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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-12
STATE NEWS.
ARoosTooK COUNTY.

ARoosTooK COUNTY.
The Augusta Standard learns that the Post
Office Department has directed Mr.. Carr, Post
al Agent for New England, to proceed to
Presque Isle and investigate the causes Of COM
plant against the postmaster of the town in
relation to the manner in which he conducts
the business of his Office, and that Mr.. Carr
will attend to this duty very soon.
- FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Christopher Dyer, member of the conven-
tion at the separation of Maine from Massa-
chusetts, is living in New Sharon at the age of
81.
Phillips is beset with canker worms and cat
erpillars.
KENNKBEC COUNTY.
The stores of NJ. S. Mayhem and A. P. Cram
of Mt. Vernon village, were entered Tuesday
night and fifty dollars or more in money taken
from each place. Officers are on the track of
the thieves. a5s
A lodge of Odd Fellows was instituted at
Gardiner "Wednesday by Grand Master o. B.
Written. .Gtf ysEeff
LINCOLN COUNTY. s..4 ,,...
A lodge of Good Templars was instituted at
Wiscasset Tuesday evening" June Sd, by Rev.
Q. NJ. Cousins, With 30 charter members. Rev.
W; ID. Bolster was elected and installed pre-.
siding officer, and w. H. Gibbs secretary. A
Cold Water Temple was also instituted in the
same hall the same afternoon.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY
Hon. William McGilvery was quite severely
injured in Bangor, W Wednesday, by being thrown
under carriage and run over.
The roadbed of the Bucksport and Bangor
railroad has been badly washed by the rains
and before track-laying is resumed will need
extensive repairs.
WALDO COUNTY.
Belfast savings bank has declared dividend
OF per cent, amounting to $4 "a.
Mr.. George Weber of Brooks, who was so
seriously injured recently while driving a load
of hay into the barn,is not likely to fully re-
cover. ~
A Belfast man named Asa Mcintosh, at
tempted to get on train OF cars while in mo-
thrown and fell through bridge to the fats
below. He was considerably hurt.
The store of Gerow & Tibbetts, in Belfast
was considerably damaged by fire Tuesday af,
ternoor. The fire was caused by boys setting
fire to pile Of straw
The Supreme Court has given an opinion in
the case, the Railroad Company vs. Unity, adj
verse to the road. The point upon which The
opinion turned was that the vote to subscribe
to the stock was legally rescinded before the
subscription was made. 4l1~ 1Nr,
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The annual meeting of the Banoor q, Cal.;,
Shore Line railroad was held at Cberrvf;ald
June Sd, but was adjourned to July 18th. Le >
tiers We're read from parties giving hopeful as.
surance OF material aid in the construction Of
the road, but at present no positive aoreT ~, VI,
or arrangement can be entered upon. 'n''N'
YORK COUNTY. ts4.
They've got new key for the Alfred ! ;ai1 bnt
what use there is for key to that institution
we don't know. ''i'"''o"
Torrance Littlefeld of Saco, was thrown ont
OF his wagon Tuesday and badly injured a bout
the head and spine.
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THE DISTRICT SAFE BURGLARY.

BLAND BUTLER.-The Brooklyn Argus saws:
Gazaway b. Lamar was an extensive cotton
speculator during the war. The government
agents confiscated large amount of that arti-
Gle to which he laid claim. He sued the 90
eminent and retained counsellor joseph r.
Herbert of New York, telling him fee of 800
900 would be paid in the event of a success.
Herbert needing assistance, employed Gen. B.
+. Butler as counsel. The case came to final
issue last June, Lamar obtaining Judgment
against the government for $597, 900. Gen.
Butler being in Washington the money was
paid directly to him. Butler deducted the 500
600 fee from the amount received and remittted
the balance to Lamar Herbert asked his
senior counsel for fair share of the amount of
$4,000, but was blandly refused. He then be-
took himself to Lamar and be also refused.
He, thereupon, sued his client for 500, 900. Ap-
plcaton was made to Justice Tappan Wednes-
day morning, for commission to issue to
Washington for taking of testimony of Benz
+. Butler. 1t was urged in opposition that Mas
sachusetts was the residence of that statesman.
and thence the commission should issue and
further, that he is in New York city every
fortnight, and his testimony can conveniently
be taken there. Justice Tappan denied the ap-
plication, but with leave to apply for a commits
sion to the home of Gen. Butler, unless he can
be captured in New York within two weeks.
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THE PR ES s.
FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE -, 1874.

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley L.
Pullen. Editor. Ali railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent our
journal, as we have information that several .oulh-
mcrs" are seeking courtesies in the name OF the
Press and we have no disposition to be, even pas
sively, a party to such frauds. 'f mi
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Ex-PoRTLANDERS IN FIX.-The prelimina
ry hearing in an important case occurred yes
terday in the municipal court. The complain
ant was the Porous Plaster Company of the
city of New York. The accused were Edward
L. Jordan and Frank e. Jordan of Boston, do
ing business with David w. Scribner under the
firm name and style of the Alcock Porous
Plaster Company. The charge was that the
accused had forged and counterfeted the pri-
vate labels and trademarks of the complainant
with intent to defraud the public by selling in
ferior and worthless pasters as the genuine
"AIlcock's Porous Plasters'' of the Porous
Plaster Company of the city of New York. His
honor held the accused in the sum of $1,000
each to await the action of the grand jury.
John Jameson and Harvey N. Shepard for the
government w. w. Blackmar and George L.
Ruffin for the accused -Boston Advertiser.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
1. O. O. +.

Patriarchs of Machigonne, Eastern Star and Port
land Encampments are requested to appear in uni
form at Odd Fellows Hall, Friday, June 18th, at 2
O'Clock P. M, for the purpose of performing escort
duty to the visiting Patriarchs of Massasoit Encamp
ment from Boston. The Committee respectfully re-
quest that every Patriarch will be prompt in attend
ance at the hour named.
jne11sn2t Per Order Generel Committee.
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CARD.

The undersigned for several years in the insurance
business in Portland, respectfully that he
has disposed of his business to Messrs. Barnes Bros
of this city, to whom has been transferred the agency
of the following well known and reliable companies
(Which he has represented for some time): Westches
ter, N. Y, Clay, KY, and ST. Nicholas, N. Y. The
above named firm consists of Mr.. B. Barnes Jr., of
this city, and Mr.. ID. Fl. Barnes of Winchendon for
merly of Boston, the former the well known cores
pendent Sidney" of the Boston journal, and sue
eessful insurance agent, and the latter coming to
Portland with the very highest testimonials, both
careful, experienced and influential underwriters.
Besides occupying their commodious and attractive
office at % Exchange street, Messrs. Barnes Bros.
will also, lat least for the presently have branch Office
at my old stand, Fluent Block, corner of Exchange
and Congress streets. e rs,
most cordially and earnestly recommend them to
the public and am confident t0at the interests of my
customers and friends will be most successfully and
satisfactorily cared for in their hands.
jne6tfsn j. e. jerks.
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There is no good reason why an English spe; liking
people should be doctored in Latin. If we shout de-
scribe the properties of Hostetters Stomach Bi tiers
IN the jargon of the profession, not one reade in
twenty would understand what it is good for. We
prefer to in simple words that possesses stren 9Th
ening regulating and purifying qualities OF the hi Oh
est order that the vegetable Ingredients of whcl it
is composed are eminently wholesome and sauts Try
ana that the stimulant which is combined with th Elm
~ une purest that can be manufactured. We re-
SCRIBE IT, not in garbled Latin but in the good old
notner tongue, as remedy for languor debil ty,
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If the Geneva award can be honestly dis
tributed in accordance with the provisions Of
the bill passed by the House, Wednesday, il
appears as though the money would go to those
who lost their property by the pirate ships.
There were several attempts to make the
question a ''great moral one'' by two or three
talking gentlemen, when it is simply one of
restoring to certain of our citizens tardy re-
turn for their property destroyed years since.
When all such just claims are paid, the bal
anee should go to the government which
paid the expenses attendant upon the obtain
ing of the award; consequently there is no
more reason for an insurance company which
lost nothing, to receive division than to
give railroad corporations share. o
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An able discussion is going on between the
Chicago and Detroit newspapers about tha 49,
of women's feet. The following low-Auno nor
sonality is the last try of a Detroit editor.
Chicago may talk about the homely woman
OF Detroit, but there is one redeeming point.
When one OF them gets mired they don't have
to dig up half the street to get sixteen-foot
scantling under her foot for pry."
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WHY so well informed a paper as the
Springfield Republican can time and again
speak of its Washington namesake as the Or
gan of the President, we cannot imagine.
That journal frequently makes that claim,
we are aware, but of late it has claimed
great many things. .- 5...
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FOREIGN PORTS.


Sid FIN Singapore 9th inst, barque Olive, Clark, for
Ar at Malmo June 7, ship John Harvey, Brown,
Ar at Calcutta 9Th inst, ship Nearchus, PIERCE from
Liverpool.
Sid FIN Cebu April 5, ship Merom, Lowell, for New
York.
Tor, Ioilo.
In Esinore souni 9th ult, barque George Treat,
CHM. from Stettin for Geffe.
Ar at Cardiff June 8, ship Detroit Pike, Antwerp.
At Aspinwal 9th ut, barque Sarah K Kingsbury,
Warehouse, for Cienfuegos 10 days.
At Demarara 22d ult, sch Ella, Humphrey, from
Philadelphia, ar nth.
AZ at St Thomas 10th ult. sch Mary A Holt, Hig-
gins st Kits and sailed 22d for Arroyo, to load for
At Mayaguez 23d ult brig Smith, Dodge, for
Baltimore 25th.
Ar at Cienfuegos I'd inst, brig Alex Nichols Peters,
AT at Havana 4th inst, barque Elba, Peterson. FIN
New York; brig Helen q Rich, Honns Philadelphia;
NIgretta. Stubbs, New York.
In port 9Th, barque Sarah Hobart, Pinkham for
New Orleans; brigs Clara Adams, McFadden, for
North of Hatteras ldg; Mattano, Robinson, for New
York via Cabarien; schs NJ M Knowles, Small, for
New York, ldg; Mary Power, Wiley, for North of
Hatteras, do; and others.
Sid tim Matanzas Sd, brig Ponvert, Allen, Phila-
delphia; list, Cascatele, Simmons, New York.
Ar at Cardenas list inst sch Adeliza Huntley I'm
Havana; 3Oth ut, barque Emma Herman, Mich
OILS, st Thomas
Nellie Hustled Davis. for North of Hatteras; 81 inst
barque Sandy Hook, Barstow. do; sch Veto Hender-
son, do; 3Oth ult, brig Maria W Norwood Andrews,
North of Hatteras.
Ar at sagua 2Slh ult, brig onalaska, Wheeler, from
Baltimore.
Sid 2Sth brig Mary Fink, Dyer, North of Hatteras;
sch Cora Eta, johnson, do; Sd inst, brgs San Car
los, Atherton, and Antilles Skinner, North of Hat
teras. }i
At Baraooa I'd inst, sch Ella, Montgomery, from
Aux Cayes. ar 1st
Ar at St John, NIB. 9Th inst, ship Robert Dixon,
Smithwick, Liverpool
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We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address ofthe writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
bat as aguaranty OF good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve COM
muncations that are not used.
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CROP reports, On the whole, are very en-
couraging throughout the country. New
England will have an unusually large crop of
hay and apples, if present indications are to
be relied upon.
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II is said that Assistant Secretary Sawyer
will have to walk the plank, because so many
Republican senators refuse to sign his rec
ommendation for retention in office.
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MONEY is plenty and cheap in New York,
and still Congress listening to few West
ern and Southern agtators is anxious to
create more. ...s.H .-..-
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For Sale.

DESIRABLE country residence for sale, stu
n ated at Windham Hill. A good location for
Phvsician-iormerly occupied by Dr. q. L. kilgore.
Terms easy. Apply to d. d. CHASE, 175 Middle
Street Portland '7'' my16eod1m
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Washington News and Gossip.

THE PROPOSED REORGANIZATION OF THE TREAS
URY DEPARTMENT.
Mr.. Kellogg, charm an of the Civil Service
Committee, has had consultation with Secre-
tary Bristow in regard to the prospective for
the reorganization of the department as pro-
vided in the bill of that committee. The Sec
rotary informed Mr. Kellogg that he was very
busy himself in examining into the organiza-
ton of the department, anu had already found
many things which he greatly desired to change.
Some of these matters he could correct nnder
the authority which he now possessed and some
would require new legislation. He therefore
suggested that the bill of the committee should
not be pressed at this session, but he strongly
urged that the members of the committee
should confer with him during the recess and
assist in a general reorganization, which he
was determined to bring about, to the end that
the department. in all of its divisions, down to
the least Important should be rendered thor
oughy efficient. a4t
THE DISTRICT SAFE BURGLARY.
The District Committee has printed the evil
dence in regard to the safe burglary. 1t con-
tains 2o8 pages. The testimony fully bears out
the statements telegraphed at the time the in
vestigation began, that the whole affair was set
up by the officers of the District government
and courts, and that its object was to blacken
the character and secure the arrest of the lead
ers among the memorialsts. The thieves were
imported for the occasion, and they went at it
with boldness and openness which would fol-
low from full understanding that they were
to receive ample protection. The testimony of
large number of witnesses was taken, and it
appears to establish beyond reasonable doubt
the completely of the persons heretofore men
TONED in the conspiracy, and is generrly held
to form one of the very blacklist pages in the
whole history of the District ring.
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nervousness, indigestion, liver complaint, fever and
ague, constipation, rheumatism and low Spirits and
preventive of every disease produced by foul air.
whether it stagnates in crowded work-rooms or i'm
perils life and health in swarpy districts and
clearings. So the masses say, and they have
been saying for the last twenty years.
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SROK EN-.

June 2, lat 20, lon rs, ship Caledonia, from Havre
for New Orleans.
June 6, lat SO, lon 75 brig Agenora, from Matanzas
for Boston. nil. g.
june 10, 2 PM, no lat, SC. sch Martha Pike' I'M
Baracoa for New York.
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The Republicans of Windham requested to
meet at the Town House SATURDAY, the 18th
inst, at O'Clock Mto choose delegates to the State
Convention to be holden at Augusta on the 18th inst.
to nominate candidate for Governor. Also to choose
delegates to the Republican District Convention to
be holden at Portland, Wednesday, June oath. Also
to choose Town Committee for the ensuing year.
Per Order of Town Committee.
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No Danger from ExpIcsion-NO liability
to get out of Order.

In sholt it Is the SIMPLEST, SAFEST, most
DURABLE and most ECONOMICAL Engine in
the world. We fully guarantee them in all the above
particulars. COLTS ARMS co. have spared no
expense in getting up SPECIAL TOOLS AND MA
CHIMES with which to build these Engines, so that
every part is made up gauge, and perfectly in
Interchangeable, the Importance of which will be I'M
derstood by all who at all familiar with machin-
cry. Thus, every Engine Of given size is an exact
duplicate of every other one OF that SIZE and IN case
OF breakage, the broken part be Immediately re-
placed by its perfect duplicate
The inventor OF this Engine had in view, in its
Iction the great need that exists for perfect
Steam Engine-of small power-adapted to all kinds
OF light mechanical work. and that should also COM
bine all that is good in Steam Engineering.
The first point was to secure perfectly philo-
sOphcal Boiler and Furnace, in order to insure the
most perfect combustion, and to take the greatest
possible amount OF heat in generating steam.
The second point was, to make a perfect cutoff
Engine, working steam expansvely, and keeping up
radiation or condensation.
The third point was. to combine and make the
whole mechanically and scientifically correct ma
chine; all its parts being provided with means to
take up lost motion, that it may be used for any
number of years, and always run smoothly. In all
the largest and most perfect engine ever constructed
PRoPORTIONED To THE AMOUNT OF FUEL CON-
sUMED-thus proving the fact-well known to men
of scence-thdt cdter is the best medium to trans
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QUESTION of fuel, to the production OF notre po,cer.
Machinery for any purpose furnished at
Manufacturers Prices.
PLEASE SEND FOR CIRCULAR.
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The Republicans of Gray are notified to meet at
the Town Hall on MONDAY, the 18th inst, at
o'clock p NJ to choose delegates to attend the State
Convention to be holden at Augusta, on the 18th
inst, to nominate candidate for Governor and to
choose delegates to attend the District Convention
to be holden in Portland on the Oath inst, to NOM
mate candidate for Congress-
~ Per order Rep. Town Committee.
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EAST MAINE CONFERENCE SEMINARY-The
anniversary of the East Maine Conference
Seminary took place at Bucksport, Monday
and Tuesday. President Allen of the Orono
College delivered an address Tuesday evening.
The following was the order of exercises at the
oybib;finp.
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The Republicans of Falmouth are requested to
meet at the Town House in said town, on SATUR-
DAY, the 18th inst, at five O'clock P. NJ to choose
delegates to attend the Republican State Convention
to be holden at Augusta the 18th inst Also to choose
delegates to attend the District Conventions to be
holden in Portland the oath inst.
Per Older of the Town Committee.
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AGENCY
BROOKLYN LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY
OF NEW YORK.

The peculiar feature which commends this Com
pany to public favor is the entry made in each par
ticpating policy of definite cash value, increasing
from year to year, which the Company will loan to
the policy holder to aid in the payment Of his an
time after the receipt of two or three premiums
should he have occasion to surrender his policy.
Further information will cheertuy be given to
parties who are pleased to call, whether desiring to
be insured or not. eut e
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THE general reader cannot have failed to
notice that the leading Republican papers
have not warmly commended the action OF
the Senate in passing the civil rights bill.
This fact cannot be attributed to any real
hostility to the measure on the part of Re
publican journals generally, for there has
been ample evidence that such is not the
case. Generally they admit the justice of
the measure as a matter of theory but they
also recognize that the enforcement of such a
measure in all those states where large mi
nority of the people are colored would result
in greater alienation between the races and
in the further deprivation OF the weaker race
from the rights and privileges to which it is
slowly but surely advancing Whether or
not the civil rights bill shall become law.
involves two important questions: Shall the
bill become law because it is right and just
or shall its enactment take the risk of contin-
ued rejection, on the plea that the mass of
our colored citizens are better without it?
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Next term Mr.. White of Bowdoin College is
to take the place of Prof Haskell
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Hon. BENJAMIN S. HARRIS of Maryland
is reviving the old cry ''This is white mans
government" That honorable gentleman
has just announced himself as candidate for
Congress from the fifth district, and proposes,
If elected, to do his level best to drop the four
teenth and fifteenth amendments out of the
constitution. All sympathizers with the late
Greeley movement are cautioned to get out
of the way of Mr.. Harris's high pressure po-
litical engine or be annihiated. He wants
none of that crowd around him. When the
thermometer is up among the nineties it is
bad time to cultivate belligerence. And, out
of regard to his health, we advise the gentle
man from Maryland to possess his soul in
patience until the weather is little cooler.
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The Republicans of Deering are requested to meet
at the Town House SATURDAY, the 18th inst,
at 7 O'Clock p NJ to choose delegates to the State
Convention to be holden at Augusta the 18th in
STAN, to nominate candidate for Governor. Also
to choose delegates to the Republican District Con-
yention to be holden at Portland, Wednesday, June
oath. Also to choose Town Committee for the en-
suing year. Per order of Town Committee.
Deering, June 8, 1874.
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If Gen. Hurlbut of Illinois is candidate
for Congress next fall, we almost pray that he
may be defeated, for if he continues in Con-
gress, and continues to fool about with those
transportation schemes involving millions of
the peoples money, he may in an unfortu-
nate moment catch Congress mapping and
secure the passage of bill ordaining that
rivers shall run up hill and over mountains.
This is bad year tor such, but next may not
be. Now Congress and the country look
upon the presentation of these schemes by
Gen. Hurlbut as silly bills for notoriety or ex-
hbitions of mild lunacy. but next year, for
getful of the past, both may get to regard
such measures as sure indications of states
manshfp. There is no mistake about it !,
Hurlbut is positively dangerous.
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The Republicans of Gorham will meet at the Town
House on SATURDAY AFTERNOON, the 18th
nst at q O'Clock, select delegates for the State
and Congressional Conventions
Per Order Town Committee.
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The Republicans of Raymond are requested TO meet
at the Town House in said town on SAT URDAY,
18th inst, at o'clock P. M, to choose delegates to
the State and District Conventions.
Per Order Rep. Town Committee.