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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-07-25

European Markets.
LONDON, July A-2.30 P. M.-American securi-
ties-Erie 20 a 29a.
LIVERPOOL July 4.-Cotton is steady; M:5dlipg
upands at 81 az SID; do orleans at sgd: sales of the
week 65 900 bales including 5000 bales Tor export and
speculation.
FRANKFORT, July 24-5.30 P. M.-United States
5-2Us, 1862, 97s.
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An incendiary fire at New Haven, Conn,
yesterday evening destroyed barn on Water
street, owned by Case & Alling, coal dealers.
Six horses were consumed with the building
Loss about $1,000.
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NEWSPAPER CHANGE.-Tbe Christian Mirror
has been purchased by the Rev. B. p. Snow of
this city and Col f. E. Shaw of Paris, and will
be hereafter issued from the press of b. Thurs
ton & Co. an eight page paper.
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CATHOLIC UNIoN.-The Catholic Union have
arranged for formal opening of Congress
Hall August 4th. On this occasion they will
present an entertained t open TO the public
A committee have been appointed who are
making arrangements for the first annual ex-
cursion which will come off at Long Island the
18th of August
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he court of commissioners of the Alabama
eia1ms met to-day at the Department of State
aud after the consideration and adoption of
rules adjourned to the LIST of October, when it
VIII proceed to hear cases.
-, IL Is said at the Treasury Department that
,ne highest bid yesterday for the per cent.
ioan was lOl5 and the lowest 99a.
III is understood that when the grand inry
TAKES up the safe burglary case Aug 25sh, they
WIN hear but five more witnesses, and will
Inen be ready to present indictments against
eight persons
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P. o. S. OF A.-The following members
have been elected as officers of Washington
Camp No. for the semi-annnal term, and
were duly installed by the D. p. Il. W. Han
son, F.; j. e. Robbins M. of f. and c.; O. G.
Skillings, c.; p. J. Henderson, o. G.; f.
Hutchinson, Assistant Secretary; S. H. Whita-
ker, L. s.; Albion Harmon, V. P J. A. War
wick. T.; Geo. Clark, !. G.. w. B. Walker,
r. S. This Camp meets every Wednesday
evening at Temperance qall, COngres street
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RocklandLime Market.
New York Stock mud Money Market.

RocKLAND, July 23.-Common, soc a 90; Lump
81 40; Casks, 25c.
Wood-Firm at s. for best
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THE GRAND
Excursion of the Season
WILL BE GIVEN BY THE
PORTLAND ARMY AND NAVY UNION
BRlDGTON, HARRISON AND
PLEASANT MOUNTAIN,

1O ESDA9 j U1Y IS, 1S14-
Trains will leave the Maine Central Railroad DE.
pot at $40 A. M. via Portland ~ Ogiensbuig to Sc
Songo River, Bay of Naples and Long Lake to BrIdg-
ton, North Bridgton and Harris n, returning ga ne
LAY. This excursion will give al deiig hrfui -aii
OF er sixty miles, passing through The tortnous
channel of the Songo, which is anequaIed for novel;
ty and interest.
A Limited number of Tickets will be sold
10 Pleasant Mountain.
Going TO the top OF the Mountain and spen,liug
the night giving the tourists opportunity TO wit
ness tine sunset and sunrise, returning next day.
Fare over the laGes, 10 Bridgtou md
Hnrris0o and re turn same day, 80 90.
Fare to Pleasant Uountsis ana return
$500 for the round trip. This includes the Stage
ride from Brighton to within shoit distance Of The
too OF the Mountain supper, lodging and tIeak
ut the Mt. Pleasant House, which is situated ON the
highest peak of the mountain, and one Of the best
hotels in the couLtrv- The party will return next
day by the same route.
The sale OF ticke.s will commence at RAND 4
Tnomes under Music DAN, on Wednesday morning
at IL O'Clock. and limited to Fly, and must be
secured before Saturday noon.
Tickets for the Excursion to Brighton and Harri-
son, VIII be Tor sale at the same place, aud by the
Committee and should be secured as early as poSsi
be they limited to the cara, lily Of the boat
Refreshments VIII be for sale the boat, and good
Hotels will be found at each OF the Villages, where
those who wish can procure dinners.
Should the weather be stormy, The Excursion viii
start next air dqy.
: GEO. L. BROWN,
jos. A. PERRY,
WOODBURY. S. HATCH, sCommittee
j. b. PIKE.
c. L. SOMERBY,
jy22 dtd
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MYSTERIOUS evening, about o'clock,
a lady rushed into Kinds drug store, under the
Prebe, and sank into chair, trembling ylo-
lently. Mr.. Kinds fastened to her assistance
and found her unable to sp FAX. After the ad-
ministration of proper remedies she rallied a
little and said that as she was coming down
Congress street man threw handkerchief
across her face, saturated with something
which made her feel faintish. Her statement
Everything is Statement" nova days. was
obscure and disconnected. After time she
professed to feel better and started for her
home on Free street.
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Boston stock List.
tSaes at the Brokers Board. July 24.l
Eastern Railroad Observation-Disclosures. 90
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BOATING NOTES.-The following crews hav e
been made up for the boat race at Lake Seba-
go next Wednesday at the excursion of the
Irish Americans. There will be double scul
race between Henry and Kennedy, who will
have new scull, ard Davis and Stewart.
Davis, Henry, Stewart, McShane and Kennedy
will pull in single SOULS.
Monday Stewart and O'Donnell pull their
three mile race for $100 side. There will
probably be a close race.
There is talk of three mile race soon be-
tween Henry nd Davis for $15O a side
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MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.
PORTLAND POST OFFICE.


G. W. GODDARD POSTMASTER
j. W. YORK CHIEF CLERK
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PoUGHKEErsIE, July "A balloon passed
recLly north, supposed to be Donaldson's
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secretary Belknap leaves tonight for New
LONDON, Ct, to spend a week or ten DAYS with
nus FAMILY now sojourning there.
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CAVALRY REUNIoN.-At meeting of the list
Maine Cavalry, last evening, the following COM
mittee of arrangements was chosen: Chair.
man, c. w. Ford; w. B Smith, A M. Benson,
C. G. Chase A. G. Dam, Fl. T. Cook, f. w.
True, B. g. Morrill,, G N. Lang
The reunion will be holden in this city on
Wednesday, Sept. 9th. The programme, as far
a arranged, embraces sail to the islands, a
clam bake and business needing there. On the
return to the CITY in the evening collation. and
a social reunion will be had at Grand Army
Hall. The affair is in competent hands, and a
very pleasant time may be expected.
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Office Hours.
From 7.30 m to $50 m, Sundays excepted.
. Sundays open for Carriers and General Delivery
from to 10 a m
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THE SCANDAL.

More Disclosures Threatened.
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Found Dead.
LOWELL July 24.-James Wilson of this
city was found this morning lying on the track
of the Lowell and Lawrence railroad in a terri
bly, mutated condition. The supp ostlon is
that he was killed nv the cars
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Mr. McAdam, author of maeadam-
lied roads. says; Roads should be as
flat as possible. Where a road is made
fiat people will not follow the middle Of
it, as they do when It is made quite con-
vcS. which is the only place where car
riagcs can run upright, BY which means
these burrows are made by the horse and
wheels aud the water continually stands
there, and think that more water actu-
ally stands upon VERY convex road than
on ono which is reasonably flat a carriage
moves frcer, or with the least resistance
when the load lies evenly upon the wheels.
Just in proportion as the load or weight
is thrown ON one side or the other the re-
sistance is increased" Our road super
yisors may take a useful hint from this
article.
NOW is the Time.
The season for planting fruit, shade
and ornamental trees is now here and We
hope those of our readers who delight in
trees, both useful and ornamental, will
improve the time and opportunity by
planting trees and shrubbcry. Nothing
is more beautiful than to see a property,
whether in town or country, tastefully
surrounded with fuc trees aud shrubbe-
ry; i at once manifcsts a refined taste
and love of the beautiful on the part of
the owner. BY all means plant trees.
If Alcoholic StimuIants
Are taken into the blood the heart
works faster, and this unnatural speed
wears out the vital machinery All in
toxicating nostrums advertised as tom
les .'rcnoyators, &c, produce this
disastrous effect and should be rejected
DR.. Walkers Vegetable Vinegar Bittcrs
an invigorant without the curse of al
cohol-is everywhere supplanting these
poisons. nolS-4t
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From. PlaE U. G. .S.n.ma.s

Wake Forest College y. c.. oct. {. 1879.
Ma G.. T. might. y Drar SIR We have inr
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Patent Emanuel Paint on our College building
and are well pleased with IT, though Il wasar-
piled by one having nucNpericucr in sBrh WORK
YET we have good ioh Wcshall continue to
use .. believing that ia point OF economy. dn-
rthlitiy and facility OF application, il is Supc-
rior TO any other pigments offered in the m:tr-
kci. Very respectfully,
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NOIlII1IE-

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/ Win dog or yum, in any mauncr on
my ands AT who disregard dis podceWlll
DC prosecuted 90 Che extent of ihc taw.
oct2l-at H. HUGHES WILLS
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Road the follows
From 81. Hag's htiaStriai .Schooi fo.

From st. H1rg's Industrial Scboot fo''
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Near Baltimore, Md March . 1877
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I am, yours respectfully,
BIO. ALGxlrs Director.
F,oni lion. .Lohn lIeHcrd.
Ashlyus, Baltimore Co., Md, May u 1872.
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joIN WErHEgEo.
Froa,thc lcsfiyef Hoaat Gdrmg Church
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Iutal Effairs.


Miii..........G:i5 A. NJ. Observation-Disclosures
Mixcd........l;o0 p. N. Mail ......... 7.I5P.M.
Condensed Locals.
The Optans' Court was in session
to-day, for the convenience Of those
having business before them.
Already turkeys have commenced
to roost high
a laugh is worth a hundred groans
in any market.
It is singular fact, though not
generally noticed, that the back Of ones
head in health is warmer to the touch
than the forehead In sickness. rice
rcrsd.
And now the prediction comes from
the mountains of Pennsylvania owinr
to the movement Of the squirrels that we
are to have an unusually severe winter
For the sake of those who are TOO
lazy to look in the almanac anS wish to
know what week day, Christmas comes
in on Friday
The Circuit Court.
The November Term of our Circuit
Court commenced on Monday last. Hon
George Brent, Chief Judge, and Hon
Robert Ford, Associate Judge. upon the
Bench The following eases composc
the Docket; Trials 60; appeals 6 APP
pcarances 10; criminal appearances rs /:
criminal recognizanccs n .f,d,,, p.,,,+
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WING q SON,
All Broome St., N. z"
General Agents for the
Dorx- nrronS

IA - SCSAS ivy 49, ="
General Agents for the
Perry Organs.
NEW AND ELEGANT DESIGNS
IN CASES,
Empored Horizontal Belio,es.
Perfected Reed and Reed Chamber,
The new Flute-ione is a perfectly exact imis
tatiou Of the tr0oden f,de The stop is gradu-
atcd and is admirably adapted to the beauti-
ful solos written for that instrument This in
connection with the Vox Ilumana, makes the
Vox Angelica of the Pipe Organs. The Auto
matte or Expression Swell is m extra attacirs
ment by which the Piccolo accompaniment Is
added without drawing the stope. By the use
Of the two swclls fully twice rs many effects
are produced from the same set Of Reeds az IN
Organs Of other construction. making The
PERRY, both in tone and facility Of manage
mcnt,
\ Most Notable Orchestral Organ.
The eases arc most elegant specimens Of cab
l met work being finished with French Walnut
/ Papcls-lour round corners and massive orna-
mtnts
TO THE DEALER -TuR Perry On
/ CANS have new improvements. which your
competitor. whoever he may be. has not
| These are the handsomcst Organs in the mark
ct Wewant responsible, active agents in every
town. Apply for circulars, &c oct 2l-sm.
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We learn, just as We are going 10
press, that there is a considerable fire in
the woods near Bcantowu in this county.
We understand that it was first discover
ed yesterday morning, and this morning
it was found to be extending in various
localities
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EST
Q vs.

Comprise a large and varied assortment Of Patterns
for Ladies', Misses. and Chdrens Garments Of foreign
and domestic designs, BY the mot accomplished
M0disfes. They the most perfect fitting most
elaborate, and yet most simple patterns ever pre-
senied to the public and take the lead wherever Intro
dueed. Agents lg1afett Send for Illustrated Ca,a-
logue. Address,
..pomestlc" Sening Machinc Co.. New.York.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-27
A Tree TIN. Keeps a standing Army.

A Tree That Keeps "A Standing Army.
Here's story that bright little humming-
bird told me the ether day. As it started from
somewhere in the tropics, it grew TO be pretty
long account by the time it reached me here in
New York state but it is sounded strictly upon
fact:
owhat makes you live in such thorny tree ?"
said the humming-bird to one of her neghbors
who always builds her nest ON the bulls horn
thorn.
"It's a capital place." said her friend. The
thorns keep the monkeys away from my babies,
and the army drives on all the crawling pests
that make housekeeping 80 troublesome to little
birds in other trees"
"Army What army
''Why our army" said the little bird Don't
you know that our tree keeps an army?'
You may be sure the hummlng- bird was sur
prised to hear that. l was. And If l didn't
know her 30 well | shouldshaye suspected her of
spinning travellers yarns. But she's honest ;
what she says can be depended on.
To make a long story short, I'll tell you about
that army-keeping tree. It's a thorn-tree, you
must know, and as the thorns grow in pairs,
curved out like bulls horns, the tree gets its
name from them. When the thorns are green
they are soft. and filled with sugary pulp.
which is greatly liked by a kind of small black
stingng ant, which are never found except on
these ices, and the trees, it seems, cannot live
without the ants, at least in that part of the
world. The ants bite a small hole near the tip
of one of each pair of thons, then gradually eat
out the interior of the two. The hollow shells
make capital houses for their young ones, and
never go without tenants.
How do the ants live after the houses are
cleared Of food? The tree attends to that. On
the stem OF each leaf is honeywell always
full, where the ants can sip to their hearts CON
tent. These wells supply them with drink. The
leaves furnish the necessary solid food i'll an
abundance of small yellow fruits, like little gol-
den pears. They do not ripen all at once, but
one after another, so that the soldiers have a
steady supply of ever-ripening fruit to eat and
are kept busy all the time running up and down
the leaves to nee how their crops come on. When
an ant hnds pear ready for eating, he bites the
stem, bends back the fruit, and, breaking it off,
carries it in triumph to the nest.
1t would be cowardly ant that would not
fight for home like that, and these ants are no
cowards just touch limb so as to jar it, and
the valiant little soldiers will swarm out from
the thorns in great numbers, and attack the in
truder with jaws and stings. Not caterpillar,
leaf-cutter, beetle, or any other enemy of the
tree can touch one OF its leaves without paying
the penalty. Thus the tree thrives where it
would otherwise be destroyed and the ants find
their reward in snug houses, with plenty to drink
and to eat. The small Birds which hurt neither
the ants nor the leaves, also find protection with
them and let us hope pay good rent in morning
and evening songs.
Isn't that profitable partnership ?-"Jdch-in-
| he- Pulpit" ST. Nicholas for September.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-27
Personal.


By recent number Of the Rome Georgia.
Commercial, we notice the appointment by the
government of our fellow-townsman General
James Tilton as Superintendent and Civil Engi-
neer of the improvement OF the Oostanaula. (the
n W. branch OF the Coosa) River in Georgia.
This improvement (mainly in removing, by blast
ing, the rocks from the bed of the river )is being
made under an appropriation for that purpose
by Congress at its last session, and we are
pleased that Genl. Tilton has been given the com
mand. He il civil engineer of long standing
and experience. and was recently engaged in
that capacity on the Northern Pacific Railroad.
until the failure of Jay Cooke and the financial
panic of last fall suspended operations on that
road. General Iilton besides being the descend
ant Of one Of our old Revolutionary families. is
also an old army officer. He served under Cienl.
Scott with distinction in the war with Mexico.
Hugh Foulke, Jr. Of New York. promi-
nent educator Of that city, made short visit
to Wilmington, last evening, leaving for Mary
land this morning
The President has appointed Robert NJ. Tin
dali of Mississippi, to be Consul at Canton, and
James Scott of Ohio to be Consul at Honolulu
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-27
Help Nature to Rally.

After an attack of fever other acute disease has
passed of, and nature Is endeavoring to rally the
debtatcd system, help the effort with the standard
vegetable tonic of the age, Hostetters stomach Bit.
tiers. Nothing known to the physician or the phar
macopolist eXpedtes convaleseence like this vitaliz
Ing invigorant. Persons who have been prostrated
by long-continued sickness recover their lost flesh
strength aud cheerfuness in less than half the time
that would be required to recuperate without it. II
is the most MIA as well as the most harmless Of
medicated stmnants, and as a remedy for las wei
as a preventive Of dyspepsia, bilious attacks, con
stipaiion, nervous diseases, &c has no equal in III,
word. When all other tonics have failed this effect
a cure
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-27
Mems Fashions this FAN and winter.

Mems Fashions this Fall and Winter.
The New York Home Journal says of the
fashions which are likely to prevail during this
fall and winter Double-breasted frock coats
will be worn more than ever az a generally semi
dress garment, cut rather short in proportion in
the waist, and very long in the skirts, to button
three or even four buttons plain facings and
bound narrow, or silk breast facings and flat
braided, for II smarter coat. Waistcoat single
breasted, with step collar, to button medium
high if of the same goods or double-breasted
white vest, showing above the turnover of the
coat lapel. In London it is now quite the style
to wear rough fancy checked cheyiot trowsers
with n frock coat, but here quiet, neat stripe
or small check will be preferred. LII morning
coats the principal change is to have
them button very high, with short collar
and small lapel, worn three or four buttons but
toned, and moderately well cut away from the
lower button. Flaps on the hips are not so gen.
orally worn, if the garment be of the finer goods.
This coat il likely 10 he the exception here, and
will only be worn by those who affect the Eng
lish style of dressing. For undress, business
aud travelling suits, checks, Of which there
is an infinite variety, in every shade and
size, will be the prevailing style and
made up principally reeiing jackets morning
coats, with pockets under flaps and vests, with
no collar, to button high Cheviots are very
much worn in Europe and will be very fashion
able for entire suits or trousers There is de-
cded inclination to depart from the "dressy
style of goods 30 long prevalent here, and before
another season comes round we shall find our
best dressed men wearing this class of goods.
They are now made in very stylish patterns, and
will improve every season with the Increased de-
mand. In overcoats, the frock or surtont will
be worn more than formerly, made to button
four buttons, and very long in tile skirts. All
coats are made longer than last season. In
trousers there il little or no change. They are
stll cut easy and straight to the leg, rather loose
from the thigh down, and with no spring at the
bottoms. Side pockets are preferred Black
will be the only color for full Dress with neat
ly embroidered vests.