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The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

The MAGIC TAILsMAN. Another large house
greeted the Langrishe g. Howard troupe in the
Magic Tailsman at Music Hall last evening.
The magnificent scenery, the finest ever seen
in the city, and the superb ballet, headed by
the fine danseuse, Mile Proscher, are fully up
to the advertisements, and cannot fail to draw
a crowded house this evening. This afternoon
a Matinee will be given for the benefit of ladies
and children.
The scenery is all new, being expressly paint
ed for this tour. The troupe is large, having
eight more actors than when here last winter
Many seats have already been sold for the Mat
inee, and there will be large attendance O.
ladies. Tickets are but fifty cents for adults
and twenty-five for children. As to-day is thu
last opportunity to see this fine spectacula
drama as is anticipated.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

SCHOOL REPoRT.-Those teachers Tor others
connected with the public schools) who are in
tending to make reports of the progress OF
their work for the last school year, are request
ed to present them as soon as possible to the
Secretary. Mr. Dresser at his bookstore. The
annual report must be prepared in short time
and the material needed must be at hand, or
an imperfecton not creditable to the commit
tee must occur. An early attention will much
oblige the party designated to prepare the re-
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

JUDICIARY CoMMITTEE.-Senator Webb and
wife. Senator Boyle and wife aud Miss Nc
Gilvery, Senator Emery and Miss Crosby, and
Representative Wilson and wife of the Legisla-
tive Judiciary Committee, are at the Falmouth
Other membeas of the committee are expected
by early train tomorrow morning, and an ex
animation ana hearing will be had in the mat
ter of the Marginal Railway Bill. The hearlnl
will begin at the Council Chamber, City buiio
ing at 10 o'clock a. ~.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 30-The agent of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, has received
orders to Immediately reduce the passenger
fares to and from Japan with view to success
full competition with the English Peninsular,
and Oriental route. The ne- rates are to be
between Yoxohoma and San Franc SEQ $3.50
heretofore $3.50; Yokohoma and New York
via tie Isthmus $3.50, heretofore $3.50; and
through to Liverpool by irst-class steamers
$500 instead of $500 as formerly for the out
~ard, and $3.50 for homeward trip.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21
New York stock and nrouev m.rke,


NEW YORK. Feb. 20 Morning.-Money at per
per cent G"ld at 112s. Sterling Exchange long, at
ASS; do short 4SSA.
NEW YORK. Feb 20-Erenino- Money was at
@ 8 per cent. on stocks and per cent. on Govern
ments.
Imports of dry goods for the week were 457 $3.50;
ammount mrrketed $3,779,071; imports for the cor
SO, i33, 3O5.
The Produce Exchange resolved to increase the in
itaton fee from $500 to $1,000 The assignee of the
Howes q Macy to-day announced that they would be
able to their creditors 45 per cent and begin the
I'd of March.
Foreign Exchange closed dull and heavy at 4s4 a
4S43 for prime go days and 4S7A q 4ss for Demand
The customs receipts to-day were s63O,O 0. G Id
dull and steady, opening and closing at li2s, selling
in the meantime at 1i2t q 1i2i The rates paid for
carrying were from to per cent. The Assistant
Treasurer pail out to-day s35 900 on account of in
terest and $4,000 in redemption of 500 bonus.
The days business Gold Exchange Bank
was as follows:mGold balances, s9i6,5se; eurren-
cy balances. 81 1901; clearances So ,27 000
Governments firm with good demand State bonds
steady; Tennessess strong and higher. Railway and
miscellaneous speculation is tame and few changes
ofimportance in the general list. The fluctuations
during the day were only to per cent. At the
close the market was steady.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

A strong religious awakening is prevailing
at Standish Four Corners, not far from Linn
ihgton bridge. Meetings were held nearly
every evening last week, and on Sunday the
school house, where the meetings are held, was
crowded. Quite number have been convert
ed, in one instance whole family.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

IMPORTANT SALE.-F. o. Bailey & Co., will
sell at II o'clock to-day, the Steam Bak-
cry at east end of Tukey's bridge, together
with the machinery, tools, etc. This is a favor
able opportunity for bakers to replenish their
machinery; and the building and engine are
well adapted and located for some manufac-
turing business, and will undoubtedly sell for a
great deal less than it is worth.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21
Superior Court.

FEBRUARY CIVIL TERM, 1874, sYMoNDs, j., PREsID-
ING.
FRIDAY-Susan Cutter vs.. Lorenzo ID. Strout-
Action to recover the Of 1929 81 for services as
domestic and housekeeper in defendants family fol
nearly three years. Mrs. Cutter is the mother Of
defendants wife, who left him in March, 1872.
Defendant says that he never agreed to pay the
plaintiff any wages but at the request of his wife he
gave her home. On trial.
Motley for plaintiff.
Byron D. Verrill for defendant.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

Mr.. Paul McKenney has sold his house on
Sawyer street, to Capt jacob Dodge for $500.
N. 0. Douglass is building store on Sawyer
street. the first story to be occupied for dry
goods and tbs second story for an insurance
oIfica A.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21
New Advertisements To-Day.

SPECIAL NOTICES.
X. of PIT. j. Daley.
Il. G. Farnsworth-P Piano Forte and Organ.
Nickery & Leighton-Black Silk.
Full Assortment-Vickery & Leighton.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
international Re7iew-A. S. Barnes & Co.
Notice.. w. Bracket.
Loring's Specific.
Extract-Francis H. Coffin.
State of Maine-H. 1. Robinson.
Dissolution OF. Copartnership-Jas F. Sheldon.
House to be Let-Wm. II. Jerris.
Bosworth Post-G. A. r.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES.
Notice-All persons having Books.
Work never comes back.
Extra quality-P. NJ. Frost,
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21
EselMR = AT a - z"
:ssss-ssss5l> A u G TION
CHARLES HOUGHTON,

VIII be sold at auction onwEDNESDAY, Feb 25,
1874, at O'Clock p. VI . at the Glass Works Wharf,
Portland (unless previously disposed off,
Said Steamer is 270 tons length AZ feet breadth
22 feet inches; 2Sinch cylinder, n feet stroke. Can
be put in condition for business at short notice. Can
be seen at any time at the wharf named above.
For further particulars inquire OF W w. Harris,
145 Commercial street, William Ross, l79 CONNER
cial street, or Cyrus Stnrdivant. Railroad Wharf,
Portland, and Capt. E. W. DaAidsou, 24O CONNER
cial street, Boston.
Portland, Jan, 81, 1874. tfeb 20
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

New ORLEANS, Feb. 20.-The Senate passed
the joint resolution limiting the city debt end
prohibiting the issuance of warrants or certifi-
Gates except against cash in the treasury. A
bill drawn up under the auspices of the Cham
her of Commerce and urged by the Governor,
reducing the city expenses half million year
also passed.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

.PorsoUiyG Casa fatal poiso ming case has
Just come to light. The facts in regard to it
are as follows: A m an named Quincy, living in
the Brown house, between Fore and CONNER
cial streets, had a child about three months old
takca sick. and summoned a physician, but as
the child did not improve messenger was sent
to the drug store corner of Fore and India
streets for paragoric, but instead of paragorio
laudanum was given. This was Tuesday night.
1t was noticed that mistake had been made
as the child went into doze. A physician was
sent for but il was too late, and the child died
late that night.
Mr.. CIuney has just moved here from Hall
fax, and says as he is stranger he does not
propose to have the case investigated
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

ALLEN MIssIoN.-There was an interesting
meeting at the Allen Mission last night, at
which Capt Dutton of the Allan steamship
Prussian, made very able and instructive adj
dress on temperance.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21
MATTERS IN MAINE.

Conclusion of the Lowell Case,
LEWISTON, Feb. 20.-At the criminal session
sion of the Supreme Court, Judge Walton pre-
siding, the case of James M. LOWELL convicted
of murder in the first degree and remanded for
sentence, was continued to the April term of
the Court
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21
METEOROLOGICAL.

PROBABILITIES FOR THE NEXT TWENTY-FoUR
HOURS
WAR DEPT, OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL
OFFICER, Washington, d. c., 7
Feb. 20, 500 (P. MY
For New England
For Saturday in New England rising bar
ometer. westerly winds, somewhat lower tenn :
perature and partially cloudy weather.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

PERsoNAL.-Mr Edward A. Rand one of the
speediest operators at the western Union in
this city, recorded thirty one messages of aver
age length in nineteen minutes yesterday morn
| ing. which is pretty tall work.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21
MASSACHUSETTS,.
Common Sense Judges

BOSTON, Feb. 20. - The Massachusetts Su-
preme Judicial Court has decided afirmatvely
the following question referred to it by an order
of the Legislature:
"Under the constitution of this Common
wealth, can woman be a member of School
Committee?"
The Count holds that the constitution con-
tains nothing relating to School Committees
and that the common law of England was our
law upon the subject, permitting a woman to
fill any common office of an administrative
character, the duties attached to which were
such that woman was competent to perform
them,
The Steel Consumers.
The petition of the steel consumers to Con-
gress contains the names Of over $50 prominent
manufacturers in all parts of the country, who
represented over 81, 100000 of capital, employ
ing more than $4,000 hands. The West, New
York State, Pennsylvania and the New Eng
land Stales are largely represented in the doc
ument. Their object is reduced and specific
| duty on steel.
Escape Of Convicts.
Two convicts, Nathaniel Jones and Ensign
Worthrng, alias Clark, escaped from the State
prison to-day. Both were employed in the
chair department. Clark as engineer and Jones
in a loft over the engine. Clark being not di-
rectly under the eye of the officer all the time,
succeeded in making tunnel beneath the floor
twenty four feet long by eighteen inches square
which they lined with boards This tupuel led
HeOSA>NNS
| they cut their way to wharf and were at lib
erty half an hour before being discovered. They
are both old offenders and been in States prison
| several times.
The Great Bore.
| The committee of the legislature on the Hoo
| sac Tunnel line have under consideration a hill
understood to have been prepared by Senator
| Larned chair nan of the committee which has
| been finally received. 1t will be Published at
| length in to-morrow's papers, 1t centefnpates
| merging the property of the State in the isn-
| mel together with that of the railroad compris-
| ing the through line in trust to be managed
| for the common interest of all parties by cor
| poraton of trustees in which the State retains
| controlling interest by the appointment by
| majority of the trustees. There are no cOercive
features whatever in the bill. If, however, the
railroads should decline to come into the ar
rangement contemplated, means are still pro-
| vided by which the State may make available
| its property in the tunnel.
! The Tax Registers.
WORCESTER, Feb. 20.--The estates of S. l..
| and Abby Kelly Foster Sarah Wall and Mari
| eta Flagg, who refuse pay taxes until wo
men can vote were offered for sale to pay taxes
| Of 1872 by the tax collector to-day The last
named was bought in by a friend, but no one
bid for either of the other estates. The sale was
adjourned until tomorrow.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21
DAILY DOMESTIC RECEIPTS.
Receipts OF Grain, &c.

Receipts OF Grain, &c.
EASTERN R. R.
G1nsignees: No. cars. Consignees. No. car
W q r Miliken, go bbs beef.
John Dennis q Co, ~ bbls beef
Smith q Gage, 10 bbls beef
w Jordan & Co, Is bbls beef
Harris, Atwood & Co, 20 bbls beef
Ryder & X, ID bbls beef
By water conveyance 1000 bush cornmeal to Geo
w True & Co.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21
TIL. Quarr.l.ome California Ea,,,r,.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 10.-The libel case of
the edtos of the Chronicle against the print
ers OF the Sun, was finally determi ned to-day.
Seven OF thelatter were committed Cor trial.
Michael and Charles DeYoung of the Chron
Sun, and Gustavaa DeYoung is to be examned
Saturday for shooting at Napthaly with intest
to kill
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21


FR1pAY.-John Parks, Thomas Harris George ID.
Enos and Robert Gray-boys. Malicious mischief
Fined 81 each with costs. Paid.
Hugh Doherty. Search and seizure. Fined S5V
with costs Paid.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

SEND your orders for Oyster at Hatch's, 3O7
Congress street, 40 cents quart, delivered to
any part of the city. nov8Stf
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

TEMPERANCE LEcrURE.-The next lecture of
the course on temperance will be delivered at
State Street Church tomorrow evening by the
pastor, Rev. E. Y. Hincks Services to COM
mence at seven o'clock.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

ApvERrIsE-"Hold up, enough!' is the cry
of gentleman who, having house to let ad-
vertsed the same in the PRESS, was assailed
by forty rent seekers in one day. A card in
the window with the words "To Let called
forth no responses and the owner began to be-
lieve that there were too many houses in Fort
land. He now thinks there should be more.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

LONDON, Feb. 2o-i 80 P.M.-Consols at s2t o. s2i
for money and account
American securities-Urited States 5-2Os 1869 Mt
oid' losa; do 1867, 1909. Erie Az g al.
LIVERPOOL. February 2o-1.3OP M Cotton Is
easier and declined fraction; u:adhng uplands at
q q ed DO Orleans std sales II 900 bales. including
2OOO tor export and Speculation.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

HARP for sale at bargain. Can be seen at
w. G. Twombly's Piano Warerooms, 156 Ex-
change street. feb17tf
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21
MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES
Notice.

All persons having Books belonging to the
Library of the Children's Prog. Lyceum are re-
quested to return them to Arcana Hall Sunday
next at II clock. per order.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21
AUCTION SALES.
PawnbrOkers' Sale.

nF unredeemed Watches, Jewelry Clothing, &C.
~ Ai>o lot OF Ladies ID ess Goods. Also a lot of
Crockery and Glass Ware. Also Boots, Shoes Hats
&C. large variety of Household Goods.
SATURDAY EVENING Feb 2lst, M =.
ABRAMS @ BRO, PawBbrekers,
las Federal ST., under U. y. Heiei.
fe19 dat
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

EXTRA quality brown sheeting 10 cts. pei
yard at P. NJ. Frost under Falmouth Hotel.
fahOI .aod2t
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

THE CAMP FIRE.-Last evening Post Bos-
worth, g. A R.. kiudled the camp fire. Ina
occasion was an extremely pleasant one for the
Comrades, calling up as it did old times and
associations. The assembled company sat
down to "hard tack and Coffee" and iudulged
In speeches and poems. These last contained
many loca "hits," which were highly relished
After supper the pipe of peace was smoked.
The ashes were raked up about eleven o'clock.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

WORK never comes back when stitched with
Eureka Silk.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21
CITY AND VICINITY.
THE PRESS

Nav he obtained at the Periodical Depots of Fes-
sender Bros Marquis, Robinson, Brunell g. Co.,
Andrews Wentworth, Glendenning, Moses, Hender-
SON and Chisholm Bros, all trains that run out OF
the city.
AT Biddeford, of Pillsbury.
At Saco of L, Hodgdon,
AT waterville, OF j. s. Carter.
At GorEam, OF News Agent.
At Bath of j. o. Shaw.
At Lewiston, of French Bros. and Stevens g. "a.
at Kennebunk of C. L. Miller. ~ wv
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

Senate papers disposed of in concurrence.
Petitions etc., presented and reterred-Of d.
Cargill ct ais, against the petition of Harrison
Baker; of G. b, Leavitt ct ais, OF Newport,
for incorporation of the Newport Driving Park.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

FATAL ACCIDENT.-Yesterday afternoon as
the one o'clock train ON the Maine Central was
crossing Spring street at Woodford's Corner,
Mr.. Myrick Emerson attempted to cross in
front of the locomotive in a wagon. The en-
| CINE struck the wagon, cut it in pieces, and
threw Mr.. Emerson upon the cow-catcher, kill
ing him instantly. The train was hauled up at
the station, aud the mutilated body taken off
and brought to this city. 1t seems that the
signal man warned Mr.. Emerson, but it is
thought that the horse was frightened and could
not be controlled. The unfortunate man had
just carried his son to the station and left him
there to take the train.
Mr.. Emerson was about 65 years old, and
leaves a wife and four sons. He resided near
the Brewer House in Stroudwater. 1t is a
somewhat remarkable circumstance that his
three brothers all died suddenly.
Coroner Gould will hold an inquest on the
body to-day.
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

lSsles at the Brokers' Board. Feb. pol
Boston and Maine Railroad 7s,. 103,
A"o1oAA nai odu' '......-.'.....-- q "
Second Call.
Boston and Maine Railroad .. 1914 "a 10s
Eastern Railroad ............. La 76k
The Portland daily press., 1874-02-21

The CoNcERT.-It is scarcely necessary to
do more than call attention to the vocal nd in
strumental concert to be given at City Hall this
evening by the Misses Leavitt assisted by Mrs.
NJ. A. Goodwin, Misses Lillian Dunton and
Jennie King, and Messrs. Hut Mcclellan,
Thurston and Shaw. 1t will undoubtedly be
pleasant affair, and well worth attending. The
following is the programme:
Duett-March of the Greenwood. Glover
Misses Alice A. and Annie j. Leavitt.
Piano Solo-Semeranide. RIOS sini
Mrs. NJ. A. Goodwin.
oons-rareweH. ........-.. .Graham.
Mr.. S. Thurston.
Song
Miss Lillian Dunton.
A. B. G. Comic Duet. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Parry
Miss A. j. Leavtu and Mr.. j. L. Shaw.
Song-O fond dove. :. ......................Ga tty
Miss Jennie King.
Cornet Solo-De Beriots It'll air. ....... Hartman.
Mr. j. Hunt.
Misses Dunton and King.
Song-Captive Greek Girl :. ............... Hobbs.
Miss A. j. Leayitt
Song-Three Fishers ........ ........ .Huah.
Mr. j. l.. Shaw.
Duett-"All things are beautiful. 80. ....Glover
Misses Leavitt
Quartette- on the Lake. ......... White
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-23

Ex-Congressman. John Lynch, of Maine, la regis.
tered at the Windsor Hotel.
samro Takaki, oil the Japanese Legation, has ar.
rived at the Hoffman House.
Mrs. G. B. Smith is an Onicer of the Lodge of
Good Templars, in st. Adams. VT
Colonel Daniel Mcclure, United States Army. is
quartered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Rodney W. Daniels, Collector of the port of Buff
falo, is staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
The Bloomington tnL.,) City Council have ap-
pointed Mrs. Betsey s. Sargent Poundmaster.
Iowa has seventy-two county treasurers and
twenty three Of them have been advertised as
missing. ..t
Chancellor e. II. Allen, OF the Sandwich Islands.
arrived from washington yesterday at the New
York Hotel.
James Jackson recently died in Banks county,
Georgia. aged ll5 years. HIS wife 'stlll lives"
aged 1lO years.
Edward L. Plumb, formerly United States Con-
sui General at Havana, has apartments at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel.
William O'Tooie, of Bridgeport claims to be the
founder of the order OF Ancient Hbernians In Con-
necticut. Who are the Ancientsf
Hon. Daniel Webster voorhees, will be the orator
Of the literary societies at the June commence.
nent Of the Missouri State University.
Jesse Jones, who Is supposed 10 be ITO years old,
il dangerously ill at West Vincent, Chester county
Pa. He remembers following the wagons that
hauled nour to the revolutionary army at Valley
Forge in lit.
The oldest ex-member OF the Pennsylvania Legis.
lature is ninety-1ve. His name is Walter Craig
and he lives in Cross Greek, Washington county.
He was member OF the House IN the session of
1919 and 1920
The amazonian wife OF q Dublin Qreand) plas-
terer recently beat her husband, and subsequently
horsewhipped an editor in whose newspaper an
Objectionable account Of her Arst action-at.arms
was published
There ia boy named Slosser in Jonesboro,
Tenn, nineteen years DID, who stands six feet six
in his stockings, and is still growing. His foot is
sixteen inches long. To agree with the saying OF
the time, he should have been named Slasher.
A negro. named Charles N. Hunter, Of Columbia.
is writing sketches or the colored members of the
South Carolina Legislature. His WORK will be
eagerly looked for and compared with certain
"Liie Sketches" OF New York legislators published
last year.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-23
KANSAS.

Female Suffrage To BE Submitted to
the People for vote-The State Grange
Grave Charges Against the State
Treasurer.
TOPEKA. Feb. %, 1854.
The Senate passed the joint resolution to submit
the question OF female suffrage to vote OF the
people.
THE STATE GRANGE.
The State Grange passed resolution asking the
Legislature to pay the Indebtedness Of the States
Board Of Agriculture and discontinue the appro-
priation to it. A large number Of resolutions were
offered on various SUBJECTS but it Is difficult to
get reliable Information OF the proceedings.
IMPEACHMENT OF THE STATE TREASURER.
the report or Judge Horizons committee closes
with q resolution that Josiah 4. Hayes, Treasurer
OF the state OF Kansas, be and is hereby impeached
for high crimes ana misdemeanors in office. The
minority made report justiiying the conduct OF
the Treasurer, and charging that the investigation
has been so conducted as TO elicit such facts only
as tended to be unfavorable to the Treasurer, and
rejected or refused to hear all the evidence which
in any manner tended to explain excuse Or Justify
The Treasurer in his management Of the affairs OF
his department., and claims there has only been
technical violation OF the law.
RUMORED INSURANCE. FRAUDS.
There are rumOrs OF Irregularities IN the lnsur-
anCe Department, and II true an investigation will
be had into the AFFAIRS OF the State Insurance Com
missioner.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-23
THE HILDESE BUND.

Assembling Of the Annual Council.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. %, 1874.
The annual council OF the Hildese Bund assem-
bied this morning at Schuetzen Hall, on Third
street. A large number of delegates were present
from New York, Baltimore, Cleveland, Indianapo-
lis, Chicago and ST. Louis. The hail was prolusely
decorated with bunting and large central illumi-
nation with the word "WelkOmmen" in the centre.
The meeting was opened by John II. Biehling, the
President. Reports were read showing an in
crease OF membership of over 1000 nearly $50, 900
paid for sick benefits and $l27, 200 Tor insurance.
The Bund has capital OF over $4,000 partly in
vested in first mortgages.
The Pennsylvania Central Harper give q ban
quet this evening to the delegates. Tomorrow q
pnlans to the outside delegates. Much enthusiasm
prevails.
The meeting adjourned, to be held at the CONT
neutal at ten O'Clock tomorrow morning.
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CELEBRATIONS ELSEWHERE.

Observances Yesterday In Providence
Ceremonies To-day.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Feb %, 1874.
Washingt0ns Birthday was observed to-day by
the First Light Infantry regiment, which attended
special service at tine First Universalist church
sermon suited to the occasion was preached by the
Rev. Mr.. Capen.
Tomorrow the Rhode Island Guards regiment
will parade in honor Of the day.
Celebration To-Day In San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO Feb. %, 1874.
The anniversary OF washingtOn's birthday will
be celebrated tomorrow by q military review and
parade.