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WANTS.
Partner Wanted.

A YOUNG man who can command cash capital
"A of 900. One of the best business chances in
Portland. Old established paying well. A smart,
energetic young man wanted more than money.
Must have good references as to character. Salts
factory references given in return. For further par
ticuars address
G. & S. Manufacturer. Portland. Me.
.fuut0W2Ws6Sdtf
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For Sale.

nR. Carleton KimbaIl's dwelling house on corner
- West and Carleton streets. Ten rooms, with
all modern Improvements. Terms liberal. Apply to
UPHAM q GARDINER, at No. Exchange street,
OF to DIR. KIMBALL, on the premises iu14d1m
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PORTLAND & BANGOR.
THREE TRIPS PER WEEK.
FARE REDUCED,

Capt. @. kilby, leaves Railroad Wharf every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday Eve.
nings, at 10 O'Clock.
For Bangor, touching at Rockland, Camden, Bel
last Searsport, Sandy Point, Bucksport Winterport
Returning, will leave Bangor every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday mornings at O'Clock, touch,
ing at the above named landings. arriving in Port
Steamer "City of Richmond connects with stages
at Rockland. and other landings, for neighboring
towns. Connects at ROcklaDd with the Knox S
Lincoln Il. r., at Belfast with B. & M. R. r.. Ban
gor with e. q N. A. and other Railroads.
Fare to Roekland $1.OO, Camden. S15O
:. belfast, Searsport and Sandy Point. -. 200
Bucksport, Winterport, Hampden and
DdnsOI. Z.50
CYRUS STURDIVANT, Gent Ag't
Railroad Wharf, foot of State ST., Portland.
Portland, April 18th, 1875. diff
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Money Lost.

A MEMORANDUM ook, containing sum Of
"A money. The finder shall be literally rewarded
by returning the same to the owner ROBART M.
SKELETON, rear SO York st. my6dtf
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F. &. PattersOn's Real Estate
BULLETIN.
Money to Loan.

I'm first class Real Estate Security, in Portland,
" or vcinity-Rents collected, taxes paid, &C., on
Commission. Houses bought and sold. Apply to F.
G. PATTERSON. Dealer in Real Estate Office 1891
Congress St., Williams Block, between Myrtle and
Pearl SITS. Oc5dtf
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Note Lost.

WHEREAS William B. Thompson, of Cape
w Elizabeth, gave to Deborah Mackie, his note
dated March %, 1875 for $4,000 with interest," pay
able eighteen months after date, which note has
been lost or stolen, this is to all persons not to
purchase raid note, for pay-thereof to any person
but me is stopped
BENJAMIN PICKETT,
1u23d&w2w Guardian of Deborah Mackie,
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Nervous Prostitution.

1t is of the highest importance then, that indiyid
uas should be able to judge for themselves by their
own feelings if and to what extent they are attacked
by this insidious enemy to ill-heath comfort, and
the early and prompt application Of curative reme-
dies.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Tweniy-iourth Day.
Austin, Texns, Oetobel 2. l

Austin Texas, October 2, 1873.
Convention met at the usual hour
Prayer by Rev. DR.. Grasty.
Leave of absence was granted to
Messrs. Burleson. Morris, Johnson, of
Franklin, and Gather
The President announced as the
select committee on laws of the State
Messrs Stayton, Nugent, Whitehead,
DeMorse, Martin, of Hunt, Johnson, of
Collin, and Blassingamc.
Mr.. crawford, from the Committee
on the Bill of Rights, presented an
article of forty sections, containing the
preamble, defining tho boundaries of
the State, and general provisions
which was received and two thousand
copies ordered printed.
Mr.. Russell, Of Wood, for the major
ity of Committee on Immigration,
made report, which declared that
the people ought not TO he taxed for
the maintenance of an Immigration
Bureau, and that u clause ought to be
inserted in the Constitution prohibit
ing the Legislature from appropriating
money for immigration purposes.
Messrs Erhard and Waelder each
gave notice of minority reports.
The report of the Legislative COM
mttee being unfinished business, was
taken up. Many propositions were
made to amend the article upon the
mode Of calling conventions and
amending the constitution, all of
which were disposed Of Section ole
OF the article was stricken out, and
section two changed by the adoption
of substitute offered by Judge Bal
| linger, which provides that an amend
ment be proposed to the people by the
Legislature and voted upon by the peo-
pie, II majority being necessary to
adopt, and dispensing with the subse-
quent legislative ratification.
This was adopted by close vote.
The rest of the morning was con-
sumed in the discussion of this article,
which, rs it now stands, provides no
way of calling convention by regular
process. N
The majority approved the sueges-
tons of Messrs. Reagan and Pickett
that the power to call Convention by
the Legislature was to hamper the
people in this right, and that the prop
er mode was by spontaneous action of
the people themselves.
Mr.. Dohoney proposed to give the
Legislature authority to submit the
question Of calling n Convention to
the vote of the people, and Mr.. De-
Morse offered II substitute of similar
import, both of which were defeated
Mr.. Dohoney offered resolution so
give N. q. Henderson twenty-five dol
lars for assisting the Secretary. This
was defeated by an amendment offered
by Mr.. Marion Martin, providing that
the amount he paid out of the salaries
of those assisted.
The Convention adjourned till Mon
day.
The Convention viii hold two daily
sessions ON and after Monday DeXt,
unless the resolution to that effect
heretofore adopted is repealed.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06

Col. A. III. Belo, of the Galveston
News, has purchased the entire inter.
est of the late Willard Richardson,
Esq, in that paper, and has associated
with himself Mr.. ID. C. Jenkins, the
latter devoting himself entirely to the
editorial department. OF the paper. Mr..
Jno. j. Hand will have exclusive
charge of the mechanical department,
while Col. Belo will have the general
management of the whole office.
With Belo and Hand In the business
and mechanical departments, and the
accomplished Mr.. Jenkins at the ed
ltorial helm, the continued prosperity
OF the News is assured. This change
took place ON the LIST inst. In making
the above announcement, the new
proprletors eestow the following Just
tribute to the late Willard Richardson
"rhe senior and principal proprietor
unuer me present arrangement il deep
" sensible of the responsibility he has
u,,maiertaken. His lamented associate,
Willard Richardson, had the expe.
Renee ofa long lie In the business of
conductinga newspaper. The value OF
his assistance and the strength of his
name to the News were always appre.
ciated, and now that he IL gone, no loss
III felt the want OF counsel from "hIs
good gray head which all men knew b
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06

William Ray has been elecled
Chief Justice OF Harrison county by
majority OF three hundred and
eighteen. -Four hundred Democratic
voters neglected TO vote, and that is
what did the business.
Mr.. w. G. Wilson, an old and
prominent citizen Of Camp county,
was kicked and killed by q mule, last
Thursday. He leaves n family and
many friends to mourn his loss.
The scholastic population of the
State Of Texas, according to the re-
turns at the Educational Bureau ut
Austin, IL $4,000. The appropriation
is being distributed and warrants to
the counties issued, at the rate OF
La % per capita.
johnson, of Collin county, intro
duced n resolution in the convention,
to extend the jurisdiction of Justices
of the Peace to five hundred dollars In
civil cases, aud to try all criminal
cases when the offence Is under n
felony.
Capt. Mathes has just purchased,
ut Cincinnati, all the necessary pipes
and material for the Austin water
works. They will he shipped at once,
and on their arrival the work will be
pushed forward TO immediate com
pletiOn.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06
THANKS.

THE HERALD returns thanks for u
complimentary ticket to the Sixth
Grand Fair of the Agricultural, Stock
raising and Industrial Association of
Western Texas, which begins ut the
Fair Grounds, at San Antonio, on
Wednesday, October 18th, continuing
four days.
Also to Mr.. w. A. Mcmillan, Sccre-
tary of the Ellis County Agricultural
and Mechanical Association, for II
ticket to the Twelfth Annual Fair OF
that Association, to be held at Waxa-
hachie, October 2lst to 23d.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06

What Is it to Gainesville and all the
Wichita region Of country, TO want
railroads, 40 long rs Bonham and
Paris, and all the northeast have got
them. Why should Fort Worth and
Weatherford, Cleburne, and all the
counties west cry out for the locomo-
tive, 80 long as Dallas and Waxa-
hachie are the tormini Of railroads
Wagoning can be done now ms well rs
in days ofyore. And then there is II
road leading TO Waco. Is not this
enough in all conscience for Hamilton,
Erath, Comanche and Brown? And
OF what use would the iron horse be to
San Saba, when II Is remembered that
the neigh of this steed is daily heard
at the foot of Capitol Hill in Austin
1t is preposterous that any portion of
the west should have such silly aspira-
tons, SO long as the young children Of
the east are crying for the public
school master. And rs to New Braun
fels, San Antonio, Fredericksburg, and
all that rich western section, in which
are found so many thousand laboring
Germans, why, let them labor along
in the old way. The "SunseL Route"
and the International road, II they
should ever reach there, will be
enough for them, and 1t would be the
sublime Of absurdity il they should
ever, like Oliver Twist, dare to ask
for "more."
Seriously, there is no just reason why
any such clause of prohibition should
be embodied in the organic law DO
the Solons of the Convention propose
70 arrogate TO themselves all the brain
| power and conservatism of the State2
And may they not accord some little
of patriotism and of common sense to
the men who shall como after them
the trusted representatives of u great
people who, hereafter, shall occupy the
legislative halls Of the State?
This system of granting lands for
railroad purposes was founded by
Rusk and Houston and their compeers,
the fathers of Texas and Of the Demo-
cratic party in the State. The expert
ence of twenty-five years has demon
strated the wisdom of the policy. The
State has lost nothing, but has gained
enormously 10y the exchange, and it is
too early yet for gentlemen to discover,
after reaping advantages of the policy,
that the policy itself is all wrong.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06

But there is this reflection TO reassure
and sustain the present association in
the conduct of the News-that their
hopes and their efforts will continue to
be in the line of his well known aspi-
rations'as journalist, citizen and pa
triot. For no new line Of departure Is
to be taken, but, if possible, redoubled
energies will be applied to the talk Of
accomplishing the previously con
ceived idea not only of journal valu-
able MS property, but above all of n
Journal greatly useful as n public inllu-
ence in our day and generation"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06
DR.. IL. l.. LaPLACE,
ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN
Office No. $40 Main Street, Opp. the
Mayors Office.

DR. LaPlace treats all chronic diseases most
successfully, n lew OF which may be men
toned Catarrh of head or bladder, bron-
chitiS, incipient consumption, dyspepsia,
neuralgia OF the stomach, liver diseases, kid
ney ana bladder complaints, diabetes, drop
sy, heart disease, paralysis, goter, amenor.
rheQ, dysememorrhen, menOrrhagia and
of the womb, milk leg, green sickness Qeu-
corrhea Is generally cured in from ten IL
four cen days, piles, fiStula in ano, BARRIERS
itch, fever sores, cancers, and ali old ulcers
nervous debility. 70 the eye and ear Is
given especial attention. Spermatorreah
seminal weakness, syphilis and gonorrhea
cured in the shortest space of time. Mid
wilery and the diseases of women and chill
dren are made n speciality, All acute dis.
eases are treated quite Ms successfully as the
above. Patients visited Mt their houses.
aug30d3m
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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06

THE steamship Australian, of the
West Indian and Pacific Steamship
Company's (British) line, which went
ashore ut the mouth of the San Ber-
nard river during the late storm on
our coast, lies tight and snug, but bu-
ried, on an average, to the depth Of
about eight and n half feet in the
sand. She leaks slightly aft, from tn e
effect of damage, it is supposed to her
propeller. She is within five hun.
dred feet of the shore, and it is thought
that she ought to float in water three
OF her lengths out, or about one thous-
and feet. Experienced seamen. who
know her condition, think it will cost
from Sl25. 900 to 100000 to get her
ailoat. The compa ny's agents are he.
gotiating with firm In New York to
get her off.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06

THE Sixth Annual Fair of the Har-
rison County Agricultural and Mechan.
ical Association will commence at the
Fair Grounds, in Marshall, on Tuesday
next, O1toher 18th, continuing four
days. Ample preparations have been
made to make the Far second to none
west of the Mississippi. The annual
address is to be delivered by Worthy
Master w. w. Lang, of the State
Grange, and other addresses are an
nounced by Lieutenant Governor Hub
bard and Others. The cotton premi-
nms foot up Sl05O, and other attrac-
tons are in proportion. We believe
theS railroads have agreed to extend
half fare rates to persons visiting the
Fair, and the hotels have reduced their
rates also. The well known and favor
ite Capitol Hotel was reopened yester-
day, under the rroprietorship of John
w. Ross, and tho entire building COM
pletely renovated, painted and newly
carpeted.
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TEXAS NOTES.

The Supreme Court met, yester-
day, ut Tyler.
-~Denison was three years old last
Thursday week.
United States Senator Sam b.
Maxey is.in Austin.
The taxable property of Hood
county is $S76, 0GS.00.
Hays county is said to be the finest
stock county in Texas.
Shreveport has raised the required
$4,000 for the Tyler Tap Railroad.
Dive thousand bales Is the estlma-
ted cotton crop of Cooke county.
Marlin has shipped up to date one
thousand one hundred and ten bales
of cotton.
49,, 900 of the taxes of Austin, for
this year and the year before, remain
uncollected.
--fhe iirst-class (?) hotels of Austin
have reduced the price of board to
So per day.
The contract to build the new
courthouse at Austin, was let on Sat
urday, for $4,000.
Trains We're to run through from
Houston to Galveston on Monday, NO
says the Galveston News.
The Changers of Brazos county are
getting stuck up. They refuse to sell
their cotton except for gold.
The New York holders of the
Houston city bonds have refused to ac-
Dept u lower rate of interest.
Caroline Roberts, of Longvlew, has
been sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary for biting of woman's
ear.
Planters in Mclennan county are
finding great difficulty in procuring
sufficient help to pick their cotton
crop.
Many of the country papers are
writing against the present penitenti-
AIRY system of Texas, They think it all
wrong.
The State Comptroller has decided
that there is no tax col'ectable on
brandy peaches, but tax is due on all
kinds OF bitters.
Prof. Tyce warns the people OF
Texas to look out for another great cy.
clone which he says will sweep over
the coast on the 10Th inst.
j. Brown, charged with rape at
Brennan, Texas, was sentenced to
the penitentiary for life. The jury
was out three days and nights.
Over 1000 bales of cotton has
found its way to Dallas since Sep.
TENDER lst.-[ Galveston News. Make
that three Thousand, please, Mr.. News.
In an afirai ut the McEnnis Mil,
last Wednesday, Ed. Conningdon was
stabbed In the abdomen by William
Pitman. Pitman was arrested and In.
generated In jail.
The wife Of Mr.. John Baily, of
Stephensville, was bitten by n cent?.
pede several days ago. Various
remedies were ut once used but she has
been getting rapidly worse.
The Agricultural and Industrial
Association OF Western Texas will
hold their Annual Fair at San Anto-
Mo, In October. Hon. John Hancock
will deliver the address.
"A. Il. Mckinney, Democrat, Is
elected to the Convention from Walk
err, over Il. 4. Randle, by q majority OF
one hundred aud thirty. nine, to Ill the
vacancy oecasioned by the resignation
#, of M. II. GoodIp,
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NEnInrIn. Ilreeding NOODLE.

The recent tremendous ircshets which
have Hooded some eff the most fertile low
lands of the United States have not only
caused widespread ruin and disaster, but
have, as might have been expected, been
followed by I'm unprecedented outcrop OF
fever and ngue, bilious remttents, and other
diseases OF II malarinl tyde. The suns rays,
acting upon the saturated vegetation and
isolated pools left by the retiring waters,
have exhalcd n lar-reaching miasma, which
Is pregnant with diseps5. The most reliable
safeguard against 1t Is found TO be Hostel
ters Stomach Bitters, the present demand
for which, more particularly in the West
and Southwest, where the floods have been
most severe, exceeds any which has existed
in the past. popular M the great national
remedy aud preventive of malaria has al
ways been. Never has 1t been put % such Il
crucial test, or its claimsmOre conSpcuously
vindicated,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06
Trustees Sale Of House and Lot,

Notice is hereby given that, by virtue of n
certain deed oftrust, to me made, executed
and delivered by Louis Anglers, ON the 9TH
day of May, A. D., 1919, the same being re.
corded in book "B. b." on pages 81 and IS of
Dallas county records of deeds, ETC., to secure
the payment or n certain promissory note
for three hundred dollars, made by the said
Anglers In favor of Elise j. Smith, rs de-
Scrbed In said deed of trust, having been so
requested to do by the legal holder afore.
gni1 | will on thp
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06

lT is thought at Austin that the Con-
venti0n will continue in session until
the middle of November. We should
not be surprised If the first of Deem
Der finds it still In session.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06
Norwood High School,
VIRGINIA.
Session 'la;7G opens Apptemhpr 70, 1870,

Session 7d;7G apeps September 70, 1874,
WM.D CABELL university Vn,), Principal
Il. KEY MEADE, University Va.), Instruc.
tor Ancient Languages.
TllOS, A. seldom, iMath Medalist, INV
glisli, We.
HENRY ROSE CARTER (CE. and Assistant
in Applied Math., INV. Na.), instructor I'm
Pure mud Applied MatD,
RIO, u, BROWN (Unv, VnJ, Instructor In
bookkeeping, English, NC.
students received ut any time,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06

Every description OF legal job work done
at Galveston prices at Tgr HERALD jon
OFFICE.
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tho rNtIring partners In tho above dlasolU-
ton tender their thanks to the public Cor u
liberal patronage, and solicit an extension of
the same 10 the new proprietorshlp.
II y. KlAlBALL,
oct 2.dlw MITCH GRAY.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-10-06
MISCELLANEOUS.
DISSOLUTION.

tween Mitch Gray, II. y. Kimball and Mrs
$, II. Cockrell, Us fropriet0rs of "The Todd
NILS" Dallas, Texas, under the style of y.
II. Cockrell u Co., is this day dissolved by
mutual consent, Mitch. Gray and II. :. KIM
ball retiring and Mrs $. II. Cockrell aSsum
ing full control and ownership. All debts
due to the late firm of =. ii. Coclkrell a. Co.
will be collected by Mrs. y. IL. Cockrell, and
all liabilities OF said firm will be paid by her.
=. ii. COCKKELh,
IL. \. KlMBALL,
MITCH GRAY.
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18th nAYoF oCroBER,A. ID 1875

Sell for cash, at public auction to the
highest bidder, at the court house in the city
ofDallas the following described property,
situated within the city and county of Dali
las, Texas to-wit; The west half of lot No.
four ~ In block No one hundred and thirty
nine l39) In Mprphy II Martins addition to
the city of Dallas, the same fronting on the
north side of Main street and running back
one hundred feet, together with all and sim
gular the rights, members, nppurtenanceS
appertaining.
p. d. SHELDON Trustee.
Dallas TeEas, September ", 1874,
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The Russellville Democrat., 1875-12-23
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Commissioners Sale.

In pursuance of q decree of the Pope Circuit Court in chancery made at the November term 1875 of said court in the case of Elizabeth Will iarnson against Moses II. Caldwell, I, as commissioner, will, on Wednes- day the fifth day of January, 1876, in the town of RussellvilIe, Pope county, proceed to sell to the high est and best bidder at public auction on credit of three months the fol- lowing described property lying i'll Pope county, state of Arkansas, to-wit: Lots No. one, two anal three q, , & 3 in block No. two @ fronting one hundred and twenty (120) feet on River street snd run ming back west one hundred and twenty (l20) feet And one lot on the north east corner ofJ l.. Shinn'S block fronting thirty-four (3i) feet on Main street and running back south fifty (50) feet; all in the town of Russellville in said nty:-AlSo one CD house ill | he town of Norris town, in said county, known as the "White Oak Exchange" Bond and approved security will be required of purchasers and lien will he re- tained on said property for the pulr- chase money, December i, 1875.
 k. E. WILSON,
 47-2t Commissioner.