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The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15
STATE NEWS.
ANpRoscocc1N corr,r.,

ANDRosCoGGIN COUNTY.
Apples are cheap in Lewiston.
There are 90 schools in Lewiston and Auburn
"a in Lewiston and 3S in Auburn. "
The fellow who was accused of being moan
for giving nine persons dinner at the cost of
81 cents thus explains in the journal: The din
per party to which you allude was simply NV
own family and two friends that happened to
drop in. We had for bill of fare that day, at
peas. cost 10 cents; lbs beef for stew, 10 cents
i loaf graham bread, 6 cents; butter and apple
sauce, and one plain apple pie, part of which
only was eaten-the whole costing 81 TO 40 cts,
save expense of cooking. He says it is a better
din er than roast beef or turkey with plum
pudding. Etfnft 5a.t
The Journal says the shipments of shoes
from Auburn the past week have been 2018
cases to 2253 cases for the previous week, and
the receipts of leather have been 75,540 pounds
to 55,8 $40 for the previous week. AS an indica-
tion of the increase of the shoe business in Au-
burn it may be noted that the shipments of the
same week of March last year were but 1347
cases. an increase of about fifty per cent over
last year.
The North Star says that the roof of the
hr;dae across the Aroostook river at Fort Fair
SaId fall from the weight of snow, shattering
the , two spans so that they will have to be re-
built. L -
ssPolishing off, is the term that two Aroos-
took editors apply to their attacks upon each
other Don't give us any in ours, if you please.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The Bridgton News says that musical con-
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Washington Matters.

NEW INSTRUCTIONS TO COLLECTORS OF Gus
TOMS.
Instructions have been sent fro the Treas
ury Department to seaport Collectors of Gus
toms, intormingt he n of the recent passage
of law which authorized the unloading of
steamships at night. 1t provides that it shall
be the duty of the Collector of Customs OF
any port at which steamship from foreign
port may arrive, to grant upon proper appli-
cation therefor special license to unload the
cargo of the vessel at night, namely, between
sunset and sunrise, bat before any such
special license is gr nted, the master, agent
or consignee of the vessel is to execute and
deliver to the Collector a good and sufficient
bond, to indemnify and save him bameless
from all losses and liabilities that nav occur
by reason OF the granting of the special IL
cense.
THE NEW INDIAN COMMISSIONERS,
Edward P. Smith, nominated by the Pres
ident Thursday, to be Commissioner of In
dian Affairs, is now ;gent of the Red Lake
Chippewas of Minnesota, position to which
he was appointed from New York, on recon-
mendatlon of the Congregationalist denom-
| ination Of the United States. Smith accom-.
| panied General Howard ,st year to Arizona,
and has been employed on several otheI
special missions by the Interior Department.
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disease last Saturday nlSnt ana Stlll lies very
ill.
The Ellis worth City Council passed an ordi.
nance inflicting fine of $5 upon members who
are absent from meetings.
The ladies of Goose (Mt Desert, Cove Sew
ing Circle are to build a hall this season.
large two story one with all the copyeniepces
tor holding meetings, fairs, levees, &c.
Inc American learns that but about half of
!ne usuai amount of logs have been cut on Un-
lnn river the past winter on account of deep
SHOWS @p
KNOX COUNTY.
The Rockland Gazette says that Thomaston
has fox hunting association with alarge
mem oershlp. They employ seven hounds for
the chase, and shot during this winter thirty
foxes. 1t is said that c. E. Butler, one of the
members, killed 'tive foxes at one shot re-
Gently.
OXFORD COUNTY
The Oxford Register classiies the grand Jury
OF Judge Danforths court socially, politically
and relgously. All but three are married, a
majority are Republicans and the Universalists
have the best of the relgionists. The Register,
however, don't tattempt the petit jurors-possi-
bly because no one knows to what conclusion
they may come.
PENoBsCOT COUNTY.
The Whig says that Thursday afternoon
three children-a girl of five years and boy of
seven, children of Henry Piude. and a son of
Charles Baker, aged eight years2were playing
together upon the ice on the Pepohscot a few
rods below the Basin Mills, in Orono. and the
Piude boy was drawing his sister upon sled
when he broke through and was plunged in the
water. The little girl went to his assistance
a. 5ua, i.; ~ gl1p ns nsnu pue IN trying
in has;da hr, Tho ooi neh anu went
nnd ,h;Io - ~. IVY qui1Aiy cane up
duo ~ ~, W aesoue tneln was aiso
aaln ~ anu a,i .uiee wene 70 the ootGom To-
sS.uei. .t Ineil snfili scIean oI despair atgract
gu .iS aS.onS1u VI d nuuipeI T vi persons VINO at
once hasteneu 70 the spot. !he mills were shut
doWn, tne ice removed ana IN about two hours
lhe lttie ones were found lying clasped in each
otners arms IN about ten feet OF water.
Some malicious person or persons entered the
mill of Stone, Mayo, Snow & Co.. at Orono. on
Sunday night last, and let the water nearly all
out of the boilers, thereby causing great deal
of damage and endangering the lives of many
persons when the fires were lightet Monday.
The question Of city aid to the Northern
Aroosto0k Railroad will be voted upon by Ban
gor on MONDAY, Marcn olst. atsEks fs ftg e.
ssEs SOMERSET COUNTY ..-,
The Reporter says that John B. Sanborn of
Palmyra, has raised the past season, .116 bush.
of beans, and that while the question of beans
is up he should like to know who has done bet
ter
Ell w thompson, OF East Madison, says
that Ilo inches OF snow have fallen during the
past winter, he having kept exact measure
meht. Nine ana nalf rect OF snow IS mon
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THE St. John Ne.cs says that neishbor-
h ,od in that city has been excited over the
"a # that man had a "coffned corpse in
hi, woodshed. 1t turned out that the "cof-
,ed corpse" was that of the mans wife
who had died few weeks before and had
been bu. led but whom he had con-
cl lded to have removed to another place
o: burial. He had so fai carried out his res
olution as to get the coffin to his residence.
where it was kept several days, the cover re-
moved and the deceased inspected by curious
children. We have only to remark that this
resurrection must have been novel if not dis
agreeable to the living wife whom he merried
a week after the death Of tie former.
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15

ARCHBISHOP PURCELL of Cincinnati has
warned his flock that the Catholic connect
ing himself with any trade-union or kindred
society that makes use of the oath in its ini-
tiation is ipso facto cut off from the body OF
the faithful and in instant peril of eternal
damnation. Some of the Catholic working
men are quote as saying that their labor un,
ions have nothing to do with religion, that
the oath is perfectly unobjectionable, and
that the archbishop had much better mind
his own business and leave them to mind
theirs,
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15

IHE Journeymen carpenters Of Brooklyn
nave notified the ''bosses" that on the 7th
OF April they will demand $3.50 for eight
hours labor. The ''bosses" fatty refuse to
accede to the demand and as a consequence
building operations in that city will be entire
ly suspended and idleness and distress VIII
follow where there might have been the re-
verse. Unfortunately the mechanics are not
the only losers. for the capital that was to be
invested in building tenements will find other
avenues and higher and poorer rents will
have to lie taken by thousands.
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15

DEMOCRATIC papers have found so few
crumbs of political comfort of late that they
grasp at the slightest indications of success. In
pursuance of this policy New Jersey Or
gan of the faithful in its, double-leaded glori-
fication over New Hampshire undertook to
say: "Behold how brightly breaks the MORN
ing' but the compositor put it roughly in
stead of ''brighty" which in the light of full
er information is more correct, as the Repub-
licans have the Governor, Legislature and
two of the three Congressman which is a Re-
publican gain lf two,
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15
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diseases arising from the of youth or the in
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taught by this work the true way to health and hap
pness. 1t is the cheapest and best medical work
published, and the only this class of ills
worth reading. 190th edition, revised much en-
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Price only 81. Sent by mail post-paid receipt cf
price. Address PEABODY MEDICAL INSTl-
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w. H. PARKER, Assistant Physician. N. B. The
author may be consulted the above well as all
diseases requiring SKILL and EXPERIENCE.
sn mar25-d1y
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The RocklandGazette says: The PRESS is con
Quoted with enterprise and ability; its editorial
utterances are outspoken and independent, and
its telegraphic, local and general news depart
ments are fnll and interesting. AS the PRESS
is now received here at noon, ON the day of pub
lcation, it gives us the news six hours in ad-
vance of the Boston dailies, and presents a
claim to the patronage of our citizens, which
we shall be glad to see generously recognized.
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15

The Senators at Washington are wasting
their time 10 considering the case of Senator
Caldwell. 1t is impossible to predict to what
conclusion the senatorial judgment will ar
rive, but the average people believe that Sem
ator Morton in recommending expulsion,
met the case with the most direct and only
hon )rabe remedy,
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15

AhE Tree school system in New Brunswick
oo,,'uues 70 excite the determined opposition
OF the leading Catholics who claim that some-
.n''is over one-third of the population of the
PROVINCE are hostile to the measure. The
Catholic press OF the upper provinces Is verv
severe upon Gov Wilmot, who is styled a
goddess" magistrate for his warm advocaou
of the benefcent measure. These ;om~~S,
allude to the free school system as ~ ~ NV. NUS
rage upon liberty and an instrument Of ra nas
secution. A proposition is being considaras psa
OF appealing to the Dominion government ~ ~
interfere to put an end to this persecrt;ou W
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15

THE terrific character of the Minnesota
snow storm is recalled By a last message of
Gov. Austin, transmitting to the Legislature
the certified statement of the casualties.
The number actually frozen to death was 70;
81 were seriously injured by the exposure,
some IF them having suffered amputation.
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15

CONGRESSIONAL MILEAGE. - The mileage
swindle which the increase of G mgressional
salaries abolished was before the war favorite
plan of Congressmen for eking out their saia-
res. 1t was liable to great abuses, OF winch
some one who has been looking the matter up
gives some instances:
"Just before the war Mr. Gwinn of Califor
MIA received $4,000, while Mr. Mr.. Bayard of
Delaware, sitting by his side, got bat a little
more than 5000. Reverdy johnson got $12S,
while Senators Nye and Stewart of Nevada got
$4,000 apiece. This was early in the war de-
cade, and before the Pacific railroads made any
change iu directness of route. The mileage
paid dnring the last Congress to somo Senators
was s, as follows; California, $4O296O; Oregon,
$6492. so; Nevada, SS51360; Texas, S3OOO Lou
isiana. S2531; Arkansas, $24OO; Minnesota,
$2475.2 20; Kansas, $2352. 10; Nebraska, s2l47 90;
Mississippi, $780,
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15

"WEsT" the somewhat sensational Wash
ington correspondence of Boston Traveller
intimates that President Grant had good
reasons for abandoning his proposed Southern
trip, and that he will not again consider the
subject while he is Chief Magistrate. In
short, he hints that the Presidents friends
fear that he would be assassinated should he
visit the South. The correspondent does not
give any authority for his statements.
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15
MARR HEIRS.

.TlHE heirs at law of John Mari, formerly of Kit
i terry, in York county, Maine, have decided to
hold convention in Portland, on the 26th day of
March next at 10 A. NJ, in the United States Hotel,
fo the purpose of taking measures to establish their
heirshp to the property which is said to be left by
John Erskine, 11th Earl of Mar in Scotland. A full
attendance Is requested Per order.
lT.e VIM. p. MARR,
SAMUEL NJ. SHILLING,
JOHN MARR,
MRS. VIM. TRICKEY,
feb20dsntd MRS. c. X. SHAW.
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15

A PROPOSITION is before the Illinois legis-
lature to prohibit the election of persons to
the position Of State or county attorney who
have not certificate from the Supreme
Court that they possess at least respectable
qualifications for the Office. This measure
considered from the stand point of the peo-
pies interest is no doubt wise; but what a
havoc it would make among the numbers of
those langrishiug to serve the country in
those positions.
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15

A NEW YORK despatch announces that
Judge Rice has been elected resident Vice
President of the Pacific Railroad on the Pa
cific Coast. This will probably make it nee
essary for him to relinquish the Presidency
of the Maine Central if not to retire from the
board of directors
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING, MAR Is, 1873

EVERY re sular attache of the PRESS is furnished
With card certificate countersigned by Stanley T.
Pulien, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hote
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
cred Of every person claiming to represent our
Journal, as we have information that several DUN.
iners' are seeking courtesies in the hanie -
pRrss and we have no disposition 20 be, even pas
sively, party to such fraud.
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15

-a CAPTAIN JACK of the Modocs is destined
to become as famous as an Indian dinlo,.a ~
as are some of Ned Bunfline's biaoo,, 80
acters as bad savages. He fully understands
al 'ne wlles of diplomacy and how to ma
nousre iof the best side of the bargain.
What pity it 's that he is an uututored COW
age. What valuable aid Mr., G,adstono
would have found him in the adjustment, =,
the Alabama troubles. Doubtless he would
have saved Great Britain a large part of the
s15,oOo,o 900 award.
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15

The free high school bill, as finally passed,
does not provide for the payment ffom the
State Treasury of sum equal to that ex-
pended for instruction in such high schools
as towns may establish, but of a sum equal
to halt that so expended. We trust that
towns that are now voting at their annual
meetings to establish high schools are not
la5oring under misapprehersion arising
from the reading of the bill as originally re-
nortad
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15

wr do not read anonymous letters and comnuni-
,,,,,rs The name nd address of the writer are In
o .ases;ndispe alb e. not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty ofgood faith.
Wscannot undertake to return OF pre- erye CON-
,nupica1tous that are NOT usea.
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15
Portland
FOREIGN PORTS.


Co. Messina 10th ult barques Ringsbury. Per ~
Si,s usDn aays Mary Edison. Sparrow, for do; brig
~ auhee fetkins tor United States nearly load
oana fna Haskell, Haskell for do; II Todd, Nc
sse from trieste, ar 18th. for United States; sch
M rice, hice, for do; and others
Sid I'm Liverpool 10Th ult. shin Enos so,la Sonia
Rio Janeiro. warp AAo" "ou'o' oou'e'
Ga at Cardiff 22d ult, barquc F Hussey. Stacey
At Cienfuegos I'd ut, barques M Stetson. se;m-
eTs; Caribou Bibber. and L Stocker, Tyler for
= ports; brigs E G Redman, Gardiner; j Remick
Rose; Nayarino, Blood Myronus, Higgins; Five
Brothers, Randall Merriwa, waterhouse; &C Col
son, Payson; Harry Brown; Hattie, Gates and
Dauntless, Coombs, do; sch Nellie Shaw, Gates for
North of Hatteras.
Az Trinidad 22d ult, brig Adene Richardson Cole
seeking; Sarah Gilmore, Gilmore. do; schs C H Ea,
Hatteras. w. NN '-
80, AT Baracoa Ist inst sch Geo Washington, Sherlock
tor New York 18th.
paai AT at St John NB 18th. sch W Scott, Rourke,
SPOKEN.
pec 81 lat 81 s, lon IA, barque Midas from Buencs
Feb T. lat "a 40. Ion "A 81 sch Waldemar fp Dar,en
i0T Fa,, nc ;: :yanelTo, me p days out.
~, rsn en- II, on Inagua, brig Romance from Richmond
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15

THE decision of the Supreme Court of
Massachusetts, that the Boston building loan
of $4,000, 900 is unconstitutional, will prob
ably interfere in the rapid reconstruction of
the burned district.
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15
PASSENGERS.

In the Prussian, from Liverpool-A Boyd, G Payal.
Mrs Josephs. Misses Josephs. Mr. Billas Mr. Paris,
Mr. Anerbach. Roy, Mr. and Mrs Gebrisky, A Dar-
ling, Mr. Kinloch, w P Kinloch jr, Miss McArther,
Mrs McGilvsry, A Hinchan, Sevill, Chas BEN
nett, A Warland, Mr. Baylis. Mrs Blowe, Master
Edw Blowe. Chas Rogers, Mr. and Mrs Kadley, Mr.
Barry, j Price. =
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15
House for Sale.

AT GoRHAM, ME-, a large handsome two story
house. rooms OF both stories of good size and height
on fine lot having 275 rods front on South St.. a
short distance from Church, Post-ofice and Depot.
The Cholce Situation in Gorham; besides
hedges, there nearly hundred fruit trees, apple.
crab-appe pear peach and cherry, ten grape vines,
and good garden containing many currant bushes
gooseberry bushes, strawberry and asparagus beds,
fine Pieplant, NC There about 80 acres of land,
affording pastnrage AMI many choice house lots.
Inquire OF JOHN w. PERKINS. Portland, or Rev.
Geo. A. Perkins, on the premises mor1osntf
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

The Christian Connection who know no sectarian
name. and who in fellowship with all Evangelical
denominations, will hold meetings in the Y NJ c. A.
Hal until further notice, on Sundays at and p. m
Seats free. All are invited. mar8sneodtf
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15
MARINE NEWS
PORT OF CORTLAND.

Friday, March IA.
ARRIVED.
Steamship Prussian, (Br) Dutton, Liverpool 9th
ult,-passengers and mdse to H & A Allan.
Steamer Chase, Bennett, Halifax, NS-passengers
and mdse to John Porteous.
Steamer New Brunswick, Pike, St John, NIB, via
Eastprot
Brig Oro,nocto, (Br) McAllister, Paraba via Vine
yard-Haven. with loss of foretopmast,- bags
sugar. Vessel and cargo to Jas l. Farmer.
Sch Arthur Burton, Frohock, New York-coal to
s Rounds & Sons.
Sch Addie NJ Chadwick, Coan Boston, to load for
Cuba.
Sch j Roller Taylor. Boston.
Schs Marion Poland, and Twill ght, Brewer, Bristol
to fit for the Banks
Schs VIM Keene, Martin; George Keene, Keene,
and John H Kennedy, Webber, Bremen, to fit for
the Banks.
CLEARED.
Barque Oder, Rich, New York-A Hobson.
Sch Laura Bridgman, Clark, Havana-Isaac Emery
Sch Three Sisters, Baker, Philadelphia-E Free
man,
Sch H Nash, Cole, New York-Ryan q Kelsey.
Sch Maracaibo, Henley, New York-Bunker Bros.
Sch Annie b, (Br) Secord, st John, NIB - John
Porteous.
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15

" A DENIAL.-We have the best authority for
saying tnat the statement published in the
eastern and other papers, that the Eastern or
hoston q Maine Railroads had offered to put
Soo'ooo into an opposition steamer between
TINS city and st. John, is entirely without
foundation. These companies are satisfied
with the International line, and have no dispo-
sition to make such an investment.
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15
NEW OYSTER HOUSE
II. s. HATCH

Resnec,u,v informs his friends and the public that
he has ias sed and fitted up In goot shape store No.
aO7 CongEes. @ street. % enss nearly opposite Brown
every style and for sale by the quart or gallon con-
stantly on hand. Hatch's celebrated Ice Cream sup
piled to parties on call. mch5f
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15
SPECIAL NOTICES.
BACHELORS HAIR DYE.

This splendid Hair Dye is the best in the acorld.
The only True and Perfect Dye. Harmless Reliable
and instantaneous; nodisappointment no ridiculous
tnts unpleasant odor. Remedies the ill effects OF
bad dyes washes. Produces IMMEDIATELY superb
BLACK OR NATURAL BROWN, and leaves the D. hair
clean, soft and beautiful. The genuine, signed W. A.
Bachelor. Sold by all Druggists.
CHAS. BACHELOR, Prop, N. 7.
Oct1d&w lvrsN
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married.
DIED.

In Cumberland Centre. March 10, Gilman Thurs
ton, aged 46 years months. . p.
Funeral services Sunday afternoon at o'clock, at
No. 81 Paris street. Friends and relatives are in
vited to attend. ~
In Topsham, March 0, Mr.. David H. Doyle, aged 40
years months.
In Bridgton, March Z, Mr.. John K. ingalls,, aged
43 years.
In Casco, Mrs. Harriet Frances, wife OF Jas Lom-
bard, aged 35 years.
In Albany. March Geo. p French, aged "a years,
SON Of George French :
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STATE OF MAINE.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
.3 tt AUGUSTA. March 5, 1878. J.
An adjourned session of the Executive Council will
be held at the Council Chamber, in Augusta, on
TUESDAY the twenty fifth day of March inst. at 10
oc ock A, M. Attest:
GEO. G. STACY, Sec. of State.
mar15 sn-2t
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED
sCHENCK's PULMONIC SYRUP,
sCHENCK.s sEAWEED TONIC,
sCHENCK,s MANDRAKE PILLS,

Are the only medicines that will cure Pulmonary
consumption.
Sometimes medicines that will stop cough will of
occasion the death of the patient 1t locks up the
liver, stops the circulation of the blood, hemorrhage
follows, and in fact clogging the action of the very
organs that caused the cough
Liver complaint and dyspepsia are the causes Of
two-thilds of the cases of consumption. Many are
now complaining with dull pain in the side, the bow
els sometimes costive and sometimes loose tongue
coated pain in the shoulder bade feeling sometimes
very restless, and at other times drowsy; the food
that is aiken lies heavily on the stomach, accompan
ed with acidity and belching of wind. These symp-
toms usually originate from disordercd condition of
the stomach torpid liver. Persons affected, If
they take two heavy colds, and if the cough in
these be suddenly stopped the lungs, yer and
stomach clog, and remain torpid and inactive, and
before the patient is aware of his situation the lungs
mass ofsores, and liberated, and death is the
inevitable result.
Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup is an expectorant which
does not contain any opium, nor anything calculated
to check cough suddenly.
Schenck's Seaweed tonic dissC the food, mixes
with the gastric juice of the so ac dgests easily,
nonrshes the system and create. healthy circula-
tion Of the blood. When the els are costive, skin
shallow, and the patient Is {, a bilious habit,
Schenck's Mandrake Pills are required.
These medicines are prepared by DIR. j. III +.
SCHENCK s. SON, 1theast corner of Sixth and
Arch streets, Philadelphia. Penn. and for sale by
GEO. c. GOODWIN q CO., 3s Hanover street, Bos-
ton, and John F. Henry, College place, New York.
For sale by Druggists generally sept3sneodtf
The Portland daily press., 1873-03-15
NEW LAUNDRY!

TINHE undersigned having assumed charge of a new
Il and spacious Laundry would respectfully an
ers, Hotels, Families, &c., with special attention
paid to Ladies Dresses, Skirts. Laces Gents Shirts
and every description of fine washing tEf
This Laundry being provided with the newest and
most approved Machinery, and experienced help, the
Proprietor believes he guarantee perfect satsfac-
tion to to his customers.
Location, Bradbury's Court, En-
trance ON Fore near India st.
JOHN SPENCER, Superintendent.
Late Steward OF Str John Brooks, Boston and Port
land Line feh1dlYr