair return for the munifcent aid
extended to railroads.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09

The railway postal service has become the
most effectual means for the speedy distribu-
ton and transportation Of the mails. To give
an idea of its Importance, 1t is stated that at
the close Of last year 649 clerks were employed
on board the postal-cars, who receive as salary
1891, 600 per annum. The number of miles of
actual service performed annually WAS over
12,2500OO, and the daily service amounted to
23,69O miles,-nearly the circumference of the
globe. The increase for 1872 over 1871. in all
these items, was about one-fourth. This service
was inaugurated in 1864. The total cost in
1872 was $6,572,771.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09

Gun foreign money-order system went into
effect with the British Government October,
1871, and with Germany. October 1872. The
amount now remitted from this country to
Great Britain every three months is about
&35e, 900, and the amount sent to this country
about 100000. Orders to Germany amount to
about s16O, 900 quarter, and from Germany
to this country about $140,0
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09
Probate Order-State of Michiga

Probate Nrder-State Of Michigan.
County OF Van Buren,, IS. At session of the
Probate Court, for the County OF Van Buren,.
holden at the Probate Office. In the village of
Paw Paw, on Monday, the fifth day OF May, in
the year one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-three. Present-George w. Lawton,
Judge OF Probate. In the matter Of the Es-
tate of Alanson B. Bonfoy. deceased. ON read
ing and filing the petition. duly verified, of
Freeman Hall, surviving executor Of the last
will and testament OF SAID deceased, praying
for the allowance of his final account as such
executor with his said petition herein fled
Thereupon 1t is Ordered. that Monday, the
second day OF June, 1873, at ten oclocl In the
forenoon, be assigned for the hearing OF said
petition. and that the heirs at law OF SAID de-
ceased, and all other persons interested In said
estate, are required to appear at a session OF
SAID Court, then to be holden at the Probate
Office, in the village OF Paw Paw, and show
cause If any there be, why the prayer of the
petitioner should not be granted And it is
further Ordered. that said petitioner give notice
to the persons interested in said estate, of the
pendency Of said petition, and the hearing
thereof, by causing copy Of this Order to be
published in the True Northerner a newspaper
printed and circulating in said County Of Van
Buren,, for three successive weeks, at least,
previous to said day of hearing. 945tS
GEO. w. LAYTON. Judge OF Probate.
true copy. G.. W. LAYTON, Judge Of Prob ate
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09

Mss SIssoN, who had a millinery shop on
Nam street in this village during the past
winter has removed to South Haven and en-
gagged in the dress-making and millinery bust
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09

WILMINGTON, DEL, OCT. TO, 1914
BABCocK FIRE EXTINoUIsHER Co.:
GENTLEMEN-Upon opening of navigation
last spring, we were unfortunate enough to
supply our steamers with the Gardner Extin-
grishers. Aside from constant annoyance by
leakage, we are satisfied Of their utter worth
lessness two machines having failed to put
out very small fire we caused to be made FOR
our satisfaction. aad which we finally extin-
guished with bucket of water. We will,
therefore, thank you to ship us nine Babcock
Machines by our first steamer Our steamers
sail from Pier 8, N. r., Mondays and Thursdays
at 4 p. NJ. Truly Yours, f. T. WARNER,
Vice President Wilmington Steamship Co.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09

THE village Marshal has at his Office, and Of
fers for sale, his autograph handsomely written.
he is very anxious that every property man
and woman Of the place shall procure one Of
these pieces of paper 1t Is simply Corpora
ton Tax Receipt.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09

The saloonlsts Of Three Rivers are SORROW
full because village ordinance compels them
to pay 800 license per year for selling liquor,
and $40 per year for each billiard table kept.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09

Mortgage Slle-Default having been
made in the conditions Of a certain mortgage,
executed by Harriet 2. iced to Charles Dun
combe, bearing date September twenty-six. A.
D., 1865, and recorded in the Office Of the Regis
ter of Deeds for Van Buren, County, State OF
Michigan, July fifteenth A. D., 1866, In Liber
"R' OF mortgages on page 389, upon which
mortgage there is now due four hundred eleven
dollars and forty cents, and no suit at law or in
equity having been instituted for the recovery
of the same: Notice, therefore, is hereby given
that In pursuance OF the statute and power
OF sale in said mortgage provided, to realize
SAID sum now due and an attorney fee Of fifty
dollars therein covenanted, shall sell at public
auction, to the highest bidder, at the front door
OF the Court House, in the village Of Paw Paw,
in said County of Van Buren,, on Monday,
July %, A. D., 1873. at one O'Clock in the after
noon, that piece OF land described IN said mort
gage as follows five acres off the south end
OF the east half OF the northeast quarter OF
the southwest quarter OF section twenty, town
four, south OF range fourteen, west. County OF
Van Buren,, and State OF Michigan. 944tl3
Dated Decatur, April 80, 1873.
CHARLES DUNCoMBE, Mortgagee
Foster d Coleman, Attys for Mortgage.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09

SALMON p. CHASE, Chief Justice Of the UNI
ted States, died on Wednesday last, at the res.
idence of his daughter, Mrs. William Hoyt,
in New York City, from the effects Of stroke
of paralysis.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09

A LARGE steam boiler that has lam on the
premises of Messrs. Ismon, on the west side
of the river was shipped to the city of Jackson
on "Wednesday last, to be put into use there as
motive mower for machinery.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09

The text Of the act increasing the pay of
the Members OF Congress gives an addition to
their salary of %, 800, and s125 for newspapers
and stationery to each Senator, Representative
and Delegate in Congress. In addition, he is
to receive travelling expenses toland from his
home. His salary is to be paid monthly, COM
mencing on the 4th Of March, 1878; 30 that IN
addition to the 1880, each member gets his
mileage, as he did under the old law, and S125
for newspapers and stationery, and an increase
OF $2,50O salary. No wonder that some Of the
members have refunded their back salary, al
though 1t would be hard to tell whether they
were Influenced by conscientious motives or by
political policy with an eye to the future.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09

DURING the month OF May, the Secretary OF
the Treasury win sell $6,OOO,OOO OF gold and
buy 81, OOO, 900 Of bonds. The amount OF coin
now in the Treasury is over S77,0OO,OOo.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09

II. s. Harris, Esq, wagon and carriage man
ufacturer, shipped two carriages by rail to
Muskegon yesterday. He turns out good work
and there is no necessity for our people to go
abroad for nice bugHes and carriages.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09
MFR o ~ s O KID e,
LAUGHING GAS,

for the PAINLESS extraction OF Teeth.
Having administered the Gas successfully
nearly two thousand times in the past seven
years without a SINGLE accident or unpleasant
result, we feel justified in commencing il TO
those who desire to have teeth removed with
out suffering the fears and terrors which are
usually incident TO the operation. This Gas.
when properly prepared and carefully admnis-
tered ir perfectly harmless ia pleasant TO in
hale, and it's effects pass off in from one 20
three minutes, leaving the patient feeling as
well and FREE FROM ITS INFLUENCE as
before taking it. BY it's use, and other mc1ern
improvements the horrors Of tooth extrae., inc
have come to be REAL PLEASURE.
Respectfully,
A. o. HOOKER.
Paw Paw, Mich.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09

Farm f0r Sale.-Two miles north Of
Bloomingdale Center, containing S218 acres, 30
acres under Improvement. A young orchard,
good horse barn, and a new house under con-
struction. Also steam saw-mIll, planing-mi ],
re-sawing machine and shingle mill, all attach
ed. The south half Of north east quarter, east
quarter OF north east quarter OF Section
tive Town one, south range fourteen west.
For terms inquire on the place, OF Il. C.
Howard. win sell the mill seperate, or all to-
gether'
93Sm6+ Il. Q. HOWARD.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09

DON'T fail to attend the entertainment given
at Town Hall next Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings, notice of which will be found in an
other column.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09

GREAT preparations are making for the State
Sabbath school Convention, which will be held
at Kalamazoo the first week in Jnne.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09
business Notices.

The Operatta of Italia" will be rendered In
this place under the direction of Mrs. J. F.
King and ]. 1. Mills, at Town Hall on Tuesday
and "Wednesday renings, May 18th and 14th.-
II you wish to encourage home talent come
and hear. Doors open at z o'clock: commence
at 8. Admission IS cts. Children 10 cts.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09

win be fruit this year. Is it not every year, or
have the people been laboring under delusion?
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09

OVER $50 immigrants arrived at Grand Rapids
a few DAYS SINCE direct from Holland.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-09

A sKY-LIoHr is being put into the roof OF
the building occupied by Kiburn Hudson as
drug store. It is designed to hight the Reve-
nue Office.