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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-07-01

BASE BALL.-This afternoon the new base
ball grounds on Presumpscot Park will be
formally opened by match game between the
Chelsea's of Massachusetts and the Resolutes,
the favorite club of this city. Both clubs play
sharp game, and the match will be we'll
worth seeing. An admission fee of % cents
will be charged. The game will be called at 8
O'Clock prompt. The horse cars pass very near
the Park, and extra cars will be put on to ac-
commodate all who wish to attend There are
seats erected which furnish splendid view of
the ball ground. The Chelsea's arrived by the
Boston boat this morning.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-07-01

The PREsUMPsCoT PARK RACEs.-As the
time draws near for the opening of the Pre-
sumpscot Park the interest in the races increas
es There are eight crack horses entered fol
the first race Monday, and seven for the second
Many of the horses are unknown, and great
interest is manifested to see what they can do.
The stables for the trotting horses are nearly
completed and will be as fine as could be wished
The sheds to be used for the State fair are well
under way. On Monday we look to see the
grounds crowded.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-07-01

To the Honorable County Commissioners
of the County of Cumberland, and State
of Maine.
RESPECTFULLY represents the undersigned. AN
1C inhabtant of the town of Cape Elizabeth in
said county of Cumberland. That a town way on
petition OF Elliott Dyer and ais of said Cape Eliza
BETH having been located and accepted by said town.
called in said town, thence easterly across land of
said petitioner to land of Elliott Dyer, and awarded
to the undersigned forty dollars damages for the land
taken from her for said road.
That said town way was accepted by the inhabit-
ants OF said town at legal meeting thereof held on
the twenty-sixth day OF March A. d. 1875. That
said way was laid out over land Of the undersigned
and she is aggrieved by thesad estimate of damages
and she hereby petitions to have her damages in
creased in the manner provided by law.
Dated at Cape Elizabeth this third day of June,
A. d. 1875.
E. X. DYER,
By JOHN w. DYER, Agt.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-07-01

A CENTENNIAL CLoCK.-At the store of r.
B. Swift, on Congress street, can be seen a
clock which has been running over one hundred
years. The works are still good and it keeps
excellent time. The case is OF mahogany, and
does not show its age scarcely any.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-07-01
THE NEW
TIE NEW
MODEL
BUCKEYE
MOWER

IN this machine is retained all of the original
Il Buckeye features, together with many new con-
veniences originating with the New Model Buckeye.
1t is made with a Tubular Iron frame OF great
strength and simplicity which is cast in one piece
and dispeDses almost entirely with bolts.
The Gearing is very compact, thoroughly protected
and very accessible
The Drive Wheels are sufficient distance apart to
prevent running over the cut grass.
BY new device upon the Inner Shoe the heel OF
the scythe is more securely holden down TO the
plates, making more perfect shear cut and pre-
venting the possibility of breaking the Scythe Rod
or cl0gging in the Inside Shoe.
spring in the Track Clearer Slidedispenses with
the thumb nut and makes the Track Clearer self
adjusting.
Three-inch Knife Sections are used, and the
speed increased.
The driver can fold or unfold the Cutter Bar ar
range the machine in working order, or change it
without leaving his seat.
The draft of the New Model is reduced to the
lowest point ever attained and has established itself
SELF by numerous dynam ometer test-the highest
drdught moacer in the market.
For Beauty of Model, simplicity of construction
NeU Model is anapprodched.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-07-01
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Please tell the people that you saw their
advertisement in the PRESS, the circula-
ton of which, per month, exceeds 100, 900.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-12-27
SEALED PROPOSALS

E'Or Building. II Bridge
Across Laramie River.
CEALED PROPOS' Is VIII be received at
y the County Clerks Office until January
1st, 1876, for The building of Bridge across
Laramie River, at the Fetterman Cutoff
Road crossing Bridge to be completed in
sixty days from date of contract.
Plans and Specifications, also security In
double the amount of the bid, TO accompany
said Proposals; the Commissioners reserv-
ing the right to reject any and all bids.
q. a. DRAPER
Chairman Board Co. Commissioners.
Attest: Laramie County.
GEO. b, STIMPsoS,
County Clerk dds I'd
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-12-27
EEFoRTED ExFEEssLY ron rHE MoK,,rSs LEADER
MIG II II REP o X It.
Startling Pension Frauds.
The Mexican Border Trou-
bleS.
Correspondence of the U. S.
Minister in Mexico.
r4s. D..a,.- CItar,o.l,4o,,oJ !
Egyptian Troops Slaughtered

WAsHINGToS, December 26.-From
official correspondence it appears that
some time since Minister Foster asked
permission of the Mexican govern
ment for regular troops of the United
States to follow raiders across the bor-
der when in close pursuit, or permits
sion to temporarily occupy certain
points on the Mexican side, where
raiders are accustomed to come across
the river The reply of the Mexican
Secretary of Foreign Affairs was that
the executive had no authority to grant
such permission without the consent
Of Congress, aud it would not be pru-
dent to ask such consent, as the senti-
ment of the country would not APP
prove it. Foster stated he was author
lied to give the assurance of our gov
ernment that it had no design of
acquiring extension of territory, bnt
said an acknowledgment of the Mexi-
can government of its inability to re-
strain the law Iessness of its own citi-
zens, would afford the strongest possi-
ble argument to all advocates of the
acquisition of territory there may be
in the United States. Foster further
said that the citizens of Texas must be
protected, and if protection did not
come from the Mexican government it
must come from ours.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-12-27

Information has been filed with the
authorities at Washington that Span
ish agents have violated the neutrality
laws by enlisting Italians in New
York for service in Spanish regiments
in Cuba. The matter is to be exam
ined into. II seems to be a similar
affair to that which led to the English
Minister, Sir John Crompton, receiy-
ing his passport under President Pierce
a St. Paul special says that seventy
three resolutions purporting 10 have
been adopted at the meeting of the
Catholics of this State, gathered to
witness the conservation of Bishcp
Ireland, protest against the Presidents
removal of Chief Justice dunno, of
Arizona, on account Of his position on
the common school question, and de-
claring 1t to be a violation 81 the spirit
of the first constitutional amendment.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-12-27

New York, Dec. 25.-The jury in
the Bowen libel suit found a verdict
for plaintiff and fixed the damages at
81 900. The other cases of libel will
be tried next term.
The Weeser Zeitung, of Bremen,
dated Dec. Sth, contains the following
account of the capture and massacre of
a detachment of Egyptian troops by
the Abyssinians, briefly reported some
time since by cable: We have bad
news from Abyssinia. The eXpedi-
ton, of about two thousand men, sent
by the Khedive, under command of
Gen. Arendrop, a Dane, to subjugate
the Abysinians, was drawn into am
bush and nearly every man was
slaughtered. General Arendrop and
many other officers were literally
hacked in pieces and their heads
stuck on spears before the Abysinian
tents and their bodies sent to the wild
beasts. Mackillop Pasha is said to be
alive and a prisoner. or Col. Routh,
the American, nothing is known, and
only one officer, Schweizer, escaped.
An expedition, comprising twelve
thousand men, of infantry, cavalry
and artillery, is to set out from Cairo
without delay, and will be Joined by
every American officer in the Egyptian
service, including Col. Stone.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-12-27

Providence, r. l., Dec. 25th.-A
mass meeting of the members of the
Roman Catholic Parish of st. Mary's,
at Newport, was held yesterday, to
give expression to their opinion rela-
tive to the recent burial scandal. A
representative of the New York Her
aid was called TO account for his re-
ports. A series of resolutions were
adopted referring to the affair as case
of discipline between the pastor and
the parishioners which has been mis-
represented, and expressing conf
dence in the pastor, repelling the cal
umny which charges him with priest
ly intolerance.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-12-27

Chicago, Dec. ga Washington
special says that some very startling
disclosures, respecting pension frauds
in the West, may be looked for short
ly, the pension office being nearly
ready to make arrests. The names
and number of the parties implicated
are withheld until the chain of evil
dence is fully completed.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-12-27

San Francisco, Dec. ga dispatch
from Camp Grant, Arizona, says that
two companies of the sixth cavalry
left last evening for the frontier, Col.
Biddle commanding, and will be
Joined near the Sonora line, by Capt.
Winchester's company from Camp
Lowell. No later news concerning
the Mexican belligerents. Company
G. first cavalry, left this city to-day by
rail for San Diego.
Another shock of earthquake was
felt this evening in Grass Valleys
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-12-27

OMAHA, December 26.-The Associ-
ate-J Justice OF the Supreme court for
Idaho, w. c. Whiteser: died in this
city last night of paralysis.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-20
Newspaper Electricity.

| The London correspondent OF the Liver
! pool Courier writes to that journal: 1t has
been limited from time to time that one OF
our wealthy London journals has .supder
| consideration" tho practicability of print
| ing its sheets in several of the great town.
simultaneously, in order 70 secure a dis.
tribntiOn of its copies as early as the various
local Journals which are 90 fast depreciatipg
the circulation and once paramount niiu.
ence OF their London contemporaries. HOw
| can this staggering feat be accomplished
The leading journal had it's attention
drawn some weeks ago to an electric
| machine in operation at the London
Stock Exchange, by which the fuctuatiny
quotations are telegraphed to q numb Der of
city offices, where an instrument, composed
OF movable figures and a dial plate. is made
TO record changes from hour to hour Ifau
electrical cusrent can be made to mAnlpu.
late movable figures, it was conceived that
system OF mechanical type setting might
be carried on simultaneously in a nun Der Of
distant places, the operation being directed
from central office in London; the news
being there collected from all parts of the
world. and that the "copy' might DO put in
type AZ several provincial offices eimulta.
neOusly Oy operating on an electric KEY
board, or . number Of key boards controlled
in the central office. This idea like so many
Orher inventions, 10 notDew. Mr.. Mackay, of
Tue W warrington VU0idtult, worked uDOn the
same line Of invention abeut eight years
ago to my knowledge. and simultaneous
type setting by machinery was by him car
Yied 20 practicable issue. though he found !
that his invention did not result in profit, |
Ito worked q number Of .ype-settiny ma
chimes by operating on one keyboard, and |
proposed to set up newspaper columns for
any Number Of papers by this simultaneous |
process, the only difference being that the |
various machines could not be placed in dis. |
tAnt places. In other words. he did no. CON |
meet them with electricity. The fact RENAME
that he actually worked some ten orswelve |
machines on this principal of connected
action which derived its directing power
from one key board. There is no moral
doubt that the same thing can be done on
wider scale by electric agency But if
fone. would the game be worth the candle!
know the Times, or rather the manager
Of ITS mechanical department, is putting
tho thin. to private test in order to a..
certain its mechanical probabilities. If
that can be made clear, the Times directors
IRE rot likely to be deferred by financial
lmidity from the next step in the unpar.
.lleled adventure. What a world of Jour.
'alistic development the prospect opens 70
)VeeciCnt ewes!
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-20

posed of the great mobiles of the empire. Its
existence was found to be incompatible
! with the new order Of things, and it was
dissolved. diluted house Of peers fol-
lowed, but itesetiuence and business were
wholly Ovefshad0wed by the cabinet of
ministers, and it has now given way to The
! new assembly Of representatives, who, il is
reasonable to suppose from the ter or Of the
MikadO's proclamation, will possess larger
powers and liberty Of speech not before
l tolerated in the empire. That this is the
| view taken of the change BY the native pres.
appears by the following characteristic
| article IL the YeddO journal Choga Shin,bun.
| which has been done into English by w.
kohama expert:
"Reioice, our &c. OOO, 900 Of brethren, and
dance with Joy. Give thanksgiving 20 the
| kindness Of our Mikado for having granted
| to us in the imperial decree of the four
tenth of April the means of raising our
selves to the level of enlightenment OF
European aud American peoples.
There are those among us who have alleged
that an absolute rule was good form OF
government. and that in seeking to change
it our people were unnecessarily anxious
But his majesty the Mkado, in his benign
wisdom, penetrated with the excellent gov
ernmeDtal systems Of other peoples, ha.
consulted with bis advisers and by the de
cree which We now celebrate. has conferred
of his empire. Henceforih our nation Will
grow in zealouaness. in power and in wealth.
We shall not be deemed inferior TO :u-
rOpean people, and the lineage OF our e,u.
peror will be rendered everlasting
Such exnbersn nee of style can readily &c
pardoned in feddo newspaper, if it really
believes that the effect of the imperial de
cree will be 20 raise Japan to the level of the
Western nations As this is the eonsumma-
tion devoutly wished for by the mass OF the
well educated japanese tsnd education il
widely diifused in the country. no act OF
the government since the revolution can DC
regarded as of greater importance The
advancement OF the Japanese in civilization
lies not little in their Willingness to admi.
to themselves that they are deficient in
many things as a people. In this they CON
trast strikingly with their neighbors, the
Chinese, who are satisfied to believe in their
superiority over the rest of the world and
therefore to stand still while the rest of the \
world is moving. A Pekin newspaper which
should print such an article as is quoreI
would lose its subscribers and 10. editor.
peradventure his head.--Ner York Wo.!i
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-20
Making Glass Elastic.

At q meeting Of the New York Academy
OF Science, last night, Professor Thorn as
Eggleston, Of the school OF mines, gave a
brief account of his experiments with NJ.
La Basties new elastic glass. The process
which removes the brictleness of ordinary
glass consists in iDmersing it at red heat
into bath OF fatty substances, which the
Inventor keeps secret, and in slowly cool
ing the giass therein The lecturer threw
three pieces OF prepared colored glass on
the floor, as well as some watch
crystals, neither Of which broke. al
though thrown vigorously ten or twelve
feet. Various glass plates similarly pro-
Jected remained entire; but The professor
showed the only way OF breaking them. by
spinning one fourteen feet high in the air,
and allowing it to jmpigne horizontally and
with its whole surface, when it shivered
into thousands OF pieces. In the expert
ments cited by the lecturer i: res,iired
thirty SIX shocks OF a pointed stee! cylinder
falling from ten to twelve feet high on the
same point Of prepared glass twooupce
ball to break it,. On prepared glass placed
at angles in ho.houses the falling cylinders
had no effect.
In resistance TO direct pressure the pre.
pared glass far surpassed the best ordip ary.
strips OF che latter on knife edges bearing
at the utmost a weight of twenty seven
pounds, while narrower strips of the new
did not break unker sixty pounds weight.
but often required much higher pressure
With ordinary supports a halfinch TEN.
pered glass three inches long broke only at
2l0 pounds. The resistance of the new
material to fire is remarkable. A plate on
which heat of 5000 degrees was BROUGHT
to bear only began to bulge after three and
a half minutes u such intense heat, while
ordinary glass broke within five seconds.
us APPLICABILITY nnfipol Io,
yet not been fully tested. but although ex.
tremely elastic. La Bastie's glass is SO hard
that it Tesists the diamond.-.y.py York
He,al1.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-20
The He'll Gate 1mprov

nraaah; improvements which are No.
pthUath I'd completion at He'll Cow 80" ap.
Of ,ba nave Tor their object the lac, and
tho a aon unannel between tho East a. cement
ncr soana, are daily becoming an oha. and
and men ~ interest. no: only to peeos Of
large Wi ~ science, but 70 the pnn Heess
porations who are ey officers of private coy
pslses: as well as by deeeatiosnan similar enter
c various boards OF trade Of tH;a from the
Gens.a, yesterday had been ixs s ana other
an ofia;. newton, the officer in c, upon BY
At H HIa. visit and inspection Of th for
trip s,,stts Point, but for some Inc works
ing the .tts s.poned to future daT n .ne
the shaft and Times +, porter v;. Uai
place and ob Underground tunnels .s tSis
the e, 1;s% the s.,: s.::..as
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-20
The Japanese Parliament.

The last oriental mail brings tidings OF
an event which appears to have thrilled the
people Of Japan with joy. The government,
loeral amt progressive as it has been, has
hardly KEEP. pace with the feverish yearn-
'ng OF the intelligent classes for the intro.
duction Of the forms and customs Of the
advanced civilization OF Europe and Amer
lcS. itagaki. one of the three or four most
Important statesmen liz The empire, repre-
sented this popular impatience when, dis
satisfied with the Hardness Of the minis
teriat cabinet two years age. he resigned
and retired 20 his castle in the provinces.
His tate resumption of his old Office. az the
invitation of the Mikado, has been followed
by the proclamation of the reform which
has been welcomed with so much enthusiasm
by the Japanese press and pcpulace.
1he imperial decree Just issued abOlishes
the semblance of a legislative body which
has been in existence for few gears past.
ana substitutes an advisory parliament o!
two houses. the upper of which will be
known as "Geuro-in,' and the lower as
"Dai -shin-in. There IL nothing exactly
analogous to tthis in any European coun-
try. While the Mikade gives as a reason
Tor establishing new Legislature-'that
the opinions OF the people on public affairs
may be gathered" the body will not d.
rectly represent the people. The people
VIII nave ne part in the choice Of members.
FROM each province the supreme authority
VIII selecs Heading men as representatives..
who, 1t i. presumed. Cill have full knowl-
edge OF the average opinion of their neigh.
bors. The upper house will have the
power 70 originate laws. After being passed |
these will 60 to the cabinet of the Emperor
for approval. and. if satisfactory, they will |
be sent to the lower house, which will con |
s1ss OF eminent lawyers. 10 be fashioned |
INTO the forms of law. Here, then, is the |
Legislature to devise laws and the veto |
power of the executive. as we have it, and |
a third body, whose existence does not seem
10 be very necessary, but whose function
probably is to see that the laws do not con.
iict with each other, and that their phrase
'logy is IN accordance with precedent and
'ropriety.
Crude as this idea of representative gov.
rnment ia, 1t exhibits an advance upon the
ystems hitherto in force. Indeed there
ave been gradual steps from the pure alb
olutism Of twenty years ago toward the
etter form now reached. The first parlia-
rent called after the revolution was com
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-20
BERTHA, ALICE AND PAUL.

Above, in tho wide, old garnet,
This drearisOme, rainy Day,
] summon from out the silence
The ghosts OF my childhood gay
The voices the oaken rafrers
OFT echoed in shout and call,
Three faces that made life merry
Bertha, and Alice and Paul.
Ear of in yon eobvebbed corner,
latter ROBBED dolly sits,
With nose moAt wonderfully battered.
And. seemingly, scattered Wits.
How many years hath she been there!
Al, kertha you'd blush to ten,
While the home "sut West" ssfe shelters
These dOllSs slive and veil.
There, close by the ancient work TO.
That grandmother used 80 long,
70 a string of cleaning sea she Ii.
Bound round by ribbon strong;
But Alice. who wore them blitheIy,
wears pearls in their place TO-DAY;
Inc wife in name. of = tylaut,
Naughty, AID cruel, and gray.
All = warriors sword and trumpe:.
And cap OF wondrOns siz
Where under its biim, l almost zee
The fash of Paul's bonny eyes.
Poor Paul , whom, loving our country.
Rose up at the fos's first gun.
And tell, ere the trOL rank vdvered,
Al the Eout Of dark Bull RuL.
Al up in the old, old garnet.
This wearisOme rainy day.
Come trOcDDg from out the silence
The ghosts of nv childhood CAV:
And swet,ly each face smiles on ne,
Responsive to Memory's call:
Bat the faces held tho dearest
Are Bertha. and Alice, and PAU.