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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-02-06
News and Other Items.

The population of Nebraska was $4,000 in
1860, 1t is now estimated at 300, 900, and half
this il crease has been made since 1870, when
the last census was taken.
Eyes my hearers" said Wisconsin minis
ter, 'tLittle John Glen skated into heaven by
way of an air hole on Grass Lake, and he IS
happy now"
Congressman Poland has returned his back
pay into the Treasury, and in an exceiient iet-
ter gives good and sufficient reasons Tor so do
ing.
A New York lawyer advertses ''hymeneal
incompatibities, as speciality, delcately ad-
iusted. IT'S slavery to detain the hand after
the heart hath fled"
A clergyman at Hazleton, Pa, recently APP
pended note to a wedding notice in a local
paper, announcing that it was the 999th couple
he had married. He wouldn't exaggerate for
one couple probably.
Some stir has been created in Paris by the
put forward that he Prince Imperial is not too
young to reign, and that he ought to be called
to his fathers throne.
Henri Rochefort is living in what is describ
ed as the healthy and picturesque valley of
Numbo, on the peninsula of Ducos. He keeps
apart from other convicts, and desires to re-
main quiet and unnoticed.
James Sullivan of Holiston, Mass, cruelty
kept team standing out of doors for three
hours on Tuesday during the severe storm, and
was compelled to pay $14.5O for his inhuman
conduct, through the lnstrumentality of the
humane society with the long name.
Seth Green, having stocked innumerable fiv-
ers with all sorts Of fish, now proposes that
frogs should be reared for the market. He
urges that the hundreds of stagnant pools thai
abound in every locality of New York could
easily be stocked with frogs, and that a large
profit could be made by sending the full grown
frogs to the cities and large towns, where they
are recognized aud popular article of food.
Some students fixed up ghost and placed il
on the staircase of Troy newspaper office the
other night. and then retired and ava. ted de
velopments. One of the editors came aloue
and didn't get frightened He disrobed it, and
now wears S15 pair of pantaloons, a $40 vest
81 pair of boots and an So hat, while one o.
| the students goes abont without vest ani
another roams through the least frequent.
streets wearing very ancient pair of pana
|
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The Baptist ministers of Boston have been
discussing the proposition to tax church prop
erty. In the main and as to their own es-
tates, they are against 1t; but they thought
that those institutions, which claimed to be
churches but were little less than literary
clubs, should be taxed. They had no ques-
ton about the propliety and even The duty OF
taxing the property of the Catholic church,
s'inasmuch as the principles which they main
tain are subversive of the principles of a gov
eminent like ours" Ardent sectarians are
not the best men to consult in this matter,
but the fact that they believe that every other
church except their own should be taxed, is
good argument for the taxation of all.
This question is beginning to engross the
attention Of intelligent taxpayers of all
creeds and is one that eie long will he seri-
ously discussed in our Legislature, as it has
been m Other States. There can be no good
reason urged for the exemption of church
property from taxation; and the only reason
that such estates are not taxed, is that we
have not outgrown the European heresy of
the intimate relation between Church and
by our ancestors. In theory we deny it but
in practice, as long as millions of church
property is exempt from taxation, we admit il.
The opponents of the project urge as rea-
son for exemption that the ''church confers
benefit upon the State which is a fair return
for any protection extended 10 it." While
we cheerfully admit that the influence of the
church Is conducive to the best interests of
society, it would he dangerous policy for the
State to adopt to exempt al! property from
taxation which confers benefit upon socie-
ETY.. Under such rule, the amount of tax
able property would soon become so trifling
that the duties OF the assessor would be con-
fined 70 the hunting up of persons liable to
pay full taxes; and even such of this class,
like journalists, who confer great benefits up
on society might claim the wide exemption.
r. Our Legislature will soon have before it
the report of the Tax Commissioner which
will open the whole question oftaxation. The
Financial Committee embraces several men
of so much intelligence and experience that
they cannot enter into the merits of so i'm
portant a subject as that of the means of rails
ing the revenue of the State without making
some suggestions respecting several millions
ofvaluable property which now wholly escapes
taxation.
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Current Notes.

Remaining upon the exceptionally revolt
ing display a. a California hanging, the other
day, the New York Graphic says: SIT is very
clear that we need national normal school
for hangmen; or at all events national hang
man who is competent TO hang people in a
satisfactory way. Why don't some Republi-
can Congressman propose hill for that pur-
pose? The Democrats would doubtless OPP
pose it, as mere measure OF Capitalization
and blow at State rights. but it would re-
ceive the warm support ofevery man who ex,
poets to be hung, aud deserves to be hung
comfortably. without having his head pulled
off, or his nose broken by premature contact
with the ground"
The Louisville Comier-J0u,71dl says that
"Morton is the last man in the country whom
New England will support for u presidency
New England is for Blaine or Boutwell," 10
this the Springfield Republican in its own
style adds Cor Joe Hawey, or Charies frah-
cis Adams, or Charles Sumner,-of any 9TH
er man."
decision over which press and public alike
NAV rejoice was rendered by Judge DAVIS of
New York, the other day. One Richards,
American Agriculturist an ''impostor," and
his compounds ''nonsenscal quackery." Rich
ards brought suit for libel Questioned as to
the character of his medicine, Richards per-
sistently refused 10 make other answer, than
that it was ga secret compound composed OF
various ingredients which possess great medi-
cal qualities" Thereupon, Judge Davis dis
missed the suit, after characterzng, with de-
served severity, the ''vileness of the plaintiffs
impostures, establishing the right OF news
paper to call quack and impostor by his right
name Springfield Republican.
In this state, as far as we can learn, the Ia
dies who were elected to the school boards are
giving great satisfaction, and there can be nc
question that educated women have pec1
| liar tact in the administration, as they also
have in tie teaching, OF schools. 1t is rather
| surprising, however, that such determined
opposition should be made TO these ladies in
Boston, which has been the home of nearly
all radical retormers, and unusual interest will
therefore attach to the decision OF the SUI
preme court Chicago Tribune.
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PEABODY MEDICAL INSTITUTE,
No. a Bulfinch Street, Boston.

"neh thing is coun.erfeited, it is proof of its
excellence and popularity. The Peabody Medical ms
'i'ute Is case in point. Founded in good faith many
years ago and the only establishment of tbs kind
III 'ne IFS success and ever-increasinp popu-
iarlty finally caused the name medical Jns,;,e TO
be pirated and adopted by lot of Infamous orocks
empires and pretenders, who have been endoa
70 cneas the public by sailing under stolen fac The
founder OF the Peabody Medical Institute ca. in ro
way be held responsible for this misuse of the name
OF repu able nd well-known curative est.b,,.
and legitimate medical institution, which has boon
from the start specially devoted to the treatment of
nervous arrangements and affections from ,vhotaver
causes proceeding. During its existence there have
been issued from it several medical publioo,;o,s.
quite recently work on Diseases of the Nervous
System, which have had almost Worldwide c;rcu-
lation and popularity These publications
vattest the high character of the institu;o,,
whose patronage these medical works ha We bo %
lished Meantime 1t Is gratifying to know tn ~
OF the impudent charlatans, no have stolen !;
to cover their nefarous practices. are gettis thrir
- Boston HeTdN ja17d1awS Nwawsn
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OUR own Legislature is not the only one
which is called upon to exercise its functions
of craftsmanship upon the lobster. The
General Court of Massachusetts is struggling
with this clawed wretch. The proposition
there is TO restore to his cool haunts-which
is the way fine writers would express it
every lobster caught less than eleven inches
in length. The average Massachusetts lob
ster catcher is greatly disguised with this
proposition. They claim that this restriction
will allow the whole race to keep on. of hot
water. as most Holsters now caught are less
than eleven inches in length.
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A National Disgrace.

The New York Times says that the cleo
lions in England are going on with the usual
disturbances. The editor of the Times has
had an opportunity to be better informed
than the most of us on this subject, conse-
quently we are led to believe that rioting and
rufianism are the usual concomitants of cleo
tions among intelligent Britons. For the last
week there mas rarely been an election where
there was contest. at which there has not
been fighting and some large mobs which
took the liberty of the town. Political meet
ings have been broken up and the smashing
of windows where such meetings were held
seemed TO be the regular amusement for the
jolly English voter. The average English
voter seems to be thoroughly convinced that
he has not done his duty as sturdy Briton and
subject of the best government and one
of the first peop.e that the sun shines on, un-
til he has broken somebody's windows or
head on election day. The candidate as he
appears before the people at the hustings is
made to appreciate his privilege by volleys
of curses, stones and venerable eggs. The
bitter Disraei when he declared the other
day that Gladstone was so unpopular that his
LIFE would not be safe at the hastings, did not
so much assai the character of the Premier
as expose the rufianly instincts of his own
followers to the contempt of the world. In
Canada, too, during the recent parliamenta-
ry elections, there were few indications of
rioting. In Ontario, the carriage If Sir John
A. Macdonald was assaulted by Liberals and
the late Dominion Premier struck in the face
with stick.
England carnot have frequent elections
and retain her reputation for the best or
dered people in the world. Indeed, from
what we have heard, the elections in Ireland
have been so quiet compared with those in
Englnnd, as to afford an example for the lat
ter.
In this country, we never think of election
riots outside OF the half-cvlized states of
the South. and never where school houses
abound. But in the last two national
elections and the exciting canvasses. pre-
cediEg, there was not any part of the
disgraceful rufianism even in the remote d.
calties as has been almost universal in Eng
land. We must, therefore, infer that the av-
erage British voter and the people who take
an interest in English elections, are in need
of education.
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AND now the New York Tribune int

AND now the New York Tribune informs
its readers that the papers put into its posses.
sion few days since, charging fraud and cor
ruption that would appall the public, turn
out to be well executed forgeries. The double
loaded announcement of the Tribune that II
had rare mares nest led us all to expect
something which would cause ones blood to
curdle and his hair 10 stand on end. Now
that it has failed to do this, it can render the
public the next best diversion and service by
telling who these skillful forgers are-these
nigh toned thieves who wanted not money
but character as pelf.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-02-06

No medicine is needed to keep the bowels IN order
as long as natures cathartic the bile, flows freely
and regularly from its in the liver. and is Of
the RICH strength and quality. Bnt the great hillary
gland is easily disodered and the consequences of its
irregularities are serious. To bring it back to its
natural condition when thus affected, Hcstetter's
Stomach Biters should be taken at least twice day
until the desired object is attained. Constipation is
due to scant supply of bile, to lack of tile slim
ula.ing element in that fluid. In either case mere
puTgation is useless. The liver must be compelled to
yield the supply of bile necessary to remove the
waste matter from the system at least in twen-
tyour hours before radical of costiveness can
be accomplished. HOstetters Bitters produces this
effect Its action upon the stomach and liver Is d.
rect and salutary and through these organs it regu
lates and invigorates the whole Frame
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OFFICE OF TUE RUMFoRD CHEMICAL WORKS,
Providence, r. l., Jan. 1, 1874.
GEO. F. WILSON, Treas
PROBATE NOTICES.
To all Persons interested i'm the Estates
hereinafter named:


A Court of Probate held at Portland within
"A and for the County of Cumberland on tho third
fuesday or january in tho yeas d eight
cen hundred and seventy-four the following matters
having been presented for the action theeupon hsre
matter indicated, it is hereby Ordered.
Ihat notice thereof be given to all persons inter-
ested by causing copy of this order to be published
three weeks successfully in the Maine State Press
md Eastern Argus papers printed at Portland aiore-
held at said Portland the third Tuesday OF Febru-
airy next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon and
be heard thereon. and object ifthey see cause.
CHARLES B. PLUMMER, late of Bridcton de-
ceased First account presented for allowance by
George Il. Wight, Administrator.
. PAULINA VARNEY, of Bridgton. Petition for
James Blaisdel Guardian. -
HARVEY MAYBERRY, late of Otistield decaas-
ed First and final account presented for allowance
by Francis IL. Whitman, Administrator.
ALFRED B. MJRCH, late of Baldwin, deceased.
First and final account presented for allowance nv
Cyrus f. Burnel, Executor.
MARY s. BARRON, late of Brunswick. deceased.
FIRST account presented for ali vance by Joseph
Barron, Executor
GEORGE W; CARLETON, late of Brunswick, de-
ceased. Second account presented for allowance by
Amherst Whitmore, Administrator.
JOSEPH MCINTYRE, late of New Gloucester de-
ceased First account and private claim against said
estate presented for allowance by Althea j. Mcin-
tire, Administrative.
LEWIS A. SIMPSON, minor child and heir Of
Lewis A Simpson, laIe of Gray deceased. First ac-
Guardian. N'
ELIZABETH GROWS, of North Yarmouth. .Ac-
count presented for allowance by William True,
Guardian. '
REUBEN CHANDLER, late of Yarmouth. de-
ceased. Second mt presented for allowance by
James NJ. Buchanan, Executor.
OTIS B. PRATT late of Yarmouth. deceased
Third and final account presented for allowance by
Thomas Pratt, Administrator
INEVITABLE d. GROWN, late Of Gorham, de-
ceased. Petition Tor authority to compromise claim
lue said estate from Oliver Pope and Jospeh Pope
presented by Freeman Harding, Administrator.
DANIEL SKILLINGS. of westbrook Account
and resignation of guardianship, presented by Tim
othy A. Skngs Guardian.
MARGERY TH0RNDIKE, late of Portland, de-
ceased. Petition for administrator presented by
John B. Thorndike eldest son of said deceased.
JOHN A. WATERMAN, Judge
A true copy Of the original Order.
Attest. VIM. X. NEAL Register.
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The right of petition is sacred one but
like many other good things an unlimited ex-
ercise of it renders it burden. In this con-
nection we have only to add that if the legis.
lature don't deny the ftrther exercise of thi.
right this season, the newspapers that at
tempt to give the full pr ceedings of that
body will be ruined aud the future prospects
of the average compositor vastly endangered
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-02-06

Boston has very respectable lobby at
Washington praying that Congress will not
be so unmindful of the Club" as to interfere
with Mr.. Mullett and Postmaster Burt in
building as much pos5-ofice as they please.
Let us have economy in general but none in
particular. Not any.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-02-06

REPORTS from New Hampshire taken from
all sources indicate that neither Republicans
nor Democrats are satisfied with their candi-
dates for Governor. The Democrats profess
10 oe certain of success; but little interest is
manifested in the canvass.
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THE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING. FEB. 9. 1874.

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnsnu ~
with Card certificate countersgned by etaY ~, =,
Pullen. Editor. All railway, steamboat anu
managers will confer favor upon us by aoinai.une
credentials OF every person claiming oui
journal, as we have information Una, 'o'0'"' ouh-
mers,, are seeking courtesies in the name of the
PRFss and we haze no disposition to be, even pas
siyely, party to such frauds.
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My plan Of selling Superphosphate without con-
slgnment, has proved so successful and has given
such universal satisfaction 10 the Farmers. that 1
have decided TO pursue similar course this Sc SON
an shall make arrangements so that the Farmers in
All the principal towns in New England have an
oppori unity of purchasing some OF my Supsrphos-
phate either ri the dealers or of my agents. have
none out on commission ana shall send none out in
that way. No goods will be sent from the works
I'll sold, and purchasers can thus rely on receiving
fresh goods whenever they choose TO buy. The ex.
peiienee that have had In selling Superphosphate
on Commission. has taught me that the plan is not
the right one. In many insta ces the goods not
properly taken care but olen remain exposed to
the weather, summer and winter, and the purchaser
who buys from lot which has thus lain through sew
eral seasons may land rhaps JUSTLY omplain that
the Fertilizer is not up to standard, when in reality
the goods were of extra quality st the time they
left the manufacturer, and would still have been had
they been properly cared for 1t is to avoid this and
other abuses that decline to commission any Super
phosphate
My agent M. d. Lawrence, will be at the following
places at the time named, ready to receive orders,
price to be fixed by auction.
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1910. 1874.
Time Tests The Merits Of All Things.
1910.
1874.

THIRTY YEARS is certainly long enough time to
prove the efficacy of any medicine and that the Pain
Killer is deserving of all its propretors claim for it is
Amply proved by the unparalleled popularity it has at
tanned. 1t is and effective remedy 1t is sold
In almost every country in the world, and it needs only
to be known to be priced and its reputation as med
icne OF Great Virtue is fully and permanently estab-
lished. 1t il the great Family Medicine of the age
Taken internally it cures Dysentery, Cholera, Diar-
rhea, Cramp and pain in the Stomach, Bowel Com
plant, Painters Collie, Liver Complaint Dyspepsia
Indigestion, Sudden Colds Sore Throat and Coughs
Taken externally it cures Bruises, Boils, Felons,
Cuts, Burns, Scalds, Old Sores and Sprains Swengs
OF the Joints, Tothache Pain in the Face, Neuralgia
and rheumatism, Chapped Hands, Frost Bitten Feet
&c.
Pain is supposed to be the lot of us poor mortals as
inevitable as DEATH and liable at any time to come
upon us. Therefore, it is important that remedial
agents should be at hand to be used on emergency
when we made to feel the excruciating agony Of
pain, or the depressing influences of disease. Such
remedial exists in Perry DAVIS "Pain-Kiler," the
fame of which has extended over all the earth
Amid the eternal ices of the Polar Regions beneath
the intolerabe and bnrning of the tropics its
virtues are known and appreciated And by it suf
ferng humanity has found relief from many Its ills
The effect OF the Pain Killer upon the patient when
taken internally in Of Cough, Cold Bowel Com
plant Cholera Dysenteiy and other affections of the
SYSTEM has been truly wonderful and has won for it
name among me -ical preparations that can never
be forgotten. Its in removing PAIN as an ex
terna remedy, in of Burns, Bruises Sores and
Sprans Cuts Stngs of Insects &C.. and other causes
of suffering has secured FORT the most prominent po-
s!tion among the medicines of the day. Beware of
counterfeits AMI worthless limitations. Cal for Perry
Davis Vegetable Pal i-Kiler, and take no other
B- Sold By Druggists and Grocers fe3eod&w1m
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We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer a,e in
all Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty OF good faith
We cannot undertake to return or reserve COM
municatons that are not used.
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CONGRESS has been quite seriously at
work the past week. Work-me.ns a oreat
deal OF talk, but it is gratifying 10 know that
the talk is upon important subjects and that
progress is being made.
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JUST PUBLISHED
BELLA. or The Cradle Of T;ho..

A story Of Of Insane Asylums, By Mrs. Euoeu;a
story related by who and heard that rhnS
she tells 1t should be in every family. SeNt NV
mail post paid receipt of price, I2mo SUD pi 10y
S1.75. For sale at Bookstores. N. D. Berry PHI
Usher. 147 fremont Street, Boston. ~ fu'-
ja30 sud3t&w1w.
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MARRIED,

In this city. Feb. 8, by Rev. A. K p Small Isaac
n. McLarrin and Nellie NJ. Mcclellan, both of Port
land.
In this city, Feb. !, Ebenezer Il. Weeks of Portland
and Drusilla daughter of Richard Belcher Esq., of
Freeport.
In this CITY, Feb. 4. by Rev. j. w. Johnston Abram
II. Miliken OF Saco and Miss Ella d. Waterhouse of
Portland
In this CITY, Feb S. by Rev. W. T. Pbelan. Daniel
H. Towle and Miss Jnlia p. Sawyer, both of Port
land
In Biddeford, Jan. 81, Charles M. Watson and Miss
Ida, daughter of John Dow, OF Hollis.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the subscri-
IN Der has been duly appointed and taken upon
himself the trust OF Administrator Of the estate OF
ROBERT HOLYOKE, late of Portland,
in the County of Cumberland, deceased and given
bonds the law directs. All persons having de-
mands upon the estate of said deceased are required
to exhibit the same ami all persons indebted to said
estate are called upon to make payment to
JOSIAH II. DRUMMOND, Administrator.
Portland, Feb ), 1871 fl 6d1aw3wF*
NOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber has
IN been duly appointed and taken upon himself the
trust OF Administrator of the estate of
SAMUEL ROSS. late OF Cumberland,
in the County of Cumberland, deceased, and given
bonds as the law directs. All persons having de-
mands upon the estate of said deceased required
to exhibit the same and all persons indebted to said
estate are called upon to make payment to
SAMUEL SIS, Administrator
Cumberland, Feb. 3, 1874. te6d1aw3wF*
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

Music.
Old stock of Sheet Music for sale for few days
only for i've cents piece. Also Books very cheap.
G. K. HAYES,
fe3sntf "a Middle street.