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The Portland daily press., 1873-03-29

A musical critic in New Orleans has passed
an evening evening at the opera, and thus
writes: ''There are strains in the opera that
bud out timorously, and Others again that
blossom into perfect bouquets of ravishing
sound-some evanescent and delicate as the
odor of frail wild flowers, and others inter-
preting ones being with passionate and
lasting perfume"
, 1873-04-10

An ACCOMMODATING PosTMAsTER.-The
Postmaster of this city has put in force
a new rule in relation to box rent; and
inasmuch as this public servant is so
far above the people as to be excused
from making known this rule for the
benefit of the public We beg permission
to do SO through your columns. Ifyou
find blue ticket in your box marked.
" Box rent due, until the rent is paid
you will receive no mail or any notifica-
ton that there is mail matter in the Of
fee for you. During the past week sew
eral person have called at the office for
mail; seeing nothing in their boxes they
supposed there was no mail for them
Yet there was mail matter, in the h1nds
of the Postmaster. on which he assnnt-
Ell to hold lein for box rent, without
any notification of such lein. As the
Administration is about to enforce the
Civil Service Reform, there is a GOOD
opening in the Post Office of this place
for an example. We learn that special
Postal Agent Hard is now on his way to
this section and the matter of our ac-
commodating Postmaster will be laid be-
fore him; when, it is to be hoped,a new
deal will be made. SUBSCRIBERS.
, 1873-04-10
SEATTLE. April 4. 1873.


EDIToE EVENING DISPATCH: In your is
sue of yesterday appeared an article
over the well-known signature of s'Sub-
scribers," which, for its manifestation
of amiability aud candor, as well as ac-
curate knowledge of postal law and us
age, merits SO much notice as shall be
accorded in saying that the Postmaster
has NOT adopted NEW RULE; but SIM
ply enforced standing regulation of
the Post Office Department, in requir-
ing payment of box rents at least one
quarter in advance. At his own expense
and instance he has procured the blue
tickets referred to by Subscribers Z"
for the express purpose of informing
box holders, in the most direct and GER
tain manner possible that their rent was
due, and for weeks before they were
placed in the boxes there had been a
large card posted in q conspicuous place
in the Post Office, notifying whom it
may concern that mo mail matter will
be placed in boxes containing a blue
ticket bearing the legend Box Rent
Due.'''
That the Post Master ever assumed to
have any claim or lein on any mail mat
tel is wholly, utterly, false.
Respectfully,
WIN. II. GILLIAN, P. NJ.
, 1873-04-10

VIII make the expenses, S3, 1874 90
Deduct this amount from S7,2GO, will
give a balance from freight alone of
81, 4,0l6 90, net.
Now, let us estimate a probable re-
ceipt from passengers. The published
list of every trip of the Prince Alfred
shows an average passenger list Of so,
each way, not inclndipg the steerage.
We will say that there is 25 down at
$50, and % up at the same rate, that
will give $1,500; then let us allow one
third CT that amount to provision them,
which anyone will concede is la, ge, and
we have net receipt of 1000, which.
added to the $4,0l6, gives net proceed
of $5,0l6. or, $50, 1872 per annum. Then
let us add the 1892 to the $500 allowed
for incidental expenses. and we have the
first ccst of the ship the first year.
Some may say that we cannot buy a
steamer for 100000. l have only to re-
ter to the recent sale of steamships in
San Francisco and New York. In the
first named place, the Vanderbilt, a
steamer OF over 5000 tons burden. yalu-
ed at 100000 was. the other day, sold
for $40, 600 in currency. In the latter
place, New York, two side-wheel steam-
ships, running between New York and
Havana, which were re-fitted last year.
sold for. respectively. $21, 800. and $4l,-
600. currency. The "Columbia." !, ,27l
, 1873-04-10

NORTHERN PACIFIC Il. Rive are in
formed by reliable parties that the con-
tracts let in the East the past winter by
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company
were to Messrs. King & Goodwin, from
near the mouth of Snake River to Pen
d'oreilie Lake, and from the present
terminus on the Pacific Division north
from forty to eighty miles up the Sound.
This information may be deemed cor
rect. The agreement call for the com
pletlon of the contracts within two wears.
Tomorrow the bids f r clearing forty
miles north from Tenino will be opened
at the Company's office in Kalama. -
Portland Bulletin March.31st.
, 1873-04-10

The following from the Duluth Herald
of March IS gives us pleasant idea OF
the beauties of winters residencesoD
the banks of the great lakes. Who
would not prefer that climate to that of
Puget Sound ?
A letter informs rs that, for more than
eight weeks, the steamers Manistee and
Messenger have been drifting about L.
Michigan at'the mercy of the elements,
and unable to reach the shore on ac-
count of the ice. They left Milwaukee
just before the cold snap and storm of
tile latter. part January set in, and their
course to Grand Haven was cut off by
the ice. The crews endeayored to wealth
er the Storm After awhile the fuel gave
out and fires were extinguishcd. Early
in February the provisions gave out,
and the choice was between starving to
death and attempting to reach the shore.
A boats crew finally reached Whitehall,
obtained provisions anl returned to the
ste amers. The last heard from the ves-
sells was that the Messenger was far out
in the lake. surrounded by ice fifteen to
twenty feet thick. The Manistee was
off Ludington. surrounded with heavy
pack ice. 1t is not likely there will be
apy chance for the liberation of the YES
sells before the ice gives way in the
spring. 1t is matter of serious doubt
whether they will be able to weather the
storms that will sweep over the lakes bs-
fore that time.
, 1873-04-10

Boy OvEEBoAED.-This, Saturday, af-
ternoon little boy, Geo. Wallace, gos
overheard at the end of Stone 4 Bur-
nett's wharf. 1t seems thata couple Chi
namen were attempting to throw a dog
over and the boy hung on to the dog and
went over with it, entirely by accident.
Luckily he caught Il pile and held him.
self mp until Mr.. Martin. an employee
of Stone & Burnett's, let himself down
by rope and rescued him. Mr.. Jno.
Levy then shouldered the boy and car
ried him home. He came very near
drowning but will be all right to-mor-
row. No blame can be attached to the
Cinnamon.
, 1873-04-10

STEAMER DUE.-The California left
Portland for Sound Ports on Wednes-
day evening last, with an immense
freight list. She was also accompanied
by the Gussie Telfair which the Port
land Herald says is on its way to Olym
pia to be repaired. She leaks badly be
ing severely strained by the heavy sess
of the upper Coast, while searching fox
the Geo. S. Wright. We suppose that.
as usual, the Herald reporter means
either Seattle, or some down Sound port:
as Olympia has no more advantages than
Portland for repairing vessels. We
would advise the Portland reporters 10
travel on the Sound and learn the geog-
rapby of this section.
, 1873-04-10

SEATTLE CoAL.-The Commercial Her.
aid, Of San Francisco. says that owing
to the large influx of Seattle and Coos
Bay coal, the price of Bellingham Bay
coal has declined from $12 so to $40 90
Per ton.
, 1873-04-10

RAILROAD IRoN.-We CLEAN from cur
exchanges that the N. P. R. r. Co., have
chartered several clipper ships to Ios'i
with railroad iron. We did learn 10
what port they will proceed.
, 1873-04-10

CAPTURING A LUNATIC. On Wednes
day March 26, the Deputy Sheriff. D.
H. Webster and two deputies proceeded
to Osmin Frost's claim, about miles
from this city, armed with warrant to
arrest him and bring him before the
Probate Court for insanity. They reach
ed his place on the morning of the 26th
and lay outside in the rain for about two
hours, when the old man came out of
the house. They then captured and put
handouts on him and took him into the
house where they sat talking, waiting
for the tide to come in SO they could get
to their boat. Finally the old man said
that he had calf in the stable which he
wanted to let loose before he left. Web
ster sent one of his deputies with him,
who reports that he helped the old man
loose the culf and then they went into
the woods to hunt the COW. Not re-
turning for some time Webster and the
other deputy started after them. They
finally found the first deputy who said
the old man ran away from him and that
he could not find him. They hunted
for Frost for some time but being una
BILE to 6nd him returned to this city.
On the Tuesday following they re-
turned to Frost's claim and found him
in his cabin. They waited until he
came out and then captured him. Web
ster said to him, "Why did you run
away from the officer % He replied, Il
did not. He ran away from me-" Ttey
then brought him to this city where he
was tried and adjudsed insane by jury
Of three practising physicians before
the Probate Court.
1t appears that when Frost got away
from the officers the irst time, he wan
dered around in the woods for about
four days with handouts on. He then
came up to the railroad track and got
y.ian to file them off when he returned
to his cabin and was there when the Off
GERS went after him the second time.
, 1873-04-10

TUNER.-There will be q first class
Piano Forte Tuner and Repairer in Seat
tie about the 18th inst. Any one wish
ing instruments tuned or repaired can
have it done by leaving their orders with
Pumphrey & Young at the Pioneer Book
, 1873-04-10

Ex-Governor Dick Yates. of Illinois.
has been appointed Commissioner OIL
the part of the Government to look after
the interests of the United States in the
matter Of land grants to the n. Pr. B
, 1873-04-10

Speaking Of the arrival of the first
boat at Salem, through the locks, the
Statesman says: We recollect the sen-
sation there was in the frontier village
of Salem, in the year 1852 (way back
among the ancient days. when the frs.
steamer on the upper Willamette rang
her bell and landed at the capital. P..,-
pie came i'll from the country for mites
around, not so much to see steamboat
as to celebrate the advent of a navig.i-
ton line and the opening of water com.
munication with the hub of the world
Oregon City, and the centre of the u
verse, Portland. That was an era
Webfoot his tory. And yet there VIZ
not half the talk about the great things
to come of that steamboat arrival, as ss
have heard in the last few months
about the opening of direct commuut-
cation with Portland through the Orr
gon City locks.
, 1873-04-10

John King. the first Englishman who
signed the total abstinence pledge, is
now an old man, and without dollar.
Terrible lesson.
, 1873-04-10

UN1vERsIIY.-The weekly singing class
will be continued through the present
term for the benefit of the studentr;
and the time will be divided between
the beginners and advanced students.
Others wishing 10 join the class can do
so for 81 paid in advance.
E. X. HILL.
, 1873-04-10
1t Will Pay.
SEATTLE, April 4d, 1878


MIR. EDITOR: Noticing in your col
umns an article from A Business
Man," desire to express to you some
of the views in which / think he errs.
It is true, we have two lines of Steam
ers running indirectly to the Sound. The
one via Victoria is prohibited by law
from bringing any freight for Sound
ports, while the other via Portland, as
far as freight goes, is debarred by money
considerations from carrying any Sound
freight. The amount Of freight brought
to the Sound is large, and the only me-
dunn now for its carriage is on sailing
vessels; while at all times, coal freights
can be got. Merchants will send their
goods by steam, providing rates OF
freight are reasonable. and sailing yes-
sells have never yet been able to drive
steam off the berth. A steamer can be
run, fit for the Puget Sound trade, at
such rates as will give her Ill the freight
desirable. Passenger traffic, like all
other things, goes where cheap rates ex-
ist and fair share of it will go by the
Steamer proposed.
That the Victoria line does not pay.
is easily seen into. The bulk of goods
used in British Columbia, comes from
England direct, and the Prince Alfred,
losing the Sound trade, and having the
Hudson Bay Co.'S ships landing cargoes
at Victoria, has to depend on a subsidy
for support. Bat the Prince Alfred.
when returning with Nanaimo coal, on
the,owner's account, lost no money, nor
/ venture to say did she as long as al
lowed to carry Sound freight.
Starr Bros, may be losing money but
if so, they owe it to the trade not being
laage enough to support opposition.
Withdraw the Zephyr and give the
freight that the Mill Companies tug
distribute through the Sound, and
fancy the Starr Bros. could live without
the subsidy.
The Pacific Mail has not paid divi-
ie nds it is true of late, but it has bought
Holladay off the Southern route, buy
ing his steamers and good Wilt has
bought Webb's Australian steamers for
81 900, COO; and it has built some ten
8 earnsl.;ps. worth over $1,000 apiece,
and heen its own underwater to an ex-
tent # over $2,0G0,G GOO, and has done
all this without calling for any help
from assessments, and now it looks to
prosperous future. Why did tley not
declare dividend: Because. all their
earnings are used in the increase, and
extension of their business.
There is an average receipt on Puget
Sound of 2o00tons of freight per month,
going to all parts. Our merchants, We
will say, own steamship that can car
ry 800 tons, and will ship by their own
means of conveyance, in order to secure
their own interests. Let us take for in
stance, steamer Of the above capacity,
costing $50, 900. and allow her to make
one trip per month. We will then esti
mate her receipts and expenses. Say
she will bring of that 1000 tons per
month, 800 tons up, at So, 81, 900; and
then take 500 tons down at 81, SO, 2D0--
$1,000; and the down freight can be
made up with coal. Then let us esti-
mate the expense of running. Say she
will use II tons of coal in "a hours, L
running days, or,
, 1873-04-10

~ DIR. 3. r. Freeland, the distin-
guished Dentist, has gone t. Oily nris
to remain till the 1st of May, when he
will return to this city.
, 1873-04-10

READING EooM.-From and after thi.
date the Reading Room of the Seattle
Library Association will be at the ser
vice of the members whenever the Lii
brary is open. Strangers visiting this
city are hereby invited to visit the Read
ing Room whenever it is open. Thu
entrance to the Library room is on Mill
street, just west of Commercial.
E. H. Brown, Librarian.
, 1873-04-10
SUCH is LIFE!

oVUU ~ III
The largest and best selected stock of General Merchandise
Ever offered in this country can be found at
Srhpabarher 9ros, \ On,
Our twostory building is filled from Garret Gel
ar; all Of which we offer at prices that
DEFY Con1PEr1rroN
Our past business is sufficient guarantee to the
Public that they will be dealt with
ON THE sol ARE
Our stock consists in part of the following, viz
, 1873-04-10

The largest and best selected stock of General Merchandise
Ever offered in this country, can be found at
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-13
Chr 8utlana daily Glohe.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1879.
The Saratoga Hotels.

A correspondent Of an exchange says
that prices at tho large hotels ut Saratoga
must be reduced to I'll them with custom,
for this season hotel profit have been a
failure, none hut Congress- Hall having
made expenses. The new hotel, the Grand
Central has lost money, and at any time
rooms could be selected at ones pleasure,
so many have been vacant. Stewart eX-
pended $50, 900 oh his hotel last winter in
Improvements, and increased the yearly
rent from $50, 900 to $4,000, and yet this
hotel has not paid expenses and scarcely
its rent Think Of house with twelve
miles Of carpeting, and acre of marble
tiling, two miles of halls and q mile Of
piazzas. Think Of hotel with / ,474 doors
to slam, and ,S92 windows to burnish, re-
quiring an army of two hundred walters
and thirty-fve cooks. To illustrate the
expenses Of Saratoga hotel, the cores
pondent takes the statistics of the Union,
which uses / 200 quarts of milk per day.
800 chickens, 1900 pounds Of beef, $50
quarts Of berries, and other things in pro.
portion. The daily consumption, added to
rent and other expenses, make low prices
for board simply impossible, and mammoth
hotels, with enormous expenses, will find
it hard work to put money in their purses.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-13

Nj @ Tbackcray is coming, next year.
Indiana maidens wear peachstones for
earrings.
Buffalo Bill played so hard at Phila-
delpha that he broke q rib
The Cincinnati tair, just closed, was
visited Ivy more than 1000 people.
Mast is sand to receive carte hlinchc aud
ten thousand a year from the Harpcis.
Fifty new weeklies have been born 10
Nebraska. during the last year, and all but
two or three are still alive.
An Illinois school director has employed
a teacher for the winter because he plays
good game of cards.
1t is estimated that 50 900 600 were spent
in cut flowers and house-plants at retail III
New York city, last year.
4 new uniform for our entire standing
army of 10000 men is now being made mt
Frankfort arsenal, Philadelphia.
Several prominent citizens of Troy pro
pose to erect extensive iron mills on M
island in the Hudson near that city.
A colored girl was recently excluded
from the high school of Xenia, O., after
she had passed the necessary examination.
Over 800, 900 pounds Of grapes have been
shipped from Vineland. this season, one
firm alone having sold 2O0.0o0 thtec-pound
boxes
Brignoli has been singing in an open air
theatre at Rome. the past summer. and has
been pretty severely handled by the Italian
critics.
Prof. Donati. director Of the as'ron0mi-
cal observatory in Florence and discoyerer
of the famous comet in jane, 1893, died at
Vienna last month.
OF ei,,btv-pjpe teachers Mt II recent stote
institute IN Vncenues. Ind. only one
spelled correctly a llst OF twenty WORDS III
ordinary use, and one missed them all
A nine-hours bill will he introduced into
Parliament, ut its next session. by Mr.
Mundella. The employers of factory labor
are already working vigorously against the
measure.
The ST. Joe and Denver railroad was
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-13

\ FAMILY NEARLY SrFFoCATED.-Tbe
family of John Purdy at Sandlake, n. V,
retired to rest Tuesday night last after
closing up all of the drafts of their stove
perfectly close, which caused carbonic
oxyd to generate during the night. Upon
hearing the cries OF his infant about four
o'clock the next morning John Purdy arose,
but before he got to where the child lay be
was Frustrated in the center Of the floor.
His wife, hearing the noise of his fall, also
arose, and being overcome by the gas, fell
upon the floor. The daughter, upon arising,
succeeded in reaching the yard. where she
also fell Although they lie in critical
condition their recovery is considered GER
tain.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-13

HNAGS.-W have now in stock an assort-
Il ment OF Dennlsons Patent Direction
Labels and Merchandise Tags, which we viii
sell nj manufacturers prices.
We have also n good stock OF Philips Sc
curity Hook-Tags," very convenient and SER
viceable article for merchants Among It's ad-
vantages are: Goods can be more readily mark
cd than by any other means the tag Is so &C.
curely locked that IL cannot become detached
from the goods; no chance OF the tag becoming
detached from the hook; no points projecting
TO tear other goods or your fingers. They are
safe, strong and cheap. Call and examine
them. GLOBE PAPER co.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-13
VERMONT NEWS.

Mr. and Mrs. NJ II. Gray, of Rycgate,
celebrated on the oath ult., the twentyfiith
anniversary of their marriage.
Stephen Haviland of Dauvillc, felled
large butternut tree one day lately. in
which swarm of bees had stored their
honey, and in order to destroy the bees he
built fire abou, it, and SO burnt up nearly
all the honey, estimated at some two hun
drcd pounds He succeeded however in
saving little.
Geo. Clark, of Sutton is still uncovering
his copper minc and finds better show
ing, the farther he advances. Dr. s. H.
LA !, the geologist, says that the signS and
specimens warrant an OUTLAY ia develop the
mine.
James Gleason, Frank Yatta and Geo
Paridee, three young St. Johnsbury ruughs
broke into lIulrs brewery or beer shop ON
Railroad street Saturday night, and helped
themselves to beer.
John l.. Pope died at tiardwick. Sept
3Oth, aged 60, also, Oct. 81, Eliza Page,
wife of John l.. Pope. aged Go both nj
typhoid pneumonia.
L Il. Sargent has paid over within few
weeks, the insurance upon Henry Bingham
and David Powers Of Sutton-S2OOO each.
When NJ. l.. Hovey of Kirkbv got home
from the Fair, he found That neighbor's
dog had killed one OF his best sheep. lie
don't see the use of dogs.
Franklin County.
Messrs. George Barney s Sons Of Swan
ton are lust now running their ma bic mill
entirely on the red whitevein 1ouring tile
for the Boston post Office.
Butter at from 80 to Sc cts. per pound Mt
Fairfax.
Butternuts are plenty this season. The
price for them is twenty-five cents per
bushel
Through the enterprise of Y. Spencer
the daily line of stages extends from the
railroad at Georgia, through Fairfax to
johnson, now, instead of to Cambridge as
| heretofore.
Orleans County.
The old Brick church in Coventry near
the centre of the town, has been torn down.
1t was built nearly ftly years ago.
Money is to be raised for railroad sur
vey, from South Troy to North Troy VIA
jay. II Is believed II feasible and short
route will be found.
Mortimer C. Davis has been appointed
postmaster at Charleston, In place OF L, Il
Cate, resigned.
The village Of Greensboro shows rs grea
A change in its inhabitants as lrasbnl gh OF
Bloomington, there being only six persons
there now who resided there ~ years ago
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-13

Tnx FouNptR OF YALE CuII.tGr The
tomb ut l. thu Yale, governor Of the Eas
India Company and founder of Yale o.
lcgc who died in l12l, and was buii,d at
Wrexhani, in the north of Nmos, has re-
Gently been visited by Yale tourist. who
rcnorts in the College Cournt that the
stones c fat c'umbiing 70 decay, and
suggests that fund be raised 10y the a nmni
for the rrctirn of Il monument and statue
upon the con,ccratcd spot, ere its sac be
altogether forgotten.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-13

The WooD MowER. Walter y.
Wood moving and reaping machine cont
pany have had lightweight of their prin-
cple medals awarded to them at different
exhibitions throughout the world, for the
superiority of Woods harvesting machines,
photographed and framed, copies OF which
can he seen at any of their agencies. 1t
makes splendid advertisement and tell
the unyarnished truth.
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Agents for the GioSc,

II. L. Stilson. bennington.
II. L. Morgan, WallinsiQrd.
Herbert Smith, Factory Point
n. :. Hard, Arlington.
VI. b. Kelley, Sluth ailinE.o'l'
c. &. Pierce. East Clarendon.
+. J. Carpenter Bratilepurn.
tdbbs a Co.. Brandon.
DeunlsOn Brothers, fltifloln.
W. NJ. Day. MiddiUaurN,
Rufus Holt, pittsiieid.
j. d. culver, hydeN.lit.
I. X. Horton, CLARENDON.
u. l.. Peabody, Pllt,iuid
Alden & Co, MiddleourN.
II. J.. Spencer, sutherland Falls,
jim. Haskell, Fuirnavcn.
A. l.. kellogg, tastlCtOn.
G, j, Gilmore, West Rutland.
l.. johnson. West Pawltt.
w. s. BASsrtt, MidiletUwn.
James Rice, Pawlet.
Il Il. Parmcnter Meohnnlcsyil!e.
ID. Horton, Mount Holly.
W. W. iiiboard, POultney.
+. liolton, Danny 4 corners.
William Pierce, Dandy
Is. A. Carter, Benson.
w II. HUI, Wells.
o, Il. Woods, Bellows Falls.
Y. II Robbins, Chester.
L. Alien, East Wallingford
sherman Brothers. Ludlow.
Brown Il Clark, Chittenden
j. ID. Pnrdy. Manchc, ter.
sM sOuthard. YER ms.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-13

4 NERMoNTER AFTER BLoop. John g..
Black of Vermont drew revolver on John
Minnihan, telegraph operator at the Troy
depot, on Wednesday, while drunk. Min
nihan would not make Il charge this morn
ing and the man was fined 81