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The Portland daily press., 1875-08-14
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Second Days Races at Bangor.
BANGOR, Aug. 13-The second days races
of the August meeting at the Bangor Trotting
Park, which were postponed yesterday on &C
count of the rain, came off this afternoon. The
first was for horses in the ESQ class, which was
taken by Waldo Chief, AFRO second, and
Monarch third. The following is the summary:
u Bangor Trotting Park, Aug. Is, 1S75.-Mile
heats, best in 3 in harness. Purse of $3.50 for
horses that haue never beaten 250-$90 to first,
$40 to second, 500 to third.
J. +. Haines, Bangor, b. g. Brick. B
George Reed, Bangor, 6. m. Mabel,
ID. II: Tufts, Skowhegan, blk. g. Waldo
A. W. Bracket. Pittsfeld, ch g. AFRO, 332
A. M Fifield, Bangor, 8. G. Monarch 2 3
Time-241a, 2.435, 2.40a. - sS
The second race was for horses in the 2.35
class, which was won by Young Buchanan,
Fred Logan second. The following is the sum-
mary: .e,
Bangor Trotting Park, Aug. 10, 1S75.-Race
best In 8 in harness. Purse of $40 for horses
that haue never beaten 237-SS100 to first, 500
to second, 500 to third. Closed with eleven
entries. l tA -,-
j. u. Manter, Foxcroft, b. g. Fred
W. r. Matthews, searsport, r. 8. Young
Buchanan, II 81
A. W. Bracket, Pittsield, blk s.
Knox, jr, 80 8 dis
Charcoal, withee's br. G. Togus Boy, PalmeFs
G. g. Dick, Shaw's blk. $. Silver Eye, Nc
Aloon's b. g: Boy Dick, Halls b. G. Little
Fred, and Wheelden's g. g. Honest Farmer
were withdrawn.
Time-2.36a, 2.ae, 2.s4a, 81.
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-14

John Hoffner of Detroit yesterday shot his
wife through the heart, inf1ictino mortal
wound, and then shot himself through the
mead, producing instant death. Jealousy is
The Centennial Commission refuse n ar.
credit agents to foreign governments in connec.
ton with the International Exhibition. Reports
that official agents had been sent tn Siam and
elsewhere are without foundation.
A Quebec despatch says the Bark Cape]la for
Belfast is ashore at Metis. The ship Charmer
- aiso ASHORE ilear tie same place, and steam
ers have gone to their assistance,
1t is settled that President Grant ond severa,
members of his cabinet will arrive in Bristol.
r. l., next Tuesday morning. The town an.
thorities will escort him to the residence of
General Burnside, where the President will re-
ceive his friends from 70 to D. m.
Nothing has been heard of Holbrook, the
missing cashier of the Corn Exchange Bank of
Wampum, Wisconsin, ard no doubt is now
felt that he has abscopded with all the convert
ibe assets of the bank. The amount due to
depostors is $4,000.
Thursday evening about 10 O'Clock. as the
steamer Favorite. of Wareham. Mass. was re-
turning from moonlight excursion, with
about 500 passengers on board, she ran aground
and unshpped and lost her rudder. The mas.
sengers we're safely landed by the assistance
of yawl boats from schooners lying in the har-
Dor.
A despatch to Gen. Sheridan saws that the
yellow fever patients at Barrancas are recover
ing The fever is very bod at Pascagoula. One
case in New Orleans died yesterday. No new
cases are reported. a..
The rumor that Gen. Siegers brother was
connected with the nickel counterfeiters re-
Gently arrested is untrue, because he has no
brother in this country.
Thursdays storm in New York was the Sc
verest Of the season. The rainfall was 81
inches
In the New York yacht club race yesterday
the Clio took the first prize and the Idler tho
second.
The Sovereign Council of the Sons of Jona-
deb of North America has been in session in
Providence.
A Paris despatch says that the number of
persons intending to send goods to the Centen-
NAL is increasing. A special committee has
been appointed to attend to the despatchins of
goods to Philadelphia
Base .Ball-New Haven; Mutuals 4, New
Ravens O.
The washout on the Boston & Albany Rail-
road at Huntington will be repaired and trains
run as usual tomorrow. tI%
a very destructive hurricane passed over
Pontoise, 20 miles from Paris, yesterday, by
which houses were unroofed and people and
cattle killed.
A Berlin despatch to the Post says the Ger
man government has addressed alformal com.
plant to Russia in regard to recent nfracton
OF the frontier of Donbrowa
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Lake Freights-wheat Buffalo at 2ac;wheat to os

wego at 81.
Keceipts-s,ooo bbls -four. 80 900 bush wheat $1,000
bush rye.
Shipments-9,OOO bbls flour. $1,000 bush wheat, 900
bush corn, 5000 bush barley, 0O00 bush oats.
ST; LOUIS, August 13.--Flour1buyers generally
standing OF and but little done. Wheat frmer; No 2
Red Winter at 30 a 52A bid for cash; latter for
fresh; bSl seller August; 493 seller September No
Mixed SOC cash; &c bid seller for August; sales at
6stc lot August. Oats unsettled and lower; No at
Gtc CASH 46 g 463c seller August; 39A q 4Oc seller
september. Barley-no transactions. Rye quiet and
unchanged Whiskey firm at 20.
Keceipts.SoO0 bbls -four, 81 900 bush wheat, 10 600
bush rye, $50 hogs, 1341 cattle.
UiNoINNATI, Aug. 13.-Flour dull and unchanged.
wheat scarce and firm; old Red 30 a 1 60; new do
unsettled 1T 40 so. Corn firmer and held higher
at ~ g 8oc. Rye steady and in moderate demand at
95c. Pork is dull and lower small lots country at
u 20; city held at q rs. Lard Quiet; summer Isl a
l5ic winter steam at 13a; kettle at IA at. Bulk
rib 121c; clear sides at12A. Bacon firm; shoulders
Qc; clear rib sides at 13tc; clear sides at 1896 Live
Hogs-in fair demand and market firm; stocke;s so
extra butchers 10 q 25; receipts 1885 head Whis-
key in good demand at full prices; offerings light at
DETROIT. August 13.-F1our is dull Wheat is
quiet, weak and lower; extra at As; No White
Michigan 43; new 80; No 2 do new 324; No /
An Amber do new 81. Corn duh; No Mixed at 78c.
Receipts for two daYs-1000 bbls -four, $1,000 bush
wheat, 5000 bush corn, 1000 bush oats.
Shipmentsa7oO bbs flour, 1900 bush wheat, OCOO
bush corn, CO. 900 do oats.
INDIANAPOLIS, Augusts13.-Flour is at 6 rs g %.
Wheat-Red 80; Amber IS; White at IS. Corn
Ears Toe; shelled s0c Oats 60 a CSC.
MOBILE, August 13-Cotton quiet; Middling up
lands at 14sc.
CHARLESTON, August 49, Cotton Ia 1ull :Midiling
uplands at 14c
NEW ORLEANS, August 13.-Cotton quiet; Mid
ding uplands at 14ic.
NEW YORK, August 13.-Cotton weak; Middling
upands Hac.
lands 1896.
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Creek, about a mile from the water It's proxi-
nifty to the sea will greatly increase its value
The formation of the ground at the place is de-
scribed as very remarkable. A great ridge,
some sixty feet in height and resembling an
immense grave has been thrown up in valley
by some action of the earth's inner forces, ard
in this ridge the coal has been found"
The governor of Tennessee and the mayor
and city council at Nashville, having requested
the family of the late ex.President johnson to
allow his body to be buried at the state capital
have received the following reply: 1.-THE family
of ex-President johnson gratefully acknowledg
your request, on behalf of the people OF Nash
vile, that the body be buried in that city; but
for reasons you will readily see and appreciate,
we have decided that, for the present at least
his sepulcher shall be among the mountains of
East Tennessee, where was his home for half a
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, Mountain Notes.

CRAWFORD HOUSE, Aug. IL, 1875.
Rainy, cloudy, misty to-day. No mountain
eering-hence "Notes."
Engineers Latrobe and Anderson are spend
ing few days in the mountains No feature
of mountain travel this year is more noticeable
than the very large number of ladies. singly
and in groups of from two to SIX, without male
attendants. You meet them everywhere-in
the hotel offices, where they register their names
and settle the bills with all the nonchalance of
the lords Of creation, who stand by apparently
lost in wonder and surprise, in the hall, the
hooks and resorts where the solo or chorus sob
charming or delightful" 'grand," isn't it
sublime" &C., greetsthe ear from female voices
unauthorized by the tones of said creations
lords. Score one for woman's rights. The
completion of the Portland & Ogdensburg
to this point is bringing a crowd of visitors
which is testing the capacity of this and the
other mountain houses to an extent altogether
unexpected by the proprietors, not, however,
greater than their resources have enabled them
fully to meet. The Crawford entertained over
300 guests last night, and nearly an equal num-
Der each of the two previous nights. s.
To-day, despite the rain, an excursion of over
300 are here from Saco, accompanied by the
Saco Band, and under the auspices of the
Knights of Pythias of that city. The Fayban,
Twin Mountain and other houses are equally
thronged. The Crawford and Twin Mountain
houses, eight miles apart, are owned and con-
controlled by A. T. & o. f. Barron at the Twin
Mountain. The patrons of these houses have
the very great advantage that if guests at eth
er, the privilege is accorded to visit the other for
longer or shorter time without transfer of
register.
The Barron Brothers are also proprietors of
several extensive farms in Vermont and New
Hampshire, as well as of the hotel at White
River Junction; they carry on extensive 1um.
Der operations, and have been for years among
the largest poultry dealers in the country Mr..
Oscar 7. Barron, the younger of the brothers,
is genial and affable gentleman, in the very
prime of life, who takes the more direct super
vision of the hotel affairs of the firm. His
home is on the old, homestead in Hartford.
Just now he is especially enthusiastic over the
opening of section of the Woodstock railroad,
line designed to connect White River Juncs
tion with Rutland, direct. On the farm of Mr..
Barron this road crosses the Quechee river,
which flows through gorge known as Quechee
Gulf, by bridge having a single span 200 feet
in length, and at height of 165 feet above the
roaring, rushing stream below. This is said to
be the highest railroad bridge east of the Rocky
Mountains. Think of whirling along by rail at
dizzy height considerably greater than that of
any church spire in Portland. A magnificent
rainbow spanning the chasm between Mt. Will
ley and Mt. Webster treated the passengers by
this evenings train from Portland to view
not often equalled. H
The Executive Committee of the Baptist So
cial Union are here arranging for two days
ion of that association in September
So much fol. MISUNDERSTANDING facts.
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The mt. washington Railway.

e PLYMOUTH, N. f., Aug. 13.-The dispatches
concerning an accident on the Mt Washington
Railway last night were exaggerated and i'm
piled great danger to tourists travelling over
the road, when in reality the small mishap
only demonstrated the thorough safety of the
road. When the engine is going up the track
a ratchet underneath the engine follows the
cog-wheels and drops into the cogs, thus pre-.
venting an accident, if the cog-wheel should
break and the engine slip back in coming down
the mountain. This ratchet is fastened up
with pin.
In the case in question this pin dropped out
and the ratchet Immediately caught on the
cogs, stopping the engine so quickly as to jar
it, and thus shake the smokestack fastenings.
1t was demonstrated how firmly the ratchet
held at. the time by the engineer beeg obliged
to start the machine backward before the
ratchet could be loosened. The reports about
danger, &C., are entirely unfounded.
Damage to New York Roads.
FIsHKILL LANDING, N. Y, Aug. 13.-The
heavy rains along the line of the Hudson
River Railroad for the past three days have re-
suited in damage to the road. This afternoon
there was land slide at larry town, and an
other between there and Sing Sing, A bridge
was partially destroyed at the latter place by
the swollen stream, which seriously detained
all the northern bound passenger trains.
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News and Other Items.

A North Carolina wife Of 16 is the mother OF
. triplets.
The present month is remarkable for having
two new moons, the first time such thing has
occurred since 1858.
A darby didn't save a drowning boy at Vicks.
burg, the other day, because ''dis yere is my
last paper collar, and de boy was kicking water
like an alligator
The English courts have decided that hus
band may make bequest to his wife condition
al on her remaining a widow, but that the wife
cannot bind her husband in the same way to re.
main widower.
A Nevada woman has pair of gloves and
shoes made out of the hide of a Pavnee Indian
She says they are soft and wear we'll, and
thinks the Pawnee ought to be more generally
utilized.
A cooperative association has been formed
among the farmers of Stephenson county, Ill.
1t already numbers three hundred stockholders.
Carroll county has formed similar organiza-
ton, with capital of $4,000. a-f
The st. Louis signal service officers have a
theory that the great rains out West are due to
the rapid evaporation of the unusual and extra
ordinary quantity of snow. on the mountain
slopes of Montana and throughout the North
west, vast body of humid air being carried
east by steady west winds.
AN irish M. p. perpetrated characteristic
BULL the other day, by introducing a bill pre-.
viding that, in cases where claims are made for
compensation for murder, such claims must be
lodged before the death Of the person alleged
to have been murdered.
There is man in jackson county, Ala. who
makes speciality of catching all kinds of
snakes, rattlesnakes in particular, and, with
out iniuring or killing them, take off their hides
which he tans and makes into shoes. He uses
q weed which grows in the mountain to "mes-
merize" the snakes, 10.
A St. John IN. b. newspaper says: ga seam
of what seems to be anthracite coal, fully four
feet thick, has been discovered near Tynemouth
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-14

PERSONAL "REMINISCENCES, by O'Keefe, Kelly
and Taylor. Edited by Richard Henry Stoddard.
The eighth Of the BricaBrac series; CLOTH 329 pp;
price $125. New York: Scribner s. Armstrong.
Portland: Loring, Short s. Harmon.
A QUESTION OF HONOR; A Novel. BY Christian
Reid, author Of GA Daughter OF Bohemia" Cloth /;
5O1 PIP. New York: D. Appleton g. Co. Portland.
Bailey & Noyes.
THE HUDSON ILLUSTRATED; A Tourists Guide.
Paper; "a pp. New York: d. Appleton s. Co. Port
land: Bailey & Noyes. . a. 10 i .--.
MAUD OR NINA. BY j. g. Whyte Melville author
of "Katerfellt" &c. Paper; 159 pp; price rs cents;
Boston: Estes s. Laurat. Portland: Hall L. Davis.
WoMAN's LOVE; or, Like and Unlike. By j. F.
Smith, author of "Lady Ashleigh.' Paper; 253 pp ;
price 70 cents. Boston: Estes & Lauriat. Portland:
Hall L. Davis. rI .e:
HISTORY OF ROME. By the Rev. M. Creighton.
One Of the History Primers. Cloth, flexible covers:
1877 pp., with maps. New York: D. Appleton s. Co.
Portland: Bailey 81 Noyes. .r.-
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-14
The DOwu.HiII Side.

On the downhl side Of life the constitution is be-
set with infrmities for which Hostetter's Stomach
Btters is the best of all remedies Indignation is the
most reliable means of resisting disease and is par
tcularly necessary at period of life when tho de-
cay of the physical energies render the system less
able than formerly to resist its attacks The cheer
ing warmth which this prime tonic stimulant diff
fuses through the chilled veins, the unwonted stead
mess which it gives to the tottering limbs of age the
prompt relief which it affords from those maladies
which are most common in the decline of life,
stitute it an inestimable blessing to the old and
inirm. Among the testimonials to the excellence Of
this most sautary medicine of which its propretors
are constantly in the receipt many are received from
persons of advanced age,wbo speak with unmeasured
praise of of its qualities nvigorant and preven
tive,
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-14

Sickness prevails everywhere and everybody COM
plains OF some disease during their lite. When sick,
the object is to get well. Now we say plainly that
noperson in this orld that is suffering with Dyspep
sa, Liver Complaint and its effects such as Indiges
ton, Costiveness, Sick Headache, Sour Stomach,
Heartburn, Palpitation of the Heart, Depressed
Spirits, Biiousness, &C., can take GREEN'S AUGUST
FLOWER without getting relief and cure. If you
doubt this, go to your druggist and get sample
bottle for 10 cents and try it. Regular re
rs cents. Two doses Will relieve you.
W. F. PHILLIPS s. CO., Wholesale Agents.
se25 TT&S&weow1y
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-14
FOREIGN
Speech of the Queen ON the Propagation
of Parliament.

Speech Of the Quoen ON the Propagation
5 .- of Parliament.
LONDON, Aug. 13.-Parliament was prorogu-
ed to-day till the goth of October. The Queen
in her speech at the closing session says: !
My Lords and Gentlemen-I am happy to be
enabled to release you from attendance at Par
lament. The relations between myself and all
foreign powers continue to be cordial, and
look forward with hope and confidence to the
uninterrupted maintenance of European peace.
The visit paid to this country on invitation of
my government by the ruler of Zanzibar has
led to the conclusion of supplementary con-
vention, which trust may be eficacious for
the more complete suppression of the East
African slave trade.
have learned with deep regret that the ex-
petition despatched by my Indian government
from Burmah, with the view to open commune
cation with the western provinces of China,
has beeu treacherously attacked by an armed
force while on chinese territory. This outrage
unhappily involving the death of young and
promising member of my consular service, is
the subject of carefulinquiry and no effort shall
be spared to secure the punishment of thoss by
whom it was instigated and committed The
condition of the colonial empire is generally
prosperous. Gentlemen of the House of Com
mons, thank you for the liberal supplies YOU
have voted for the public service. ..,'
My Lords and Gentlemen, it is gratifying to
me to find that the heightened Consideration
yOu AANC SiNCu tAo FdIlOuS SbdbuCtS WHICH nave
from time to time been passed for the peace in
Ireland hiss resulted in measure which, while
relaxing the strlngency of former 'enactments,
is calculated to maintain the tranquility of the
country.
Her Majesty then refers to the other princi-
pal enactments of the session. Her reference
to the shipping bills is as follows: The state of
the public business and the difference of opin-
ion naturally arising on varied and compre-
hensive scheme have unfortunately prevented
you from completing the consideration of the
merchant shipping bill, but 1 rejoice that you
have been able by temporary enactment to
diminish considerably the dangers to which my
sea faring subjects are exposed.
have reason to hope the progress in the rev.
enue system which has marked recent years
will be fully sustained in the present. The ar.
rangement which you have made with regard to
the reduction of the public deb and those for
the better regulation of loans for public works,
will lead to valuable improvements in our sys-
tenn of imperial and local finance
In bidding you farewell for the recess, pray
that the blessing of Providence may fall on
your recent labors and accompany you in the
discharge of all your duties.
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-14
CRIME.
Shoots HinaseIf.

CHICAGO, Aug 13.-A terrible stonch for
several days about hause 194 Putnam Avenue,
Brooklyn, has led to the discovery of dead
body. Its owner. Gustave Ritcher twas sitting
in chair with discharged pistol in his hand,
and in disgusting state of decay He has not
been seen for three weeks, end it is supposed he
committed suicide at grief from loss of his wife
and business difficulties. He is reported to have
been rich and was childless
A Family Feud Overawes County.
The bloody vendetta between the four pro-
minent families of Williamson County has al
ready resulted in the killing of five and the
Aounding of many persons. 1t is family feud
purely, but such are its ratification that no
mans life is safe who interferes The sheriff
dare not do hia duty, and there is reign of ter
ror in the county, causing many families to
migrate. Gov. Beveridge in answer to an APP
plication for protection says the use Of military
force will not be justifable, and leaves the
county to take care of itself, only offering re-
ward of $500 for the apprehension of the as
SasSinS, Or
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-14
MINOR TEI,EcRAms

Frawner, who recently fatally shot war de-
partment clerk named Kennard because of al
legged Intimacy of the latter with Frawner's
wife, was yesterday brought before Judge Wy
lie in Washington, on writ of habeas corpus,
and discharged on his own recognizance.
Internal revenue receipts yesterday, 1928 562;
customs receipts. 1914, 265.
Patrick Fitzgerald, a Springfield real estate
broker and builder, has failed for $15O,0OO His
assets are half that sum.
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-14

Ar at Minatitlan July 20, brig Jas Miller, Parker,
Baltimore.
Ar at Sagua 10Th inst sch Sabao, Lamson, from
st John. NIB.
Ar at Matanzas 4th inst brig Packard, Ames-
bury, Cardenas.
In port 9th. barque Ada Carter, Aberg. for Balti-
more, ldg; brigs Wauban. Spencer. do do; George W
Chase, Paterson. for North of Hatteras ldg; Sarah
M Loring, Loring, do do; Strout, Higgins, for
Delaware Breakwater, do; and others.
Ar at Quebec 9Th inst, brig j Hazeltine, Hodg-
don, Batavia for Montreal.
Ar at st John. NIB. 10th, sch W Bartlett, Bart
lett Boston; 18th, Janet s, Somerville, and Opera,
Fowler, Portland; Little Annie, do.
SPOKEN.
July o. lat %, Ion so TO- ship Northampton, Trass,
from New Orleans for Havre.
Ang 8, lat A &C. lon At O6, barque Don Justo, from
Baltimore for Havre.
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-14
MARRIED..

I'm Arson, Aug. 0, Tilson b. Brooks and Miss Elyi-
ra Adams.
In Lebanon, Aug. 0, Harvey A. Lord and Miss
Hannah A. Lord.
In Swanville. Aug 8, Eliakim Ellis of Belfast and
Mrs. Eliza Chase of Searsport.
In Burnham. Aug 7, Chas. B. Cookson and Miss
Lenora S. Huff.
In Franklin, Aug. I, Geo. S. Jellison of Franklin
and Miss Eva d. Fernald of Gouldsboro.
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-14
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Please tell the people that you saw their
advertisement in the PRESS, the circula-
ton of which, per month, exceeds HOO, 900.
A CARD.
To Whom il NAV Concern,

10 WhOm NJ may concern
would respectfully announce that owing to having
my entire time occupied in perfectng and keeping
in order my extensive arrangements for supplying
been unable to obtain any subscrtion whatever and
If the work is satisfactorily done, shall depend
wholly upon the generosity of those who are bene-
flied thereby to pay the they did last
Those who are dissatisfied with the work or who do
not intend to contribute the usual price, will please
notify me at once, that the services may be dscon
customary to make two collections. This long and
tedious job, shall endeayor to avoid, and shall ask
after the middle Of the season. It must be born in
mind that the work is CARED at an expense of
$40 per day for three MONTHS without the income of
a dollar. Those who pay can rest assured that the
work will be faithfully performed to the end. II
would further ask a little indulgence, should any
accident happen to the machinery causing delay
hence little dust. w. H. HALL,
ju7Stfsn 81 Pearl Street.
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European Markets.
LONDON, August 13.-12.30 M.-Consols at 95
for money and account.
LONDON, August 1890 P. M.-American secur-
ties-U new 5s 105; Erie dreferred 26A.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 13-12.3 80 P. M.-Cotton market
easier but not quotably lower; Niddng uplands at
7sd do Orleans at 7sd; sales $4,000 bales of which
1000 bales were for speculation anf export.
The Portland daily press., 1875-08-14
Mutiny mt Sen.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Aug 13.-Brig Harry,
Capt. Barnes, from this port, on Monday, for
Matazzas, put into Annapolis Yesterday, as the
crew had mutinied. A guard was sent on
board from the naval academy and the mu-
tineers put in irons. ''t'f e