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The Portland daily press., 1873-06-26

POETRY AND ADVERTISING. Poetry an
advertising seem 70 have become blended
"as it were." Ordinary prose has ceased to
have the power to invest with proper at
tractiveness the announcements of vendors
Great emergencies bring out great minds.
Hence the necessities of the advertiser have
evolved the poet. This, for example, of a
tailor, who, spurning prose, ''drops into
poetry" like Wegg:
OIL come into the garden, Maud,
And sit beneath the rose,
And SCENE prance around the beds,
Dressed in my Sunday clothes.
OH come and bring your uncles, Maud.
Your sisters and your aunts,
Aad tell them johnson made my coat
My waistcoat and my pants.
Equally fanciful and suggestive is this:
Gayly young Ferguson
Bought his cigar
Bought 1t at Mulligan's,
Where the best are.
When he wants fine-cut or
Snuff for his nose,
Gayly young Ferguson
Purchases those.
More substantial, however, is the following.
where the mingling of mackerel and emotion,
cheese and affection, is really sweet:
OH say not love you because the molasses
You purchased at Simpsons was golden and clear;
The srup the sugar, the jelly in glasses,
The crackers, the mack'rel know, were not dear.
But when you came to me with simpsons smoked
salmon,
And showed me his samples Of Limburger cheese,
l felt that his claim to be cheap was not CANNON:
loved you, and said so, dear Jane, on my knees.
Editors Dra,cer, in Harper's Magazine for
Jutg.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-26
Real Estate for Sale.

TElHE HOUSE at No. Tate Street, and lot extend
l. ing through on Bracket street, with Stable.
Also, a lot Of 10 acres of Hay Field with a good
Barn situated in Scarboro, on the Paine road near
Hubbard Libby's, about miles from Portland. The
above property will be sold at bargain by applying
to MRS. I. E. STUART, No. 664 Washington street,
corner Of Pine, Boston, Mass
my1 d2m
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For Sale or To Let.

HOUSE No. Deering st. Lot 3Ox11O feet. In
quire at No. IL Elm street between tine hours
of a. m. and p. m. jun6dtf
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-26

HOUSE No. 30 Spring ST., near Park. Will be
III ready about June 18th. For particulars en-
quire of GEO. E. DAVIS, 81 Commercial st.
JUL If
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-26
House and Store for Sale.

NORNER Front and Dyer Streets, Ferry Village
~ Cape Elizabeth. Two-story house. with ten fin
ished rooms, good cellar and pleanty Of water. Price
only $780, Also, at Simontons Cove, very pleasant
ly situated, in view of the ocean, u story house.
rooms, together with half lot and stable build
ings in good order. Either of the above may be
changed for city property. Apply to VIM. II. JER-
RIS, Real Estate Agent.
Portland June %, 1873. jn24*3w
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For Sale.
FOR SALE.

A NICE cottage House of rooms, on the East
"A ern Promenade. Call on
A. G. LEWIS,
jun16dlm 12 Market Square,
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-26
HOUSE FOR SALE.

NNWO-Story French roof. Built by the day. Lot
Il 51x105.
Enquire on the premises
NO. 10 CUSHMAN STREET.
jn2i d%3w
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Notice.
NNHE Trustees of Westbrook Seminary are hereby
Il notified that their annual meeting will be held
on TUESDAY, July 1st, at P. NJ, at the Seminary
Building in Deerng for the transaction of the follow
ing business:
ist-For the choice of officers for the ensuing year.
2d-To fill any vacancy that may exist in the Board
of Trustees
To transact any other business that may properly
come before the meeting
GRENVILLE M. STEVENS,
Secretary Board of Trustees.
Deering June %, 1873 ju24dtd
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TOILET

WITH BOARD, large pleasant rooms. Suitable
w for families or single gentlemen.
At 80 Free Street. jn4.1w then If
To Be Let
fA FIRST class Boarding House. The house on
Hi; the corner Of Congress and Park streets, well
leased for term of years. 1t contains about forty
rooms has Stable and Ice house. is now ready for
occupancy. Applyto to
po,.,ors ,, Reai iSa Estate s Agent Cahoon Block,
Portland june 18th. 1873 ju23d2w
SIX gentleman can be accommodated with goo
y Board and pleasant rooms at No. 26 FEEDER
oCreet. ju19d2w*
1--WE tenements, near the central part Of the city.
Il Apply to w. w. CARR,
JuIdtI Exchange street.
To Let.
pLEASANT Rooms with board for single Gentle
Il man or Gentlemen and wives.
Jun7dt No. 149, corner Elm and Oxford Streets.
Rooms to Let
NO. 2 COTTON STREET.
jus If
Rooms to Let.
TUNWO gentlemen anu tnelr wives and two three
Il single gentlemen can be accommodated with
pleasant rooms and board at No. rs Free Street
mayo If
To Let.
nNE OF THE BEST OFFICES ON EXCHANGE
" STREET. Enquire of
GEO. A. WHITNEY & CO.,
mar24t No. 46 Exchange ST.
STORE TO LET.
hria eli in fbo RooJ la4
"A of Middle and Ceurch streets-basement and
first floor, elegantly finished and adapted to iobbing
dry goods or other similar trade
Apply to ALLEN HAINES,
sept11dtf
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-26

The Chicago board of education voted to
raise the salaries of certain experienced
women teachers" mentioned by name, and
the munifcent result is, that one gets $3.50
and the Others $3.50. What's the use in
squandering the city's money in that reckless
fashion, just to keep few undeserving young
women in pampered luxury?
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-26
FOR SALE.
Real Estate.

TNOR Sale or lease for term of years, the proper
IL ty belonging to the estate of Francis o Libby,
and formerly occupied by him on the corner OF Free
and High Streets.
HARRISON j. LIBBY, .dn,,u
FRANK w. LIBBY, Aun rs.
mar24 If
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-26

Oshkosh has no very old living citizens, but
when Chicago drummer gets to blowing
around about the centenarians he knows,
they lead him out into the village cemetery,
by the ear, and silently point to tombstone
on which he reads, Jeremiah Madden, aged
107 years, months.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-26

1t is easy in the world to live after the
worlds opinion; it is easy in solitude to live
after your own; but the great man is he who,
in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect
sweetness the independence of solitude.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-26

Now a man in San Francisco has taken oc-
casion to do his numbering while asleep. He
thought he was being robbed, and so got up
and shot his room mate without delay. He
was dismissed on the ground that the shoot
ing was entirely accidental, which will be a
comfort to his future room mates.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-26

Chantilly gauze is one of tbe popular ma
terials just at present for both house and out
door costumes.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-26

South Bends "freak of nature" is chick
en- with four legs, which walks backward or
forward, and has been known to walk both
ways at once
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-26

No fashionable house is complete without
its conservatory. 1t is to be noted that in
the range of modern fiction, the great major
ity of the love scenes are located in conserva-
tories.
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-26

1t must be rather embarrassing for dead
man in public morgue to be claimed by
three different widows as their long lost hus-
band. His reputation is likely to suffer. A
Brooklyn corpse is now in this unhappy con-
dition
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jun16dln'
The Portland daily press., 1873-06-26
Hard Pine Timber

nTwharf and Dock, First, corner Of Street.
Office No. 10 State street, Boston. my3eod1y
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-08

denly-all at once, as il were, for You have
set down on brler. Then VIM. Henry,
who has quAtled an unreasonable quantity
ofIemonade gets the collie and his mother
goes into Mysteries because she think1 be
Is poisoned with poke.berries. You lay
him under an umbrella, and proceed to
climb a tree in order 10 fix q swing for the
girls. After skinning your hands, tearing
your trousers and running your coat, you
get to the top, tie the rope and undertake
10 come down on it. You do come down,
with velocity, and your fingers are rub
bed entirely raw. Just then II begins to
rain furiOusly, and the whole party stam-
pedes TO the depot for shelter. When the
shower slackens you go back to the
ground 10 get the rope, and just as you
get up In the tree the owner OF the place
comes along with a gun and a dog, and
threatens 10 blow your brains out and eat
you up il you don't leave Immediately.
Then you come down again with Celerlty,
and get over the fence as il you were in
earnest. Going home in the train oil the
passengers regard you, from your appear
ance, as an escaped convict, or q lunatic
who has broken from his keeper; and
when you reach your home you plunge
into shirt, cover your hands with court
plaster, and register solemn vow never
10 90 on another picnic. And we are
with you; we never will either. r.-Udr
AieleT
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-08
LATEST NEWS.

Missouri river at Atchis9D, Kan
sas, is higher than las been Known for
years
"A fire at Strsthray, Ont, Sunday.
burned a block Of buildings occupied by
different persons, Loss $4,000.
+-llenry &. Worlhington has been sp-
pointed Collector Of Customs ut Charles.
ton, 8. c.
The business portion Of the village Of
Frog Level, In Newberry county, s. G.,
was burned Sunday, Loss 100000; in
surance very small.
Anthony Sullivan, oil Philadelphia,
has died from fracture OF the 6kull,
caused, Il is said, by JoED Shane, who has
been arrested, =,
AT Worcester, Mass, Monday, DR..
FonLaine, OF Spencer, was held In $1,000
bonds for mauslaughter, In causing the
death Of child by using smallpox virus
for vaccination instead oil vaccine matter.
"A Fon du Lac dispatch says that the
stores Of DesombrC, jeweler, Fox, hats
and caps, and Lowery, lin shop, was
burned. Loss $4,000. ~
"A Boston dispatch says DR.. Charles
T. Jackson, the eminent chemist, has
been dangerously III the past few days.
IA collision occurred on tho Conuec
tiout River Railroad, Monday afternoon,
between gravel and q switch train, both
moving rapidly around U curve. Two
workmen sustained severe injuries.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-08
The Pleasure Oruhe PIcnIc.

This Is the season Of the year when pic.
MICS arc most frequent For real solid en-.
Ioyment we, Tor our part, much prefer
well.conducted funeral 70 an ordinary pic.
mic. You generally reach the grounds
about II O'Clock, and the exercises begin
with climbing . hill, mp, which you are
compelled 70 carry two heavy lunch bas.
ketS. When you reach the summit you
are positively certain that the theEmome-
ter must be nearly six hundred and illty In
the shade. You throw yourself on the
grass, ind IN few m0mentS brigade Of
black ants begin 10 crawl down the back
OF your neck, while 3 phAlAnx Of hekB
charge up your trouner leg. And Just aS
you jump up, your Oldest boy, who has
been out In the woods, where he stirred
up q yellow. Jackets nest, comes in with
bis head and face SWelled to the size Of d
water. bucket, conveying the information
that your other boy, William Henry, iS up
a tree and can't get down. After lGboIing
70 release William Henry the thermome.
ter SCENES 10 have gone up two hundred
more degrees, and you think you will take
q swim in the creek. While you arc IN
the water, young Jones buolIB pub WIN
Miss Smith, and unconscious Of your
presence they sit down close to your
clothes, and engage In conversation Tor
three. quarters Ol an hour, while you lie
down in the shallow stream, AFRAID TO
bulge and nearly killed by the hot sun.
When they leave, you emerge and find
that some wicked boys from The neigh
boring village have run of with your
shirt and socks. You fx up as well as
you can, and when You get back with the
party they are eating dinner from q cloth
laid on the ground. A spider b spinning
cobWeb from the pickle jar 10 the little
end Of the cold ham; strAddlebugs are
Irolicking around over the pound.cake,
cAlterpillarS are exploring the breadplAte,
grass-hoppersAre jumping into the butter
WherO they stick fast, the bees are 90 Thick
around theSugaT-boWl that you are afraid
To go near It, and there are enough ants
In the pie 10 walk completely of with II.
You take q Seat, however, determined TO
Try TO eat something, but soon get up sud.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-08
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, July Rear Admiral
jenkins, Commander Of the U. 8. Naval
forces OF tho AsiAiic station, reports from
Shanghai, May 26th, that on the 9th oI
April he temporarily transferred bis flag
from the Hartford to tho Monocacy for the
purpose ofvisiting the posts between Hong
Kong and Shanghai. He visited SwatOw,
Annoy, and FoOChow, calling on the Vice
roy OF the latter place, being as he was
informed, the first honor officer who had
obtained an interview with him. The
present VicerOy on account ol III health
had usually avoided receiving such in
tervleWs. Tho Admiral had a pleasant
reception from the Viceroy, and was con.
Quoted through the Chinese arsenals aud
dockyards, and tho schools noar the
Pagoda anchorage.
Secretary Delano has returned here
from OHIO.
Governor Davis, of Texas, is here and
this morning had an Interview with the
Secretary oflhe Interior and the Com
missioner OF Indian affairs, In relation to
there lease of satants and Big Tree, whom
he holds in Texas. Without coming 10
any conclusion. tho matter was postponed
for further conference In August, 10 take
placein Texas, between the Indians, Gov.
ernor Davis and tho Commissioner OF In
dian AiiairH,. .t.sr
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-08
HOWARD UNIVERSITY.
VIndlcatiOn Of Gen. HowaTd's Man.
;: -.-s ~ aEement..- ~.

b: YaF re agements .i, 2
WASHINGTON, July THE members Of
the committee appointed by the trustees
OF Howard University 10 consider and
report upon certain statements assailine
the, financial management Of Howard
University, and more especially designed
10 cast disctedit and suspicion on its
President, Gen. Howard, have submitted
their returns, together with statement Of
the present financial condition Of the
ihStilution. Among other denials they
say the recorded proceedings of the Board
Of Trustees will 6hoWIthAt no single dol
lar Of the University money vas ever
voted a gratuity 10 Gen. Howard, nor
any moneyRt any time, under any pre-
text, 10 which he was not Justly entitled
In consideration for valuable and indls-
pensable services faithfully and
thereis nothing mysterious dF difH0Ilt to
explain In the present Cohdliion Of How
ard University. a.' 1.g' 80 ai!gs -.
The report Is signed by Frederick
Douglass and George G. Baker, the Rev.
E2Eg WAipple, the. other member Of the
committee, being Abaentgifrom the city.
There is appended to the report q state.
ment Of the AVAILABLE resources and total
liabilities 81 t6eTUniyersity % Julv ist
The total res6urces are FefS All SS: totnl
liRbiIIties 09E 888 m, IesviIiG q hsIar,re N
AVAILABLE reSonrceS Of ais 7f5 a. In adj.
ditIon 10 ms f6e statement SSows tho
value Of the properly permanently 70.
served for University purposes TO be
"TTf TSs VtEJSment rrr,hsr abowu fbs v.,re
oI real esiste NOT permanantlv eServed
Snt which ISknoWn AZ saISabIs nronertv
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-08
The Little People.

"A school.boy remarks that when bis
teacher undertakes to show him " hat is
what, he only finds out which Is switch.
Why Is nature like baby? Because
there Is generally squall when its face Is
washed.
-"Nother, did you ever hear sissy
sWear2"
mo, my dear. What did she ssyf"
"Why, she said she wasn't going 70
wear her darned stockings to church"
The boy that recommends few
drops Of panegyric on sugar has his match
in another, who, after successfully spelling
"chicanerY," defined 1t to be large coop
TO raise chickens.
The latest instance afforded by
"fond mother" Of her sons Cleverness Is
said sons correcting her for saying he
was all over dirt. lie said the dirt was
all over him.
-TeaCher-"But do you understand,
Mary Jones, what duty is?". Mary
Jones-"Yes, Miss P'leaceman'w with q
white band round his arm, takes yer ori
10 prism l"-IhAch.
"A little boy in Maine enlrGated his
mother TO tell him some stories about bad
boys, and upon her expressing astonish-
ment, said he WANTED to find out how
they got out ofscrapes.".
-"What are you about my dear :" said
. grandmother TO little boy, who was
idling about the room and casting lurtiVe
glanCes at q gentleman who was paying, q
visit.
~ am trying, grandma, 10 steal paps's
hat out oil the room without letting the
gentleman see II, for papa wants him to
think he's out"
! The following dialogue occurred in
the Faubourg 81. Honore, Paris, between
patriarchal gentleman and his grand
daughter: !
"WhSt makes your hair 80 white, grand;
pap inquiries the maiden.
"rm very old, my dear; / was in the
ark" says grandpaps, humorously, but
with q reckless regard for truth, which
does not PROPOSES US in the old mans "a
Vor. ..I
"Oh," says the child, regarding her rel.
atiVe with a fresh interest," "are you
Noahp"
"No, l am not Noah"
"Are you 9hem thenP"
"No, / am not Shem."
care you HAmE
"No, am not even Ham,"
"Then you must be Jsphet," says mad.
emo selle, at the end OF her historical
tether and growing rather impatient at
the difficulty that surrounded her aged
relatives Identification: s-. ....
mo, I'm not Japhet."
"Then, grandpa you're q beast%
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Dinner Recreation at AIchIsOn,
Kansas.

ATcHsoN, July ia serious shooting
affair occurred al the Otis House, In this
city, Sunday noon, between ]. 8. Hoke
and n. Marbarg, two prominent citizens.
Marbarg entered the dining room Of tue
Otis House where Hoke, with q number
Of his friends, was at dinner, and imme.
diately thereafter pistol shots were fired
BY one Of the parties, and 1t Is not posi-.
lively known which, and was followed by
several others, both parties firing rapidly
at each other. Marbarg was wounded Sc.
verely in the arm and shoulder, and final.
ly relrested down stairs. Hoke was ar.
rested and placed under bonds on the
charge Of assault with intent to kill. Do.
mestIc scandal was the origin OF the at-
fray. 'ss,
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NEW YORK CITY.

NEW York, July 7.-0ficer David
O'Connor was fatally beaten Sunday by
the members of'G 10th avenue gang
whom be had ordered away from SOth
street. Three arrests we're made, and the
persons secured have been identified.
Louis JaceQuier andRife were drowned
by the capsizing Of their boat, while sail
ing In 'he lower bay, yesterday. Three
men who accompanied them were res.
Cued. -A.-i ~
The case Of Duden, Freers & Co., lace
Importers, Of Broom street, alleged TO
have defrauded the Government out ot
large sums on importRtions, has excited
much interest in business cucles. The
afldavits on which the books and papers
were seized by tho Custom House au.
thorlL;es, were made by gentleman, for.
mally manager for the firm. &c makes
oath that flib employers systematically
entered false and fictitious invoices ol
goods at the Custom House and under
valued their importatiOns from 80 to 80
per cent. He also charges them with de.
irauding the Government by invoicing
their COnsignments Of laCes Ut less than
tue real quantity. He further tnat their
amounted 10 upwards OF
$500 900. lie makes smother assertion
representing the firmto have extensively
smuggled Chantllly and real llnce, thread,
and cantels hair shawls IN casks purport-
Ing 10 contain london porter.
The notorious Wes Allen WIS sentenced
to-day 10 five years, with hard labor, In
the State prison. He was convicted about
q month ago Of an attempted burglary.
The total amount ol coin duo holders
OF the Union Pacific Railroad Company
flBt mortgage bonds amounts to $5l0, 900.
Of thiA sum Iully 100000 has already
been dlsbursed at the redemption Office
here, and payments still continue In Lon.
don, New York and Boston.
The RHe1ing Telegram says the law
under which RosenSwelg, the abortionlst,
offended, with its penalty Of seven years
Imprisonment, was legislated out ol ex-
istchee by the passage Of the new law,
making malpractice attended with fatal
results, punishable with death. Rosen-
sweig has lain for months 10 the Tombs
awaiting new trial, but has not been re.
indicted, and II Is believed cannot be.
Stokes, Simmons, and King will, it Is
escape the death penalty
through the new Law requiring proof OF
deliberate intent TO kill for conviction Of
murder In the. frat degree. s5,...S ur
The funeral Of Mrs. Eliza Tweed,
mother OF VIM. NJ. Tweed, took place this
afternoon.
Investigation proves the utter lalsiLy oil
a report that arrangements are making
for an attack on the Orange procession on
Saturday. -r...s,.-
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THE CHOLERA.

CIRCNNATr, July 7.-SeVen cases Of
deaths irom cholera today. lI.t.
MEMPHIS, July 7.-There were 92 in-
terments to-day, only 8 from cholera.
NAsHyILLEI IJnly 1.-THE total number
Of deaths in the city Sunday was twelve,
seven Of which we're from cholera. The
number OF deaths in tho city today was
four, none Of which were from cholera.
Weather clear and pleasant.
A special to the Nashville papers re.
ports thirty deaths In Chattanooga in the
last iortYelght hours, fifteen Of which
were from cholera.
NEW YORK, July 7-There was a fatal
case Of cholera reported In Jersey city 10.
day DR.. W. KING, 100 Grand street died
At 2 o'clock this afternoon Of what Is des.
cribed as spssmodic cholera. A German
emigrant died In the same city last week
Ot cholera, but the report Of the fact was
suppressed, Ir.I tr-h-lH ..Ha-H -,
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DamaRe 10 Ohio Canals.

TOLEDO, July 7-Therece disastrous
rain storms which have 80 generally pre-
vailed In the west have done very consid.
erable damage 10 q portion Of the Public
Works In Ohio. The Miami and Erie
canal 90 far as is known has escaped, and
the navigation Is uninterrupted between
here and Cincinnati. The Hooking canal
Is badly damaged and the navigation will
be suspended for number OF days. A
portion OF the dam at Lockvillo on the
other canal southeast Of Columbus has
been washed out. Small breaks on the
Ohio canal between Columbus aud Cir
cleville are reported. The extent Of the
damage Is not yet fully known but 1t Is
believed 1t will involve loss Of nearly
$4,000. A large force OF men will be at
once put 10 work and the damage repair.
ed, and navigation opened at the earliest
possible day.