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The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03
Investment Bonds.

The Northern Pacific Railroad Compn-,
my now has i'm fall operation, with regular
daily trains, 391 miles of road. A distance
ofnearIy 400 miles more Is constructed.
The Minnesota Section, Immediately on
its c completion, entered upon a satisfactory
business, including local trnfBc and she
large carying-frade Of the NorthwesicrM
British setticme and she Hudssn's
Bay Company. The recently completed section
Of sixty-fye miles, the Pacific Coast, at once
commands aproftabc business between Puget Sound
and the Columbia River heretofore done By coastwise
steamers On the opening Of spring, with more than
500 miles OF Road in regular operation the Com
pany will control the extensive and productive trade
OF the Upper Missouri, much of the Montana and
the Northwest. The earnings of the Road for 1878
will be large.
Arrangements for pushing construction vigorously
the coming yeer are progressing satisfactorily
OF the nearly Ten Million acres of land accruing
to the Company in connection with the portion OF
Road now virtually constructed some Two Million
acres, of excellent average quality are in Market
and their sale and settlement progressing. The av-
ersge price thus far realized is sJ.66 per aero
which is at the rate Of more than 500, 900 pee
mile of road for the whole grant
The Company has already begun the process Of re-
deeming and cancelling its First Mortgage Gold
Bonds, as they are now being received at I.iO in
payment and exchange for the Company's Lands.
With these accomplished results and most iavora-
be-prospects, the Company is now selling its First
Mortgage 7.3o Bonds for the purpose Of completing
its line Of road. We recommend them as a well Sc
cured and unusually profitable investment They
have the following elements of strength and safety:
They are the obligation of strong corporations they
are First Mortgage the road, its Rights of way
Telegraph line, Equipments and Franchises, and a
first lien on its Net Earnings. In addition to this
usually sufficient security, there is pledged for the
payment Of principal and interest, Land Grant of
1880 acres per mile Of road through the States,
and rs 900 through the Territories. The rate OF
nterest(seven and threctenhs per cent gold is equal
now to about 81 currency. Gold Checks for the sem.
annual interest the Registered Bonds are mailed
TO the Post Office address Of The oraer.
All marketable securities are received in exchange
ON most favorable terms. For sale by Banks and
Bankers generally.
JAY COOK Il CO.,
Financial A g'ts Northern Pacific H. H. Co.
FOR SALE IN PORTLAND BY
wM. T.. WOOD,
SWAN 4 BARRETT,
and HI. M. PAYsON
jani4 .r.Hn oawiwTu&w2w3
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03

STEAMSHIP MOVEMENTS. Allan mail
steamship Prussian, Capt. Richie, arrived at
this port at l o'clock yesterday morning, bring
ing % cabin, II intermediate and so Storage
passengers.
The Polynesian, Capt. Brown, sailed from
this port at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, car
rying 40 cabin and IL steerage passengers, and
the largest Cargo of freight ever carried out of
Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03

CAR CoUPLING.-Mr w. NJ. Wiswell, of this
city, has on exhibition model of self-coupl-
Ing shackle for cars, which to novice seems
very valuable. 1t has the advantage of eight
inherent ways of unshackling without necessi-
'a'ins .he man going between the cars, the
oPet"'ioh oeing performed from the platform
VI 'no car of outside when the cars are in mo-
ZION OF standing STILL The invention has been
examined by experienced railroad men and bas
receive the commentator of the master w.
chanics of the best roads in New Enc,ond
Five of the great roads centering in New York
have decided to give the shackle trial, salts
fled that it has rare merits.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03
MATTERS IN MAINE.
Suicide.

Suicide.
LEWISTON, Feb. 1.-Peter Plummer of South
Auburn, committed suicide this morning by
cutting his throat with razor. He had been
in feeble health for some months
Drowned.
AUGUSTA, Feb. "A little boy about six
years of age, q son Mr.. Wave of Fairfield, while
sliding on the river at that place, Saturday af-
ternoon, fell into an opening in the ice and was
drowned. His body was recovered after re-
in the water about an hour
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03

LEFT HIS WASHING A gentleman from
nelghboring town whose business detained him
IN this city for week or two, recently had &C.
cason to send off his linen to be washed, with
orders for it to be returned Saturday night
Well, Saturday came and went, and Sunday
and Monday, but no linen made it's appearance
Naturally becoming uneasy at his untdy per-
sonal appearance, he started out to find his de-
llnquent washerwoman. By dint of repeated
inquiries he ascertained her whereabouts. He
raped at the door, and thinking he heard a
faint, indistinct voice inside, he opened the
door and began climbing up pair of creaking
narrow stairs which became dirtier and darker
as he neared the top Here here he found an
other door partly ajar, which he pushed open.
The stencil inside was almost intolerable.
Somebody rose halfway up from a bed of fl
thy rags and asked what he wanted. He in
qnred for the washerwoman, and was told that
she was out carrying home clothes. Why hadn't
she brought his back Saturday, as he ordered?
"Cause I've been sick and she couldn't" was
the answer. GIVE got the small pox.'' The
stranger began to make out the object before
him as he became accustomed to the darkened
room. A loathsome mass of corruption doomed
up out of the darkness and came into view be-
fore his eyes. He took in the situation at a
glance. "Tell your mother to keep THOSE things
to pay for the washing of them," were his part
ingwords aslhe hastily tumbled down the rickety
stairs. That stranger walked the streets for
hours, to purify himself in the pure air. Then
he went to drug store and bought some
"chlorinator," then to another and got pound
of snake root, and still to another and procured
quart Of carbolic acid On his way back he
saw physicians sign, and went in and got vac
cinated Then he took sismile" and went to
bed. The next morning he was on his way
home, chewing his snake-root smelling his dis
infectants, and thinking of the shirt he left
behind him.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03

NEW CHURcH.-A new church, composed
principally of members from the State street
church, has been formed for the purpose of
worshiping in Williston chapel and an Ecclesi-
astical Council will convene at the chapel We'd
nesday afternoon for the purpose of examining
the candidates and confirming the church. The
ceremonies of confirmation will take place at
the chapel on Wednesday evening The whole
proceedings of the afternoon and evening will
be open to the public.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03

The following correspondence between COM
mittee of the Board of Trade and Postmaster
Goddard, has taken place relative to the delay
and irregularity of the New York mails:
PORTLAND, Jan. 81, 1873.
Hon. CHARLES W. GODDARD, Postmaster, Port
land.
Dear Sr:-At a meeting of the Board of
Trade, the undersigned were appointed COM
mittee to confer with you in relation to the fire.
quent delays in the arrival of the New York
mails. This delay and irregularity causes very
great Inconvenience to our business men, and
we would thank you to advise us of the cause
and if remedy for the annoyance complained
of cannot be applied.
Yours truly,
I. G. HERsEY, lc-..,.-
WILLIAM DEERING, committee.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03
CITY AND VICINITY.
New Advertisements To-Day.

ENTERTAINMENT COLUMN.
City Hall-Union Spy.
SPECIAL NOTICE COLUMN.
10 Prevent Small Pox-H. II. Hay.
Cod Liver Oil and Lime.
Law Library and Bar Supper.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Marked Down-Cogia Hassan.
Strout Sc Holmes-Attornies and Counsellors.
Board Wanted.
City of Portland-Proposals.
H. W. Simonton & Co-Annual Cash Sale
Plaster-Kendall G. Whitney.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES.
Blues Masquerade.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03
Foreign Exports.

LIVERPOOL. Steamship Polynesian-690,4 400 lbs
bacon $3.50 do pork 400 do bladders 522 900 do but
beef 400 do lard 5000 do tongues 800 do lsath
er 1898 do beeswax 800 do copper ORE 1902 20 do to-
bacco 1920 do grease $4,000 do cotton 1885, do rags
10 bbs oil cake, 2505 do -FOUR 1900 do oatmeal H. 400
gals ext bark $50 bush peas 1850 do wheat 10 pckgs
merchandise.
HALIFAX, Ms. Steamer Carlotta-12O0 bbls -four
butter, 512O do lard, cases bacon 1872 pckgs mer-
chandise.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03

Receipts by Railroads and Steamboats,.
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAYS cars sundries, do
hay, do shocks, do clapboards, 2 do knees, 2 do
flour, do corn, u do for Allan Line, do for Do
minion Line, do for st. John, NIB, do for Hall
fax. do for Boston, % do lumber, do bark, . do
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03
METEOROLOGICAL.

PROBABILITIES FOR THE NEXT TwENTY-FoUR
WAR DEPT, OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL)
OFFICER, Washington, d. c.,
Feb s, Il A. MI
From the Ohio valley to the upper lakes,
Northwest and Missouri, falling barometer,
rising temperature, fresh and brisk southeasterly
and southwesterly winds, cloudy weather and
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03
Stolen Propcrty Found.

READING, Feb. 2.-The bonds, mortgages,
&C., stolen from the banking house of Clarkson
& Co., in Lancaster, Pa, on the 10th of JAN
uary, were found this morning under the stair
way leading to the basement of St. Paul's Re-
formed Church in this city. They amout to
over 100000
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03

The PUREsT AND SWEETEST CoD-LIvER OIL
is Hazards and Caswelps, made ON the sea
shore from fresh selected livers, hy CAswELL,
HAZARD & Co., New York. 1t is absolutely
pure and s,ceet. Patients who have once taken
it prefer it to all others. Physicians have de-
cided it superior TO any of the other oils in
market noy14-19w
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03

HARPER's BAzAR.-This beautiful weekly
publication is a welcome visitor to the parlor
circle. The number for the ensuing week ha
been received by Fessenden Brothers, Lancas.
ter Hall and d. Wentworth, S37 Congress, cor
ner of Oak street
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03

KENDALL & WHITNEY have just received an
assortment of Rustic Baskets including several
new designs. Flower Pots of all kinds at man
ufacturers prices feb1-2t
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03
Earthquakc.

SAN Francisco, Feb. 2. A light shock of
earthquake was experienced in this vicinity at
$50 this afternoon, lasting about five seconds.
No damage was done
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03
Havana Market.

HAVANA Jan. Clustering Exchange weak with
a downward tendency; on United States. 60 days
currency, 13s q 14A prem short sight, 15l a 16 prem
60 days, gold, 80 e 3ol prem short sight 32s q So
prem.
HAVANA, Feb. 1.-Sugar irregular; market OPEN
change and unfavorable foreign advices; the market
closed dull receipts scanty owing to the rains; stock
in warehouses at Havana and Matanzas is 600 bxs
boxes and $500 hhds receipts for the week $4,000 bxs
boxes and 400 hhds; exported 800 boxes and 800
hhds; including $500 boxes and all the hhds to the
United States. Molasses nominal.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03
Farm and Store for Sale,

CONTAINING 9acres, good buildings consisting
" Of house, stable store and coopers shop, about
100 fruit trees, all in good fourishing couaItOn,
School and mill very near, and excellent neighDv,
hood, situated in Nason's Mills Limington, on inc
mail stage road from Liminton to Portland. aooo
title given. All will be sold at bargain. A.
Enquire of j. L. DAVIS. Bonny Eage, VI a.
drew J. Davis cor Madison and onsSwtss
Portland. auA'"a
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03

A LARGE stock of Groceries and Fixtures will
be sold at auction by T. 0. Bailey & Co. OF
their salesroom, No. IS Exchange street, this
afternoon. This will be fine opportunity for
grocers and families to stock I'M.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03

ADVERTISERS naturally seek the means for
reaching the largest number of readers, and
those of the best quality. The Daily Press
fills the bin in both particulars better than any
other daily journal in Maine
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03

The most nobby ''turn-outs' seen in the
streets of Portland, comes from the Plum
Street Stables. They have several first class
trotters in their splendid livery stock. jan29-tf
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03

LONDON, Feb. iii A. M-Consols opened at g2l
q 92t for meney and account.
American securities-U. s. 5-20s 1865 old, 93A; do
5fs.
/. LONDON, Feb. 800 P. M.-Consols and Ameri-
can closed unchanged.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03
BLUES MASQUERADE Feb. 21st, look out fol
the big red light

WE call attention to the advertisement of the
Union Spy which appears in our columns this
morning. The committee have concluded to
reserve seats On the lower floor instead of the
gallery as heretofore-which we think will give
better satisfaction Seats will be for sale at
Stockbridge's Wednesday morning.
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03
Domestic Markets.

New YoRK Feb 1-Evening.-Cotton is dull and
aosar saIas IA hales Niddling uplands III. Flour
receipts 700 bbls; Flour quiet and trm sales TOO
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03

Bank Statement.

New York Stock and Money Market.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1-lforning.-Gold at 49,
Money at per cent. Sterling Exchange 1909 q 110l
Stocks steady. State stocks very quiet.
The following were the ouotat lions of Government
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03
Manufacturers and Importers
Sale of CrOckery Ware to the
Trade by Auction.
F. o. Bailey'& Co., Auctiorleers.

IN WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5th at "a p NJ, at our
~ saiesroom, No. Is Exchange street, we shall sell
70 the trade large line Of Iron Stone, Rockingham
Y. Z. and yellow Ware. Catalogues ready and goods
on exhibition on and after Feb. Sd. jan29dtd
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03
THE PRESS
MONDAY MORNING, FEB. 8, 1873.
THE PRESS

THE PRESS
May be obtained at the Periodical Depots of Fes-
sender Bros, Marquis, Robinson, Brunell &, Co 6
Andrews Wentworth, Glendenning Moses HenSer
and Chisholm Bros, all trains that RIM ont Of
thecity. ~ o"' Vi
At Biddeford, of Pillsbury.
At Saco of L, Hodgdon,
AT Waterville, of j. S. Carter
At Gorham, of News Agent
At Bath, of j. o. Shaw.
At Lewiston, of W. f. Staryvooa
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03

To T. c. HERsEY, Esq, and Hon. WILLIAM
DEERING, Committee of the Portland Board
of Trade
The Portland daily press., 1873-02-03

CHURCH ORGANIZATION India Street
onlversalist Society having prospered 80 wen
under the very able and interested labors OF
Rev. Geo. w. Bicknell, the formation OF a
church organization has been deemed desirable,
and accordingly such body has been formed
by the adoption of statement of belief, the
usual by laws, and the requisite officers. The
singularly terse and comprehensive confession
of faith which was adopted at Winchester, n.
H., as long ago as 1908, in general convention
of Unirersalists, has been adopted as the basis
of belief, viz:
Art I've believe that the Holy Scriptures of
the Old and New Testaments contain revela-
ton of the character of God, and of the duty
interest and final destination of mankind
Art. live believe that there is one God,
whose nature is love, revealed i'm one Lord j esus
Christ, by one Holy Spirit of Grace, who will
finally restore the whole family of mankind to
holiness and happiness.
Art. Hive believe that holiness and true
happiness are inseparably connected. and that
believers ought to be careful to maintain order.
and practice good works; for these thipos are
good and profitable unto men.
Yesterday morning the services suitable for a
pubic recognition of the church were held.
The sermon, appropriate to the occasion, was
preached by Rev. Mr. Tucker of Biddeford,
after which the persons, twenty-five in number,
came forward and assented to the statement of
belief, and were organized as Christian church.
The ordinance of baptism was then admins
tered to twelve persons, ten others being receiv-
ed upon letters from other churches. The COM
munion was then administered by Rev. Mr..
Bicknell and Rev. Mr.. Bradbury Of this city.
The occasion was one of n,uch intarest fo oil
present. The silver communal plate was pre-
sented to the church by Mrs. James Hail of
this city, and the book of records, duly emboss-
ed by Mr.. w. A. Quincy We would mention
in this connection that Hon. John NIussey made
another donation to this society on Saturday
last, making in all about five hundred dollars
which he has thus literally bestowed
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-03

"Would you let us take the farm as ten n;
ants-the farm we left, mean-if will
take hold and help John." she asked, at
length.
IF you are in earnest, and John wishes
/ am willing" :.
81 am in earnest. l will do almost
anything rather than go into that out-of-
| the-way place."
"Weil, write to John at once, then"
Uncle John wrote too, long letter.
and in week John was at home again,
not as tenant but with the pleasant
prospect of some time paying for his
farm. !,
The horse and carriage were sold, and
Mrs. John was content to ride in the light
wagon She sent her furs to the city, and
with their price bought the Durham COW
| for a Christmas present for her husband ;
| and another spring found them living as
they should have begun.
John was trifle graver for this woman
he had made his wife had failed him once,
and he feared to trust her utterly; but
Celia had effectually mended her ways.
Another year little one came; they
called him John, for the uncle; and il
| anything will cast out selfishness from a
woman's heart, it is motherlove.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-03
,rJ SHOULD DIE TONIGHT.

should die tonight,
.!n,as would look upon my quiet race
~ I ~ ,hev laid 1t in its resting place,
Before ur' that death had left 1t almost fair;
Ana d icv;ng snow white flowers against my hair
And, smeoth il down with fearful tenderness,
Woainu MIA NV hands with lingering caress,
Anu hands. so empty and SO cold tonight!
ri should die tonight, =,
w friends would call 70 mlno' WIN 'o'he
-. .;ndly deed the icy band had wrought;
Some GENTLE word the frozen lips had said;
SOM rfs on which the willing feet had sped;
h III memory Of my selfshness and pride,
I Inc words would all be put aside,
ny N.Y. 90 should be loved and mourned TO night.
uJ should die tonight,
ruun hearts estranged would turn once more tc
me, -,
poca,,iug other days remorsefully.
$780, aves that chill me with ayerted glance
IrIi o jook upon me AZ of yOre, perchance,
mous soften. ia the old, familiar way.
A.u rvbo could war with dumb, unconscious clay!
aoi miaht rest, forgiven Of ALL tonight.
oh, friends, I pray tonight,
veep not your kisses for my dead, colo brow.
The way is lonely, let me feel them now
mink gently Of me; am travel-worn;
Nv tailoring feet are pierced with many thorn
Toroiye. oh, hearts estranged. forgive, plead!
tThsn dreamess rest Is mine shall not need
she tenderness for which long tonight.
1n' --Christian Union.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-03
Miscellaneous.

-Minnehaha Falls will be sold to sat
lsfy mortgage.
"A Chicago man got mad because his
wife used his razor to open can OF
peaches.
A real fashionable wedding in New
York now costs far more than the first
year of housekeeping.
"A New York man has a dog kennel
with Mansard roof, plated glass windows
and Brussels carpet.
The oldest man in Wolfboro, N. H.,
has discarded his spectacles, seeing clear
ly without them, and is cutting new set
of teeth.
AT the burial of George w. Crabtree,
at Jenny Lind, Sebastian County, Ark,
over one thousand persons partook of a
feast gotten up at the request of the de-
ceased.
An old woman in Maine crossed over
a bridge that was marked dangerous
without seeing the sign. On being in
formed of the fact on the other side she
turned about in great alarm and recrossed
it.
One Folger, Of Detroit, Mich, has
invented flying machine which is success
full in every particular, except that 1t falls
to the ground too soon. His first expert
ence with it, from the top of barn, de-
prived him of consciousness for only
fifteen minutes.
"A lady, returning from an unprofita-
BILE trip to church, declared that when
she saw the shawls of those Smiths, and
then thought of the things her own poor
girls had to wear, if it wasn't for the con-
ISOLATION of religion, she did not know
what she should do"
"A man down East who married a
widow has invented device to cure her
of externally" praising her former hus.
band. Whenever she begins to descant on
his noble qualities, this ingenious number
two merely says-"Poor, dear mani How
/ wish he had not died!" and the lady i'm.
mediately begins to think of something
else to talk about.
"A Baltimore child clandestinely
drinking laudanum, fell into stupor
succeeded by commissions. When medical
aid arrived it was too late to administer
antidotes, and electricity was resorted to-
For two hours he was subjected to strong
and continuous current at the end OF
which time his sinking energies began to
return, and by the next morning he was
out of danger.
"Hitching posts are such rarity in
Chicago" writes the editor of the Dan
bury Neaos, "that when an Eastern man
comes across one he sits down and cries
People here fasten horses by strap to an
iron weight, which is left on the sidewalk,
and which occupies prominent position
in a runaway. When Chicago man sees
runaway horse coming along the street
he doesn't stop to inquire whether it was
the result of carelessness or accident. lie
merely says, Heaven protect us" and
crawls under stoop."
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-03
Small Fields.

IT astonishes great many men to no
tice how many other men persist in fenc
ing small fields-in keeping up fences
where they are not needed and blowing
short burrows where long ones won Ii
save vast deal of time and labor, beside
avoiding the tlamping of the ground in
turning which few men know to avoid
The economy of time and labor in farming
is as important as the saving of crops
Two long rows of potatoes are far more
easily cultivated than eight short ones
containing the same number of hilis. An
acre or ten acres of corn costs far less
money to cultivate if embraced in only
five or fifty rows than If double or triple
the number. Then there is not in the
case of corn the loss from breaking il
down in turning. if the farmer has left NO
grass head lands to turn on, or has not
two or three rows Of potatoes planted on
the outside of his field.
The fences about small fields involve
not only great waste oflabor and money
to care for them, but are also a great
waste of land. They are not only unpro-
ductive property but they cost in the
waste of land alone enough on many
farms to pay the annual taxes. 1t is also
noticeable that the smaller the farm the
greater the number, proportionately, OF
fenced fields. If in the case Of pasture it is
desirable to feed only part of a field at a
time (Which by the way, is not often a
wise policy, it is cheaper to build and
move hurdle fences, unless the stock kept
is large.
The same principle applies in the cul-
ture of garden crops. One sees little beds
made here and there about the spot set
apart for kitchen garden. II is now the
practice among the best farmers to plant
a row of beets (if so many are wanted) the
whole or half the length of the garden,
then of carrots, parsnips, lettuce, beans,
etc, etc, and each row such distance
apart that horse or hand cultivator can
be used between the rows. Thus the
back ache work of hoeing and wedding
by hand is saved to large extent, and all
this petty fussing which is involved Is
avoided. Nor is it bad practice to
grow the garden vegetables in some por-
ton of the cultivated fields if near or
convenient to the house.
The main point aimed at is to suggest
to those who have small fields, or cult.
vate small patches of ground, here and
there, mode by which great deal OF
labor and time may be saved and vast
deal more produced on the same areas.
Instances occur TO US where farmers have
added one-third 10 the products from the
farm by removing the fences, blowing
long burrows, cultivating long rows, keep
ing the stock in the stable and soiling 1t
or enclosing them In hurdles wherever
the best food could be found growing
Ne0 York World.