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Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-15
PERSONAL.

! A son of Charles Dickens has recent
| ly been admitted to the bar.
Robert Heller, the magician, is Civ
ing entertainments in the principal
cities of Ireland.
Wilkie Collins says that Fennimore
Cooper was one of the greatest novel;
lists that ever lived.
One of the largest landowners in
California is o lady-Mrs. NJ. f. Peale.
She owns 173,O65 acres.
Mr.. Wylie, the British checker
champion, has accepted a challenge
to struggle with the draughts of Rut-
land, VT.
Bishop Cummins' friends style him
"the later Luther The Bishop may
well eXclaim, "Save me from my
friendsn
Nine. Adelina Patti Caux cleared
1926 rOubles and a diamond and pearl
breastpiu at her recent benefit in Mos
COW.
Rimmel sent Victoria an almanac
of the daintiest and most beautiful
description, highly perfumed and EN-
DelllSleu appropriately.
Gustaye Dore's new picture is called
"The Dream of Claudia Procula"
pilates wife, He has been nine
months at work upon it.
Mark Twain figures extensively in
Figaro (London). He is expected to
return homeward soon, after reaping
a rich harvest from the LOndoners.
Minister Bancroft intends to leave
his post in Berlin in July. He will
return to this country and reside in
Washington, where he has just bought
house.
The last speech Caleb Cushing made
in Boston was at the banquet given to
Mr.. Burlingame and the Chinese En-
bassy. On that occasion the Chinese
Ambassador spoke in broken English
and Mr.. Cushing in broken China.
Among the prominent survivors Of
Mr.. Cushing's class at Hartford may
be named Geo. B. Emerson, Stephen
Salisbury, Alva Woods, Charles H.
Warren, Samuel E. Sewan, j. d.
Green, David Lee Child, Stephen II.
Tying, and George Bancroft-quite
strong list for fifty-seven years after
college days. IE
Says the wicked Chicago Post: Upon
each of the pages of the Ledger Al
manac there is short reference to the
moon and long puff of George w.
Childs. The only page of the book
from which All eulogy of Childs is alb
sent is the only page on which his
eulogy would be peculiar welcome-to-
wit, the page of obituary records.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-15
Curious Marriage Customs.

There is tribe inhabiting the Nil
girhi hills in India called the Todas,
who seemed to have preserved them
selves almost wholly uncontaminated
from the rest of the world for thous-
ands of years. The Pail Mall Gazette
says they appear to be an inoffensive
hill tribe, devoid of all decencv and
morality, who have been driven from
the lowlands by the constant wars.
Among their other peculiarities is the
practice of polyandry, which prevails
among them, and apparently works to
the satisfaction fall parties concern
ed. A husband and wife are betrOth-
ed, dowries being exchanged between
the husband and the father of the
bride. After marriage, without any
rites or ceremonies, but with the APP
prevail of the parents, and in full cog
nizance of the village community of
relatives, the wife accompanies her
husband to his own house. If the hus-
band has brothers or very near rela-
tiyes all living together, they may
each, if both he and she consent, partici-
pate in the right to be considered her
husband also, on making up share
of the dowry that has been paid
Younger brothers, as they grow up to
maturity, and other brother, as they
become widowed, may each either
take separate wives or purchase shares
in those already in the family. Any
degree of complication is perfectly
lawful, welded life may now be met
with-from the sample of the single
man living with single wife, to that
of family of relatives married to a
group Of wives. All their children
are held to be brothers and sisters. In
poor districts several men have to be
content with one wife between them
but as women become more numerous,
a greater proportion of men are able to
procure wife apiece.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-15
Save the Public Lands.

There Is getting to be strong dis
position on the part of the people, not
only to stop the granting Of the pub
lie domain to railroads, but to demand
the return to the market of lands al
ready granted, in all cases where the
companies show no disposition to
comply with the conditions upon
which the concession was made.
A resolution was introducedin the
Assembly few days since requesting
Congress to resume the grant made to
the Southern Pacific, reciting as a
reason therefor that the company had
not fulfilled the conditions on which
the grant was made, and that it showed
no disposition to go on and complete
its road on the line of the reserve.
Another resolution has just been
presented, favoring the return to the
market of the grant made to the At
lantic and Pacific, and the probabili-
ties are that both resolutions will be
adopted.
The raids that the land-grabbers
have made on the public domain has
SO reduced the quantity Of arabic land
now in the possession of the general
government, that we shall hail with
pleasure the adoption of any policy
that will insure the devotion of the
remainder of it to the uses of actual
settlers.
Not another acre of the public lands
should be disposed Of except for home
steads, and every law by which specu-
lators by any pretext can get hold
on another foot of the soil, should be
at once repealed. Steadily and rapidly
the magnificent domain that was to
furnish homes for the toiling masses
is passing into the hands of specula-
tors, and but a few years will elapse,
at the rate this process has been GO
ing on, till the Government will no
longer be able to give this pioneers a
farm. Let us cut off at once and ell
tirely every plan for still further rob-
bing the people of their homes.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-15

into by the men who have no faith in
the efficacy of kind words, when APP
piled to savages. Out in Arizona they
are carrying on what at distance
looks very much like war of ex-
termination, and judging from the
number of times the Indians have
been Struck and the number dis
posed of each time, there will soon be
nothing left for the "Quakers" to try
their hands on in that locality.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-15

That there should be no apportion-
ment of Senators and Representatives.
without an accurate census of the
State is plain to every one, but the
proposition of the Express to throw
overheard the fundamental principle
that has heretofore obtained in the
distribution of Representatives, and
instead of apportioning them accord
ing to population, making territory
and business the basis, is one of the
most absurd and mischievous schemes
that has yet been projected.
For more than hundred years we
have fought to establish the PROPOSE
ton that representation should be ac-
cording to population. One of the
most powerful arguments against the
old slave system, was that the money
invested In slaves was represented in
Congress. The rotten-boroughs of
England are of a like character, the
wealth of some landed proprietor, or
university, giving a borough repre-
sentation equal to city with thou
sand times the population.
If not based on population, repre-
sentation must be apportioned on some
tn ngelse. lion property, then we think
San Francisco would walk away with
the rural districts, at even a greater
rate than now. If territory, then such
counties as San Bernardino, with thou
sands of square miles of uninhabited
land, would Overshadow the most
densely inhabited county in the State,
and Mono, with 400 people, would
outrank San Francisco with 10000.
But the Express would have capacity
for settlement taken into considera-
ton. This, we are afraid, would wake
up a contention that would throw the
battle Of the Kilkenny cats into the
shade. Where is the county in the
State that could be brought to admit
that Its capacity for settlement was
not equal to any other region, and
therefore entitled to representation,
and what legislative committee would
ever be able to settle such question ?
If business, industry, or manufac-
turing interests were to be considered,
would not the railroads ask for the
lions share of Senators and Represen-
tatives? Would not the San Francisco
banks and mining companies call for
representation, and wouldn't the
sheep men of Los Angeles, and the
cattle lords Of Tulare, the great wheat
growers, and vini culturists raise their
voices and demand that their interests
be considered.
But the subject is too ridiculous to
pursue further. Empires and schem-
ing politicians should alike be kicked
to the dogs, and after complete
census Of the State has been taken, let
honest men go to work and give us
fair apportionment. taking population
and contiguity of territory only into
consideration, and the people will be
satisfied.
BY this arrangement Los Angeles
will not get as many representatives
as San Francisco, but it will get all it
is entitled to, and that is as much as
anybody wants.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-15

4 YOUNG MAN RECENTLY ar
form the inhabitants OF this CITY and sur
rounding country that he purchased before
leaving England large and magnificent
stock of
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-15

VIM. Taaffe, one of the pioneer mer-
chants Of San Francisco, died last ri-F
day
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-15

Coronel r. Hammond, of California,
has been appointed one of the Visitors
to West point.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-15

GEN. SHERMAN proposes to institute
vigorous measures against the Sioux
Indians now on the war path. Thus
little by little the Quaker policy Of our
hind-hearted President Is being broken
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-02

THRSUDAY MORNING, APRIL 2. );
Gossip and Gleanings.

Considering that umbrella, it is odd to b,
informed that George Alfred Townsend
doesn't believe in imitation.
Brotherly love is not the only kind they
cultivate in Philadelphia. For Is, 1872 font
hearts were made to beat as 1891 in that
city last year.
Mr. kumill faunts his name with shame
less enrontery as the editor of an Ohio paper
out he will encounter retributiun Just as SCI
as he proposes TO present it to crusader.
Somebody has been trying to kill JAYNE
with knife; but l. is too obvious that the
knife hasn't been made, or the bullet, that
will pierce that bide. There is loud call lor
a new gunboat of some kind.
The latest freak is ''firtation'' pocket.
handkerchief, composed of grass muslin and
faille silk, the latter for bord. rs, in bright
colors, stitched upon the edges in bands about
the width of an ordinary hem-stitch.
John Fowler of Butler county, Pa, went
to the war in 1862. Just got home. Wife
has another husband and refuses 10 recog.
nize him. Changed her name, but is Fowler
than he ever thought of being Though, to
be sure, most obligations outlaw in seven
years,
Theodore Tilton says it is the hardest thing
in the world to bow and smile when man
weighing 200 pounds has stepped on your
corn. 1t is hard thing to do, certainly,
says the Louisville Courier Journal, and the
MN who thus bows and smiles, when he feels
Infinitely more like humping himself and
bowling profanely at that, is fiaud against
which the law should protect us.
Wilkie Collins told the Wallingford COM
munity according to the Oneida Circular)
that their system OF communism was 1.-THE
most perfect democracy in existence, as it
rated every one according to his or her mer-
its, without any adventitious aids whatever.
He thought there was great need of social
reform in England, and had no doubt that
community like ours would be tolerated in
England, and mentioned the Agapemone as
case in point.''
Said member of the Mississippi Legisla-
ture: "Mr. Speaker! Mr.. Speakerl Mr..
Speaker! amt titled to de flo' sab? got
up, sab, next after Mr.. Smith, who was next
after Mr.. johnson, who was next after Mr.
Brown, who came next to Mr.. Bur-us, who
who was next to Mr.. Bates, who was next to
Mr.. Ball, who was next to Mr.. Blue, who
was next to Mr.. Barclay. sab, and have
stood here until they all got through, turna-
bout, and now it's my time"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-02

THE RULING PASSION srR0NG-AFrER
pEATH-IN A RArrLEsNAKE.

Across the westfeld river, where Il rolls
down among the rocky hills Of Berkshire,
just before il sweeps cut upon the plain 10
join the smooth Connecticut, there Is a mas
sive stone dam. The yexed waters oeat
against IL; II never trembles. They seek 10
burrow beneath; lis bed is upon the vep
bones Of the everlasting bills. A iew oi tne
topmost waves lock over the brink, and push
ed by those behind, fall white and shiyeFing.
down the abyss below. But those that oraxf
"a the loudest As they rushed dowu the
mountains, AMI rallied at the stony barrier
with many a noisy echo, just bruise their
sides aaains. the sleadsast wall and glide, sub
missiye, througa a hidden eulvert, glad 10 es-
cape by toilsome service, WORKING an utder-
ground D ssage tor themselves through the
iron wheel OF Jessup a Lahin's paper mil.
Here is one Of those rugged fastnesses that
seem more out Of place amid our aII-cnnqnss,,s qs,s
ing civilization, out which win remain W. W.
and rugged I'm every valley shsii DeehA'eu'
eyery mountain and bill laid low:
Among such solludes, rough, rssy any
unsublued-slowly sinking cres. - uesu sna
diving mountain chains-are stili '0und' ir0m
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-02
FOR SALE.

Little Chebeague-Ih he Most Beautiful
Of ali the Eslands of Caseo Bay.
1t contains one hundred and for
AsTN(O tv acres of land, thirty of which il
EE{IIafsas--a1 covered with a beautiful Grove
M sIta SH.11 The ba ance is the very best Of till
ell9a11tf elln1EfS lage land. The buildings consist Of
The SUNNY Side Hotel,
large, new house, completely finished and furnish
ed throughout; large barn and house, bowling
alleys, ice house, and dancing floor in the grove;
never failing well Of good water. The location Of
this Island with its advantages for fishing and boat
ing its beautiful grove and building renders it one
of the most desra le places among all the Islands
for picnics and parties
For further information apply to VIM. SENTER,
No. 54 Exchange St., Portland. mc9eodtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-02
Farms for Sale.

Farm of 1870 acres within "a miles
Es4SN - of Portland. Que halfheavily cover
EHaanSArrA ed with timber and wood, balance
E isggMl5M. under good cultivation with sufici-
Ata 2zsi11a ent pasturage. Well adapted for
milk or market g ,rdening. Good soil and southern
exposure. Good house and barn. About three acres
of salt marsh goes with the farm.
Also, farm of 40 witbiu three miles of Saco
Post Office, two miles from Old Orchard Beach, bor-
ders the p S. & P. r. R., and station is to be
built within halt mile ef the house. Large am
ount of timber and wood One of the best brick
houses in the city of Saco, twostories modern built
in thorough repair. Large barn and outbuildings.
Dry and healthy location. For price and terms en-
quire of JOSEPH HOBSON,
Saco, Maine.
March 13, 1874. mc16eod&w1m12
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March 10, 1877
For Sale.

For Sale.
A SMALL. place, three miles from Portland, pleas
IA antly located on what is known as the Fore
side road, consisting of story and half House
with ell, good barn with sheds attached, together
with ten acres of good land. Said buildings are in
good condition as to wood work. The above desira-
Bile property will be sold easy terms For partic-
ulars inquire at 21 Merrill CORNER of Turner eet
Portland. j. A. WEIGH. T
mill eodlm*ttf
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For Sale.

49, One of the best residences ON Free Street,
ts;;;: containing IA rooms in splendid order, heated
III by Steam, hot and cold water, bath room,
water Closets good drainage. A large proportion Of
easy payments.
GEO. r.. DAVIS,
Real Estate and Mortgage Broker.
rah1 2u
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Removal.

WiLLlAM ROSS, Treasurer Of the Portland.
w Bangor and MaehiAs Steam beat 20. has renew
e. ms Ouee nom iIs ommereial Street 70 Railroad
Wharf Al the landing Il the Co.'S steamer.
mAr23 dn
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-02
CITY of PORTLAND.
ASSESSORS'NOTICE

TTyHE Assessors of the City of Portland hereby
Il give notice to all persons liable to taxation in
said CITY, that they will he in session every secular
day from the first to he fifteenth day of April next,
inclusive. at their in City Hall, from ten to
twelve o'clock in the forenoon, and from three to five
O'Clock in the afternoon for the purpose of receiving
lists OF the polls and estates taxable in said city,
And all such persons are hereby notified to make
and bring said Assessors true and perfect lists OF
all their polls and estates, real and personal or held
by them guardian executor, administrator trustee
otherwise, the first day of April 1874, and be
prepared to make oath to the truth Of the same.
And when estates of persons deceased have been
divided during the past year, or have changed hans
from any cause the executor, administrator or other
person interested is hereby warned to give notice OF
such change; and in default of such notice will be
held under the law to pay the tax assessed although
such estate has been wholly distributed and paid
over.
And any person who neglects to comply with this
notice will be doomed in tax according to the laws
of the State, and be barred of the right to make ap
pication to the County Commissioners tor any abate
ment of his taxes, unless h shows that he una
BILE to offer such lists within the time hereby ap-
pointed.
nzY-In no case will the possession of Government
bonds he allowed as a plea in mitigation OF doom.
= n: u: !: SsSSEit'' SsSSE[r' 3 SSEi Assessors
n~Blank schedules will be furnished at the room
of the Assessors.
Portland March %, 1874. d3W
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-02
COPARTNER
Dissolution.

Dissolution.
IINHE copartnership heretofore existing between
- tne undersigned in the livery business is dis
solved by mutual consent
DWlNAL PRIDE,
.x CHARLES S. RITCHIE.
~. Iroe VIII continue in the business as hereto
Stables. anu Ouinoerinu MILLS
""Ppa' March 49, 1874. mh2Od2w
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-02

A HOUSE Federal street, the second house
"A from Franklin Street. The house is convenient
for two families. 1t rents for $500. l. will be
ted the last of April Ifnot sold it will be to let;
it can be bought for $1,000. $1,000 can Law mort
gage for a humber of yeals.
Inquire of SAMUEL LINCOLN, corner of New
bury and Fremont Streets. mar27#1w
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-02
ANNUAL MEETINGS.
PictOu Mining Company.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
PICToU MINING COMPANY.
Bangor, Maine, March 31st, 1874.
y1yHE annual meeiing of the stockholders of this
Company for the election of directors and for the
transaction # such other business as shall properly
come before them, will be held at the office OF he
Company in Brunswick, on the first TUESDAY OF
May next at nine o'clock, a. m.
april 1-6-l3 JOHN t. HODSDON, Secretary.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-02
Tannery for Sale at a Great Bar.
gain.

TN Deering (Strordwater Village) containing 1le
Il Watts, mostly covered. The buildings are in good
repair. The Tanuery is supplied with water by two
aqueducts, the best of water for manufacturing pur
poses; the location is very good tor purchasing
hides and bark, being located within few rods Of
road. The bark is ground by water power There
are about 20 Of land; the purchaser can have
vne acre to the whole. There is no doubt that the
town would xempt the capital of the Tannery for
sosue years from taxation. A large portion Of the
purchase could remain on mortgage.
For particulars enquire of GEO. R. DAVIS, Real
Estate Broker or Jonathan Smith, on the premises
mc21 d3m
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LUMBER.
PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS viii be received at this G Office until
= III 1874 for removing about 100 cubic yards of
snnkpn on 1p ledge, in Sullivan Falls, Maine.
Persons desiring to make proposals tGr this work
ie n oasaga No II Cfapps Block, Congress Street.
Port,and Me-. or at No. Bulfnch Street, Boston,
Mass for printed forms specifications ana iurther
iii'oi ~ . ha.i9i Ia 3en oo'i oe,.e GEO. THOM,
! pa7aiane m9glnser Mn Tn' Lieut. Col Of Engineers
March 81, 1874 Bvt. Brig Gen. u >. a;
mc3l oo'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-02
For Sale

HOUSE No. AZ Pleasant Street. Inquire at the
Ii House from to O'Clock P. M.
Portland. Oct. 18th. oc13dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-02
FINE ART SALE 1!

The above pictures all nicely framed, the first
ten in heavy Gold frames. Wishing to close out my
stock of Paintings before the skeching four,
will sell six hundred Oil Paintings. all nicely franz
ed, size inches by IL inches. numbering fIom to
600 for Five Dollars each, and shall distribute 40
larger pictures among the holders Of the small ones,
giving the value of the money in the small pictures,
and chance in three and half getting another.
The Pictures are for sale at Schumacher,s.
mc27d2w* p. H. HOLMES.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-02
FOR SALE.

A LOT Of vacant land, situated on the west side
"A of High, between Pleasant and Danforth, SITS
This let has front of about 81 feet and is about 194
feet deep, and plans have been drawn b How, for a
block of seven nine genteel and convenient resi-
dences, and adapted for the same. Enquire Of
EDWIN CHURCHILL,
No. 4Portland Pier,
mar2S From IL to O'Clock. p. M.
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WANTS, LOST, FOUND.
WANT'EDi

t,MPLOYMENT by young man who is willing to
Il ,.s* Work and that can be we'll recommended by
n,s nd sse and previous employers. Is good penman
flee, Portland. anI*ar
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-02

Considering that umbrella, it is odd to be
informed that George Alfred Townsend
doesn't believe in imitation.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-02

House aud Lot for Sale.
4 GOOD q story HOUSE on Hanover St., near
"A Cumberland st, contains IL fir ished rooms, good
lot with stable, plenty of water. Terms favorable.
Apply to VIM. H. JERkIS, Real Estate Agent, Ca
hOOn Block. mc21d3w
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-02
House for Sale.
FOR SALE.

MO. 75 Brackett street, story and hall, Sebago
~ water aud modern improvements. Enquire OF
Thomas Shaw, 113 Commercial Street, on the
premises from to B p. NJ. mc30d1w
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-02

Brotherly love is not the only kind they
cultivate in Philadelphia. For 1872 fond
hearts were made to beat as 1891 in that
city last year.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-02
Gloves and Hosiery,

We invite the trade, es-
pecially those who cOntem-
plate visiting the Boston
and New York markets. TO
an examination of our
Stock.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-02

GEO. A. WHITNEY q CO.,
No. 46 Exchange St.
rs dim
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Mr. Rumill faunts his name with shame
less effrontery as the editor of an Ohio paper /;
out he will encounter retribution just as soon
as ne proposes TO present it to a crusader.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-02

Somebody has been trying to kill JAYNE
with knife; but l. is too obvious that the
knife hasn't been made, or the bullet, that
will pierce that bide. There is loud call Tor
a new gunboat of some kind.