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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-04
The Wool Market.

BOSTON, June s-lReported tor the Press 1.-The
following is list of prices quoted this afternoon:
Domestic-Ohio and Pennsylvania pick-lock IS "a
eoc do cLoice Xxx IS q SIC; do fine x 81 q 55c; me-
dunn 81 q 55c coarse 40 q SIC; Michigan extra and
mon is q 47e; other Western fine and < so q Sc;
medium 4S a SOC, common "A a 47c; pulled extra
40 g 5ec; saperdne 40 g IS; No !, q q SIC; comb
ing fleece 60 9 &c; California IS a CSC; Texas 20
q 35c; Canada 40 D 55c; do combng go a 81; Smyr-
ra washed 1S q SIC; do unwashed 16 q Csc; Buenos
Ayres II 9 SIC; Cape Good Hope 81 a 4Oc; Austral-
ian IS q Soc; Donskoi 20 q SEC; Mestiza pulled 50
@ 75c.
The demand for wool continues good and manufac-
turers are supplying themselves quite literally with
all available supplies now offering California con-
tinues to attract the most attention. and the new
spring clip sells readily from 80 q 3SIc % ID, good
lots ranging principally from IS "a 36c SUPPLIES
continue to arrive quite freely and the entire clip of
California will soon be in the hands of consumers
55 q 6Oc for x, Xxx and xxx Ohio and Pennsylvania
and leading mills will clear the ket of this
description. Super and X pulled continue in de
mand and have been selling at 40 a SIC P h. choice
Eastern supers ranging from IS q SEC y ID. Comb
ing wool is in demand and will meet with ready
sale when better assortment Of new offers. WASH
ed combing and delaine ranges from IS a &c; and
unwashed from AZ @ Acc " ID, the latter price for
new Kentucky. The manufacturing business is still
dull and depressed and during the summer months
we cannot look for any improvement. Manufacture
ers are anxious to close off old stock, and the goods
on hand being closed off at very low and un-
satisfactory prices There is good demand for Aus
tralia woods, but very little recent imports now left
The sales have been principally from 81 q 53c " ID.
with choice combing descriptions as high IS q
sic.
In New York the market has been quite active in
small way, and prices have been well maintained
throughout. Manufacturers have been pretty free
buyers, owing to the slight improvement in the goods
market, but yet the better feeling has not been
"backed up" with sales of any magnitude.
In Philadelphia supplies of the clip are begin
ming to come in more freely tut thus far there has
been accumulation of stock The great difference
in the views OF buyers and sellers, both here and
throughout the West, continues to materially retard
operations and the transactions thus far, especially
in the West have been much less than at this time
in former years.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-04

PORTLAND YACHT CLUB.-The regular
monthly meeting of this club was held last
evening at the club rooms. The club unani-
mously passed the exceptional compliment of
placing the name of ex-Commodore Jas. M
Churchill upon the list of honorary members
for his valuable services and unselfish interest
in the welfare of the institution. The follow
ing route was decided upon for the annual
cruise-to Boothbay, Wiscasset, Bath and
return via New Meadows, the trip comprising
about week.
A vote Of thanks was passed to Messrs.
Senter u Co., OF "a Exchange street, for the
present of beautiful and valuable spv glass.
Samuel e. Smith, esq.,, of Wiscasset, has
joined the club and added his beautiful Yacht
Idlewid to the feet. An invitation has been
extended to che South Boston Yacht Club tn
ioin in the annual cruise.
1t is hoped that the City Government will
make liberal appropriation for regatta on
the 4th of July as that was the feature of the
celebration on the last 4th, and as there is a
growing interest in aquatic sports among oul
people it is well to give it proper encourage
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-04
Reciprocity.
MINOR TELEGRAMs.

j. Helm of San Francisco owner of the trot-
ting horse Sam Purdy, dropped dead Tuesday
night.
Reinforcements of 5000 Republican troops
have reached San Sebastian.
President Watson of the Erie Railroad will
retire in July. it is said, and Fl. j. Jewett is
the most prominent candidate for the position.
1t has been offered to the Vanderblts and Tom
Scott but neither would accept
Capt. John e. Saler we'll known retired
shp-master of Portsmouth, died yesterday.
A Chicago special states that Catholic
priest named Father Terny has been removed
by Bishop Foley of that diocese for stating in a
recent sermon that the story of Eden and oil
the book of Genesis was nothing but a grand
epic poem
The crew of the ship Neptune mutinied after
leaving Liverpool for New York. Several
. were wounded and Is arrested.
race for steam yachts at Newport is pro-
posed by the New York yacht club this sea-
son.
The watchmen of West Point foundry at
Cold Spring, N. Y, were bouna and gagged
by robbers Tuesday morning. The safe was
blown open and $500 in government bonds and
about $1,000 in money we're obtained. No ar
rests.
At Hamilton, New, Tuesday evening, Pat
rick Casey was fatally wounded by his brother
Thomas Casey, who instantly blew out his own
brains. la..a,
Tom Scott has been elected President of the
pennsylvania railroad
The Spanish Republican troops have reached
San Sebastian, greatly to the relief OF the PEG
pie.
The Vanderbilt ticket was elected in the
ballot for directorslsot the New York Central
railroad.
Children under fifteen years of age found
playing musical instruments on the streets of
New York are to be arrested hereafter in ac-
cordance with the law passed by the last Leg
islature.
The persons supposed to have been drowned
by the capsizing of yacht off Jersey City
were rescued by passing lighter
The Canadian authorities fear an uprising
among the Indians
The Leicester Mass, wooden mills were
damaged $40, 900 by fire yesterday.
A mob at Murresboro', Tenn, drove out of
town Tuesday night several internal revenue
officers.
The buoy marking the shoals SIX miles north
east of Cape Florida light house has shifted
nearly two miles from its proper position,
The boy, Fred English, who claims to have
boon kidnapped in Brooklyn and carried to
Boston, is looked upon in the former city as
fraud.
Base ball at Chlcago-Bostons II, White
Stockings 10.
Senior Rascon will probably be appointed
Spanish Minister to Washington.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-04
City Affairs,

A special meeting of the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen was held at o'clock yesterday.
After hearing in every case, on the petition
of parties interested, the following order was
passed:
Ordered, That the Committee on Sewers be
authorized to construct the following sewers
In Danforth street from High through Maple
to York; in Munjoy street from Wilson to
Congress; in Cotton street from Free to Fore;
in Salem street from Emery to Briggs in
Pleasant from near foot of South toward Ma
pie; in Congress from Washington east 400
feet; the estimated cost of the whole being
$4,000.
The petition of the Portland Tenement Com
pany for sewer in Carroll street was referred
to the Committee ON Sewers. Adjourned.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-04
Brighton Cattle Market.
ror the week ending Wednesday, June 8.


At market for the current week: Cattle 1890 +;
Sheep and Lambs, 2,73S; Swine, II ZOO; number OF
Western Cattle, 1866; Eastern Cattle; Working
Oxen and Northern Cattle and Mich Cows 125. Cat
tie left -.
Prices of Beef Cattle, " cwt, live weight; Extra
quality 81 % q 37a first quality So Is a 12A; Sec
Ond quality IS S73 q 30: tbird quality IS 90 a rs;
45O.
Brighton Hides u @ cents ~ fb. Brighton Tai
low 0 a &c y ID.
Country Hides q tic y tb. Country Taow q
41c H..
each. Lamb Skins SOC each. Sheared Sheep Skins
35c each.
The supply of Beef Cattle in market this week is
larger than that of one week ago. DrOvers paid
of Beeyes among them. Prices remain unchanged
from our last quotations. and in some instances the
Cattle from the West losing plenty of monev for
the droyers For of the best lots of Cattle u "a
7sc ag II was asked for them. The trade did not
open so active it did one week ago. the supply be-
ing larger than the demand reqired
Working Oxen-But few pairs in market and not
much call for them. A few pairs each market day is
all the demand requires at present. We quote sa
Of pair girth feet inches live weight 2700 Tbs
for S155 pair, grth feet incnes, live weight 2756
TBS for $780, pair girh feet, live weight 300 lbs
for 1925 pair girth feet inches live weight $500
TBS, tor $40; pair, grth feet 10 inches live weight
5000 Tbs for 5000.
store CssGle-But few in market. nearly all the
small Cattle that are in fair condition being bought
up to slaughter.
Mich Cows-Extra sos q 90; ordinary S25 a so y
head. Most of the Cows offered in market for sale
are of common grade. There are but few extra or
fancy breed Of Cows offered.
Sheep and Lambs-From the West the supply was
light The trade at Boston for mutton for few days
past has been dull costing landed at Brighton from
u a SIC W fb.
&c ID. Fat Hogs, II 300 at markets prices at q q
dc " fb.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-04
MASSACHUSETTS,.


Boston, June Sat the Congress of Nation +.
al Brewers to-day, President Clausen claimed
that the brewers were doing good work for
temperance. He said that the number of bar
rels of fermented liquors brewed and sold in
the States and territories during the year end
ing June Both, was for 1872, S,OO9, 969 for 1873,
S910,S23. The increase in the internal revenue
receipts of the last over the preceding year was
in number of breweres 1873, in aggregate of tax
paid $500, S54 and average per brewery, S16,-
$50. The steady increase of the consumption
of fermented liquors, proceeding at the rate of
almost million barrels year, and this in spite
of all ianatical temperance agitations pro-
claimed from the pulpits of churches ana by
bands of praying women, encouraged and fos-
tered by the National Temperance Society," is
popular endorsemnt of its refreshing invigor-
ating and nutritious qualities He further stat
ed that the total investment in beer making is
$I52,776, 500.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
MATTERS IN MAINE.
Especial to Press.1
..

Especial to Press.1
Executive COuncil-Pers0na1.
AUGUSTA, June 3. = The council adjourned
to day to meet the 30th inst. No decision was
reached oh the Granger turnpike or Inspector
General of Fish matters.
The Governor will attend the commence
ment exercises at Kent's Hill tomorrow.
by Associated Press.l
Rowdoin's FacuIty's Ultimatum Likely
TO be Accepted.
BRUNSWICK June 3.-The ultimatum of the
Faculty of Bowdoin College will probably be
-ccepted by most of the suspended students.
The Juniors held meeting in Brunswick to-
day and adjourned until tomorrow without
taking any formal action. A large majority of
the Uass express a desire to resume their con-
necton with the college aud it is probable that
all but fonr or five will do so. A letter from
the secretary of the Sophomore class states
that at least two-thirds of that class will re-
turn and it is said that nearly all of the Fresh
man class will return. The Sophomore and
Freshman classes will meet in Portland to-
morrow or Friday to take formal action upon
the subject.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-04

ard there was not the same necessity for pas
senger travel.
A leading representative of the ''bull' in
terest expressed his views as follows: There
will be general stagnation with firm prices
until the end of June, when there will be a
slight upward turn, but that the real upward
movement will not begin until the end of the
fall, when all the crops will have been moved
and there will be not only an improved tone in
con mercal and financial circles, but also more
money from the sale of the crops.
Various Matters.
Messrs. Grousset and Jourdi, two Commun-
is, leaders who escaped from the penal colony
at Caledonia, with Rochefort, arrived in this
city last evening.
There has been 400 men discharged from the
iron mixes at Port Dram, Morris county, N. D.,
and 5000 will be discharged from the Hibernia
mines next Saturday.
Mrs. Dryer, who killed three children and
fractured her husbands skull, in Brooklyn,
yesterday, is pronounced insane.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-04

The Alumni Association of Westbrool Sem
mary meets at the Seminary building this even
ing.
Corpus Christi to day.
An interesting feature of the decennial exer-
cises at the Western Normal School will be a
history of the first ten years of the school by
Professors Kelsey, Woodbury., Rounds and
others.
ID. w. Clark & Co., are putting in large plat
form scales near their ice house on Market
street, to weigh ice.
Another discharged Eastern Railroad conduc-
tor is to sue the road for defamation of char
acter.
The trains that run into this city were the
lightest yesterday of any day for some time.
The q. S. Cutter Levi Woodbury. is at Rye
Beach, N. H., assisting in landing the new At
lantic cable.
We have received from G. X. Halves song
and chorus entitled '@Ehe Temperance Cru
sade'' Music by G. K. Halves, words BY
Moses Owen.
Champlin & Co., has recently purchased of
Stephen Mason of Presque Isle stylish pair
of matched mares, five years DID, coal black,
weighing lO50 pounds each.
The portland freight of the Maine Central
Railroad was eighteen per cent lar ger in 1879
than in 1872 The tBoston freight" for the
same period increased sixteen per cent.
The new Revenue steamer Alexander J. Dali
las will take the place of the Woodbury. on this
station about July 1st. ga
General exercises were held at the High
School yesterday morning
A species of cutie fish has been found in
dredging about the Grand Trunk wharves
The best bananas ever seen here are now in
the market.
Peter Chandler fell from the second story of
his house on Danforth street yesterday morn
ing, striking on his head and sustaining serious
injuries.
The regular monthly meeting of the Over
seers of the Poor was held at the Aims House
last evening. Affairs there are in excellent
condition
Bishop Bacon is to deliver lecture at the
Cathedral Sunday evening before the Catholic
Union.
The Junior exhibition at Westbrook Seminary
came off last evening, and proved successful
affair.
sum of money to send by Bishop Bacon to the
Pope. 1t is to be presented to the Bishop Sun
day evening at the close of the lecture.
Forest City Temple of Honor at its meeting
last evening voted to make its annual excur
sion to Lake Sebago on Tuesday, June 23d.
The simple announcement of an excursion by
this order is guarantee of good time, good
crowd and plenty of BOTH
There was large number of arrests for in.
toxcation last evening.
Military men are rejoicing to think that there
is to be one Fourth of July in this city at which
they will not have to march.
Capt. Henley of Caps Elizabeth. was thrown
into the water yesterday afternoon by the up
setting of his yawl boat in the harbor, but was
racouod
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-04

ARMY AND NAvY.-At regular meeting of
the Army and Navy Union held Tuesday even
ing the thanks of the Union was voted to COM
rade Kaler of the Kirkwood Houee and S. H.
Stevens of the Boston and Maine Rail- Dad, for
the many courtesies shown them the occa-
sion of their late anniversary celebration.
A vote of thanks was also extended to Mrs.
T. c. Jersey and others for their liberal dona-
ton of flowers on Decoration Day.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-04

pr Dbl; dried apples, of which there is scant sup
ply, range from 129l6c per H. Beans are firm. me-
| dums having advanced to 81 3792 So. Butter is
Unchanged nice lots coming in and selling at 35c
Cheese is firm and steady. Coal is without change
except in chestnut, which has fallen soc and is now
quoted at $7@7 80. Coffee is dull and another fall
in prices has taken place, Java selling at 30932c and
Rio 23924. Cooperage is dull, with the exception Of
some demand for molasses Shocks Copper shows
little change in Y. M bolts, quoted at 3Oc Cor
dage is dull. Dry goods are quiet, and sales not
large. Drugs and dyes are unchanged. Duck is
steady, with good demand for Portland manufac-
lures. Fish are in good demand for home trade, but
packing is fiat; the western bankers coming in
with goot fares; cod have fallen from 50c9S1, pol
lock are rising little hake have started up SOC, and
paddock are coming in at So 2592 So Flour is dull
with downward tendency, with CONCESSIONS to be
obtained from the quoted prices. Fruit is higher
new Valencia rasins are quoted at 139134; sound
lemons command $11 box, and are advancing; ba-
nanas come in freely, and the best lots ever seen i'll
markets are offered for sale; Norfolk strawber-
ries have begun to come In at Csc box Grain re-
mains steady, with the exception of corn which has
about touched bottom at 9O@93c; oats still sell at
70@75. Hay shows no change. Iron is dull at last
weeks quotations. Lard is very firm at advanced
is steady, with prices little sitter in best grales
Lime is unchanged. Lumber is dull. Molasses is
firm. Nails are steady at S425 Naval stores are
quiet with the exception of further reduction in
turpentine, which we quote at 46950c and fall in
rosn, now selling at S497. Oils exhibit change,
except in inseeds, which have fallen to 94195 for
crude and 99c9S1 for boiled. Paints steady and
unchanged. Plaster is quiet. Produce exhibits
some changes eggs have vanced to 17919c in lots
potatoes have fallen to $4,000. Provisions are firm
with slight rise in extra plate beef Salt is steady
and in good demand. Sugars showing an adj
vance Of about an eighth; granulated is quoted at
10sc, Coffee 1Oc extra 9ac; Eagle sugars are I'M
changed. extra selling at st. Tins are steady at
last weeks quotations. Wool is in some demand
from manufacturers but sales not large, and
prices are unchanged lambskins range from 3O@5Oc.
observation-disclosures, both transatlantic and
coastwise, are very dull Nothing is offering for Gu
ba or River Plata Coastwise freghts are dull and
unchanged.
Foreign Exports.
BUENOS AYRES. Bark Sarah-351 935 # Ium-
Der, 10 ,22O pckets, 2 harnesses, 2 carriages.
ST. JOHN, NIB. Schr Harriet Chase-150 tons old
iron rails.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-04

MAINE JOURNAL OF EDUCATION Maine
Journal of Education for June has been issued.
1t is an unusually good number, and contains
many very readable articles The question,
"Who Examine Supervisors?' is specially
worthy of attention and is calculated to make
the dry bones rattle. Selected articles give good
hard raps at certain humbugs in the way of
teaching grammar and history, which are de-
serving of perusal by every teacher.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-04
The Baby GrOD.

Mr.. EDTToR:-We are informed that there
were 521 births in Portland during the yea,
ending April 1.
During tie last fifty years have collected all
the statistics of births from all countries where
| could find that they had been registered with
any care. Till the last twenty years they did
not vary much from three and a half per cent.
of the inhabitants. since which time they have
gradually diminished. Now, if we count but
80, 900 inhabitants, we have less than one half
of the per centage that we had in our grand
mothers times If we look on the vast wilder
ness there is between the Atlantic and Pasific
oceans to be cleared and converted into Guilt
waited field of fruit and flowers. ought we not
to view the baby crop to be the most important
that can be raised in New England?
SENEX.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-04

INDUsTRIoUs.-The jewellers on State street
yesterday morning were stirred to their very
depths with the inspiring music of hand or
gan. The proprie tors of the instrument stood
in the middle of the street aud turned out the
music while his wife sat under the shade of a
neighboring tree knitting. At times she would
pause and pass round her hat to collect the
money and then resume her knitting
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-04

Rev. Mr. Bcknell lectured at Winthrop on
the 18th ult., and ex-Gov. Washburn on the 1st
inst.
Rev. DR.. Hill will give the address before the
students of the Maine State College at the next
commencement, August 9th.
c. A. Vckery, of this city, sails in the Poly
nesian for Europe from Quebec on Saturday.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-04

BOTANICAL EXCURsIoN-Tke High School
class of rs to the number of forty went down
to Hog Island yesterday afternoon botanizing.
They took the steamer Express at Custom
House wharf at p m. and returned at p. m.
The weather was not exactly what was wished,
but the young people had a very successful ex-
cursion They were under the direction of
teachers LeFavor and Gould.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-04
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Review of Portland Markets.

Trade has been quiet during the past week, the
amount of sales having been fair but not large A
gratifying increase is noticeable in the wholesale
trade with other portions of the State. The market
shows some changes in staple articles, though the
fluctuations are but slight. The month of May as
compared with the corresponding month OF last year
shows increased sales but an increase of effort has
been necessitated and the margins have been small,
SO the net profits will show some reduction. The
money market remains quiet Gold has ranged from
112@l2s closing dull at 112 on Wednesday, june 3D..
Apples are very scarce, the market being bear Of
the green fruit, with nominal quotations at $99S10
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-04

New York Stock and Money Market.
NEW YORK. June B. Evenino.-Money was easy
at 81 g per cent. on call. Foreign Sterling was
firm at 4873 g 4S8 for sixty days, and 1909 a 491 Tor
demand. The custom receipts to-day were $267, 000
Gold opened at 112 and closed at 111s-the lowest
point Of the day, with sales interim at 1l1s a ILL.,
The rates paid tor carrying were "a "a u per cent?
also fiat for borrowing The Assistant Treasurer paid
out to-day $4,000 account of interest and SIS
900 in redemption of $40 bonds The specie engage
ments for to-morrow's European steamers $780,
900 gold coin. Governments were steahy State bonds
were nominal. The st ok market has been active
and irregular during the day on fluctuations rang
cpal acti witty in Western Union and Lake Shore,
in which the changes were frequent. Western Union
was strong after it became known that dividend
had been declared and advanced to 49, a decline OF
7s followed this, but at the close the price back
again to 72s. The company's report shows that the
net profits for eight years from July l. 1866 to June
80, 1874 CHE month of June estimatetD were $23,-
OF 0e9; of this sum there have been distributed in
dividends to stockholders $4S59 239, and disbursed
for interest sn bonds $780, 49, making total of
$73S7,9S9 The balance, Sl5,6S9079 is represented
by new work, the purchase of stock in other compa-
MES and net profits of PIG. The following
outions were adopted at its meeting to-day:
Resolved, That dividend of per cent. from the
net earnings of the three months endnging June 80
be and the same is hereby declared payable the
18th of July next.
the stock books will be closed at the close of business
on the 25th inst. and be opened the morning Of
18th July.
The Total transactions were 49,, 800 shares, mcud-
ing 81 400 Western Union, 3d. 700 Lake Store % 800
Union Pacific, 1900 Erie 1850 New York Central 800
Wabash, $500 Pacific MAIL 1890 Northwestern COM
mon 1900 st: Paul common, $500 Rock Island, 1000
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-04

REARREsTED- officers York and
Horr arrested John Curtis, the leader in the re-
cent escape of prisoners from Alfred, and turn
Ell nm over to the custody of Sheriff Warren OF
hork county. The man was arrested at Cor
nam corner. He is suspected of the robbery
of Lunt's store Monday night.