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MASSACHUSETTS,.
Large Fire in Boston.
Jordan & Marsh's Store ON Rire-LOss
$4,000 on Stock and 10000
ON Building.

BOSTON, Sept. 17.-About two o'clock this
afternoon fire was discovered in the fifth story
OF the immense wholesale dry goods house o
Jordan, Marsh & Co fronting on Summer ST.
having started in a mysterious manner among
quantity OF cotton batting. The fire brigade
of the firm attempted to quench the flames, but
the pumps failed and quarter of an hour
elapsed before the department was called. In
the meantime the flames filled the upper story
and the situation had become so serious that
three alarms were sounded. In about an hour,
by extreme effort, the flames were controlled,
though the entire building, containing about
81, ZOO, 600 worth of property, was flooded. Ell
evators fell during the fire and threatened to
ignite the lower stores, but this was fortunate
ly prevented.
closed upon the breaking out of the fire and all
possible assistance rendered by the clerical
force.
The loss on the stock under the circumstanc.
es cannot be correctly estimated, but careful
estimate places it at about $150,0O0. Ga this
there is an insurance of over $500, 900, distrib
uted among 75 companies. The following com.
panies have insurance for $4,000 on the build
ing and stock: Howe, Citizens National, Irv-
ing and Safeguard of New York; Phenix OF
Hartford; Newport Fire and Marine. and ,Vir.
ginia Of Richmond. Damage 10 building about
$4,000; fully covered by insurance. The retail
branch of the firm on Washington street being
separated by court way was not INJURED
though some excitement prevailed among GUS
tomels and it was speedily closed.
Bi.Centen0ial of the Bloody Brook
Massacre.
SPRINGFIELD, Sept. 1.-THE two hundredth
anniversary of the Bloody Brook Massacre was
ceebrat ted at South Deerfed to day, at least
$500 people being present. The day was pleas
ant and all the exercises went off very success
fully. The chief features of the celebration were
address by Dr. Geo.B. LoriDg of Jalem, and
a poem by Prof. Everett of Harvard College.
Geo. Sheldon of Deerfeld delivered the open
ing address, and ode By E. w. B. Canning
was sung. The President of the day was Hon.
Geo. L. Davis of Portland Me-, formerly a
resident of Greenfield, Mass, one of the sur
vivors of those who participant; d in the erection
of the monument at the scene of the massacre
dedicated forty years ago. Col. j. B. Parsons
Of Northampton, was chief marshal. One of
the relics shown at the celebration was a sword
belonging to Edward Smith Of Newbufyport
whose ancestor Thos. Smith of Newbury. used
it on the field of the massacre.
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MEMOIR NDk.
DOMESTIC PORTS.
PORT TOWNSEND, Oar 9Th. baroue Al

PORT TOWNSEND, Oar 7th, barque Antioch,
Hix San Francisco
PORT BLAKELY, o - Sid sth, ship Summer r
Mead, Dixon, -.
SAN FRANCIsCO--Ar 10th, ship Canada, HerIi-
man. Newcastle, NSW.
TYBEE. GA-Ar 10Th, brig Gambia, Upper, from
st John, NIB.
Sid 10th, brig Eva johnson, for st John. NIB.
SATILLA M1LLS-Sld 18th, sch Almeda Wiley,
Wiley, New York.
CHARLESTON-Ar 18TH sch d B Doane Chand-
Ier Bangor A Hayford Shute, Providence.
Ar 10th, sch L A Kecne, [ ON WaldobOro.
WILMINGTON-Ar 10th, brig SiIas N Martin
Brown, Navasfa.
CID 18th, sch Light Boat, Wood, Boston,
RIGHMOND-Cld 14th, brig Amelia Emma, Field,
Montevideo
Sid 18th, sch Albert Daley. Moore. New York.
NORFOLK-Ar 13th schs ID Talbot Ames. Rock
port; Mnetta, from New York; Fairfield. Weeks
Baltimore.
ALEXANDRIA-Sld 18th, sch Eva May. Andrews
Portland.
GEORGETOWN, DEAR 18th, sch j E Bayes,
from Putston.
Ar 18th. sch Elizabeth DeHart. Low. New York.
BALTiMOkE-Cld 18th schs Cassie Jameson,
Jameson, Boston; Josie Devereux, Higgins Salem
Eta N Barter, Barter, New York.
Cid 10th, sch Sargent Day, Mcdonald, st Lucia.
Sid 18Th. sen Henry Whitney for Nassau, Mp.
PhILADELPH iA-Ar 10Th. sch Josiah White
house, Farnum, Bath; I'll HERMAN, HERMAN.
Bangor.
CID 18th, brig Suwanee, Foster, Portland; sch L W
Wheeler, Lewis, Boston.
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no snvestOrs.
having changed my residence from Portland
- 10 503 Cb0pst sueei. New Haven,
shall CONTINUE to give special attention to
western Investments with improved aclliies for
securing safe aud profitable uses Tor money Gu
trusted to me. Carefully selected zen AMI twelve
per cent Real Estate Mortgages and Deeds of Trust
furnished Collections and REMIT anees promptly
attended to- CORRESPONDENCE ineited. Address as
above. CHARLES NJ. II AWkES.
se14TuThS Stfis
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MINOR TELEGxAMs.

Major j. J. Upham of the 10th United States
cavalry has arrived at Fort Gibson, Cherokee
nation, with sxty-four men, after march OF
seventy-fve miles to Los Animos from Arizona
There have been no troops stationed at this fort
fof some time.
The Welsh miners at Scranton, Pa, celebra-
ted the national festival of Eisteddford yester-
day.
During a discussion Thursday evening at
Long Island City, Overseer of the Poor, James
Monaghan, knocked down Alderman McLaugh-
lin and the latter then SHOT Monaghan, perhaps
fatally. Both were arrested
About 400 feet of the track Of the st. Louis
narrow gauge railroad went into the Mississlp-
pi river Thursday night, in consequence of the
caving of the bank about a mile above the levee
north of st. Louis.
The ship Skediac, wrecked at Cape Tormen-
tine, was condemned Thursday. The cargo
was rescued
A boy was arrested IN New York Thurday
with valise full of brewery internal revenue
stamps amounting to over 100000
The frst fast mail train arrived at Cincinnati
from New York Thursday night.
John E. Gale and A. H, Adams Of Raverhill
were struck by train in Boston Thursday
night and badly Injured.
Heudrck B. Wright has been chosen
chairman of the Democratic State Committee
of Pennsylvania.
The Alabama constitutional convention yes
| terday adopted the following section in their
bill of rights "The people of this state accept
as fiual the established fact that from the fed
era' Union there can be No secession of any
| state.''
The proposed public reception to Beecher
| has been given up, ewing to his refusal to par
| ticipate.
| Gerdeman, the ex-Catholic priest, delivered
| a lecture at Manayunk, Pa, Thursday night
| at the close of which he was followed to the
depot by mob of 1000 persons, who broke into
| the car where he was and would have inur ed
| HIM seriously but for the police.
The Episcopal convention at Chicago adopt
| ed the report of the committee on DIR. DeKo-
ren's letter; also resolution directing the del
| egates to the next general convention to vote
| against comforting on standing committees
| power to reject those elected bishops, because
| such committees might consider them unsound
| in the faith.
Geo. "a. Wilson, a crippled fisherman of
| Bristol, X. l., was found drowned yesterday.
| Nearly $1,000 barrels of potatoes were ship
| ped from New York to Havana the past week
| where they are selling at $22 gold per barrel
against a cost in New York of $1.50.
Another Charley Ross has been found in
Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Republicans of Boston last night elected
full Rice delegation to the state convention.
Schoolship st. Mary in getting under way at
Norwich yesterday, mi ssed her stays ard went
ashore on Eastern Point opposite the Pequot
House.
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DIED.

In this city, Sept. 16. Mrs. Elizabeth T.. wife of
Charles Phbrook, of Genesse. ILL.,, aged 81 years.
michigan and Illinois papers please copy.
In this city, Sept. Is, Mr.. Chas FL. Fernald, aged
At years.
Funeral services Saturday afternoon, at p O'clock
Burial at convenience of the family.
In this city. Sept, II, Lydia A Lang aged IS years
months widow Of the late Capt. VIM. Lang.
Funeral services Sunday forenoon at 10 O'clock
at No. 164 Salem street. Relatives and friends are
invited to attend.
In Leeds, Aug. 20. N b. Bicknell, of Boston, form
erly of Turner, aged 81 years
In Lewiston, Sept. 8, Mrs. Olive Turner, aged 50
years.
In Portsmouth, Sept. 49, at the residence of VIM
ii. Noyes. Mrs. Sarah. widow of the late Samuel
Lamb of Westbrook, aged " years.
Funeral sci vices Saturday afternoon at O'clock
at the residence of VIM. II. Neal, Saccarappa Rela-
tives and friends are invited to attend.
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DIR. Morriss Syrup Of Tar, Wild Cherry and Hore-
hound will cure cough in one half the time neces-
sary to cure it with any other medicine. There is
positively pulmonary disease that it will not cure
or greatly alleviate For all of of
voice. coughs, Group, bronchitis, asthma. and whoop-
ing cough it has no equal We never knew a person
who had used it but that recommended it to Others
We are prepared to guarantee every bottle. Please
call and inquire about it. Trial size 10 cents For
sale by A. S. Kinds, Preble House, I. G. Loring,
Exchange and Federal Street,; G. L. Holt, 653 Con-
gress St.; G, b. Woodman, Saccarappa; DIR Keen,
Gorham; and E. p. Weston, Fryeburg. J.W
Perkins q Co., General Agents, oc1Oeodtf
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mr. o'usner' the largest man ever born in
tennessee died in Greenville, in that state,
last Friday. He was but 10 years of age and
had he not been bert by an attack of rbeuma.
usm, would have been nine feet higb His
boot was 1Sinches long, aud one of his hands
was about the size of four ordinary ones. He
could sit on chair and pick up anything three
feet from him. HIS head measured about IA
inches, and his chest u feet in circumference.
dis coffia was 81 feet long, IS inches wide, and
p feet deep.
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BY TELEGRAPH,
MATTERS In MAINE.

Suicide i'm Lewiston.
LEWISTON, Sept. Thames Maxwell, for
merly Of Topsham, aged g. hung himself here
to-day.
Death of an Aug a Druggist.
AUGUSTA, Sept. 17-Henry L. Fuller, one of
our leading druggists, died to-day of Bright's
disease Of the kidneys
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like real personages. But the satisfactory and
pleasant ending OF each story will dolmuch to
lessen the sense of loss at parting company
witch these oil friends.
The first page Of Scribner's Monttly for Oc-
tober has design by John LaFarge, N. A.,
accompanying the ballad of ''Jessamine.' 5y
George Parsons Lathrop. Major Powell, the
well-known Western explorer, gives in this
number an account of can Overland trip to
the Grand Canon" of the Colorado, the descent
of which he HIS already described in that Mag
azine. In the present article he tells the trag-
ic fate of the small band who left the main
party during the former expedition. Major
Powell introduces curious Indian story in the
course of his narrative. Mr. Francis Gray
Fairfield prints remarkable study of Poe, un-
der the title of ga Mad Man Of Letters"
L. L. l.. writes "Recollections of Lszt and Won
Bulow;' Edmund Clarence Stedman concludes
what he has to say abont Minor Victorian
Poets, prior to the publication of this series in
book form by Osgood Some Vegetable EcoeR-
tricities are described by Byron D. Halsted
1.-THE Illustrations of this paper are noticeable)
Mr.. Frank r. Stockton condenses, with va
riations' the story of Perrot Warrior and
Statesman; Mrs. Walker tells about the Win
throp-Drury Affair; DR.. Holland continues
his Story of Sevenoaks: Jules Verne's Myste-
rious Island appears in condensed form, but
occupies more space than usual and there is a
Plea for Slippers by an anonymous writer.
The poets of the number besides Mr. Lathrop
are Susan Coolridge, r. K, Mary L. Ritter
William Motherwell IA posthumous poem by
the author of "Jeanie Morrison"), HI. H.,
Kate Carlisle, Mary E. Bradley, George A.
Baker, Jr, and r. w. G.
DR.. Holland, in Topics of the Times, discus
ses Church Debts, Offensive People, Word
Tor the Women, The Slow Times. The Old
cabinet is concerned with How Badly We Do
u home and Society, Culture and Progress.
Inc worlds Work, and Bric-a-Bras have
their usual variety.
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New YoRE. September 17.-Evening.-The inan-
cial plank Of the Democratic platform met with
general approval in financial circles to-day and was
regarded as an important step in restoring confidence
in the future. The effect Of this action lower
the stock Exchange. Exports of dry goods for the
week, $2233.e37; amount marketed 2, 40s,55O Money
closed at % per cent. call Foreign Exchange was
frmer. A leading banking firm raised the rates to
4s13 for sixty days. 1851 tor demand The rates for
actual business were 1891 and 481 for long ASH and
4S5 for demand. Customs receipts S409,0 0O
Gold opened at 116s, advanced to 1859, fell to 1853,
recovered to list the rates paid for borrowing were
1-64 pc, cent per diem, and 6, 3, 4 and per cent
per annum; loans were also made fat. The Assist
ant Treasurer paid ont $4,000 interest," $ 900 in
redemption of bonds. The gross clearances of the
Gold Exchange Bank were $3s fl, 900. Govern
ments were steady. State bonds dull. In Railroad
bonds the largest transactions in Harlem cou-
pons, frsts, and Union Pacific sinking funds, which
sold at ia and 80 respectively. The Stock market
opened strong, and prices advanced to ! per cent.
as compared with the closing prices of last evening,
Pacific Mail rising to 36S.
The following were the closing quotations of Gov
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1t is suicidal for a man to drink ordinary liquor
when he feels weak, to enable him to perform work
in hand. The fatigue which labor produces is in
creased ten fold by the facilitating Reaction Of the
stimulants of commerce, so that the temporary in
vgoration is purchased at fearful cost to health.
stimulant, in order to impart healthful energy,
should be medicated. The reason that Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters are so wonderfully efneacious as
restorative and preventive is that their alcoholic ba
sis of Pure Old Rye is mingled with vegetable toncs
and Alternatives which the most potent known to
medical botanists. Their immediate or stimulative
effect is to rouse the dormant energies and their sub
sequent operation is to permanently invigorate,
through the medium of restored digestion and Sc
erection, the various organs OF the body.
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Cid 10th, schs Charlie & Willie, Cousins Rock
port; Danl Pierson, Pierson, Bath.
NEW YOkk-Ar 18th. schs G Bearse, Ford. fun
Tuxpan, Mex; Judge Low. Haowell, Providence;
Abel W Parker, Dean, Taunton; Laura Robinson,
Robinson. Vinalhaven.
Ar 18th, ship Reunion, Curtis, Havre, (ordered to
New Orleans: brig Lewis Clark Bartlett, Barcelona;
schs Mary Helen, Sanborn, from Barbadoes Adeliza,
Huntley. Jacmel.
Cid 18th, barque Martin W Brett, Peterson, for
Montevideo.
Cid 10th, schs Nettie Walker Drew, Jacksonville;
L Davis, Sterling, Savannah.
Passed throuhg Hell Gate 18th. sehs Eagle, RobiR
son, Hoboken tor Boston; Nary Shields. Watts Port
johnson for Augusta; Starlight, Blatchford. NYork
for Machias.
Sid Is brig Keystone for Havana.
NEW LONDON-Ar 14th, sch Para, Chase, New
York for Boston.
NEWPORI-Sld 18th. sch j P Wallace, Woodbu-
ry, Urom Fall River for Bristol, Me.
Sid 10Th, schs Mahaska, Blake, and Fanny Elder,
Clement, Tor New York.
In port 10th, sch Alligator. 90 on the railway for
repairs.
BOSTON-Ar 10th, schs Lizzie Wilson, Wilson.
Alexandria; John Proctor, Doane, Baltimore; Orion,
Smith, ROndout.
Below. sch l. Eaton.
Cid 18th, schs Ann Eliza, Clark for TgnisE, PEI
Vineyard, Rosebrook Windsor, Ms.
Ar 18th, barque Lizzie, Carney. MatanZas; schs
w Lewis, Hopper, Darien; D Hart, Burgess, from
Philadelphia; Ospray King, Philadelphia NJ Sew
all, Haskell, New Haven Emeline, Grant, Els
worth.
Cid 18th, sch S James. (Br) Bissett, tor Port
| land.
SALEM-Ar 10th. schs Ceres Alley, Ellsworth /;
Otfanto, Hammond, Bangor for Yarmouth, Mass;
Convoy, JONES' Eoston for Calais.
| NEWBURYPORT-Ar 10th. schs Maggie Todd
| New York.
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MARRIED..

In this city, Sept. IS, by Rev. Geo. W. BickneD
VIM. E. Follett and Miss Nora A. Edds both of Port
land.
In Bidieford sept. II, John W. Arnold of Bruns-
wick, Ga and Florence A. Getchell OF Biddeford.
In Augusta Sept. Ia, Joseph Clark OF Boston and
Miss Florence M. ribbetts of Augusta
In Montvle, Sept. 2. Charles Palmer of Winslow
and Miss Ellen E. Mehuren of Montvie.
In Phillips. Sept II, Raymond q. Ross of Phillips
aud Miss Xarissa Kicker of Avon.
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MARINE n EWS.
P9RT OF PORTLAND

Friday, Sept. ~.
Steamer City of Portland, Pike, Boston for East
port and st John. NIB.
Sch Isis Bullock. Boston for Bangor.
Sch st Leon, Perkins, Boston for Penobscot.
Sch Brilliant. Farnum. Boston for Bangor.
Sch Forest Queen. Wallace. Bath.
Sch Utica Thorndike Rockland-lime to B
Morse 81 Co.
Sch Independence, Merrill. Bristol.
sen NJ Torrey, Torrey, cruise-l20 bbls mackerel
Sch Goldsmith Maid. Squirting. cruise,--300 bbls.
Sch Walton, Corbett, of and from Richmond, Me,
for Wilmington, NC. Reports, while entering the
harbor Thu sday evening. split mainsail and anchor
ed Oft Portland Light. Friday morning. parted one
chain, and the other had to be slipped to save the
ance, but none reaching her, she the flats
near the dry dock, and from thence taken by
tug and placed alongside the wharf.
CLEARED.
Barque Ocean Pearl, Henley, Matanzas - Isaac
Emery.
Sch Grace Gushing, Hamilton New York-Orlando
Nickerson.
Sch Bonetta, (Br) Clark, CORVALLIS, Ms - John
Porteous.
Sch Nonparell. Simmons. Buehill-master.
LAUNcH-The new ship Alice Cooper, which is
to be launched at high water to-day, from Randall's
yard at Cape Elizabeth, registers 400 tons and is to
be commanded by Capt Humphrey OF Yarmouth.
She is owned by the builder, the master and others,
aud goes to Bath to load deals for Liverpool.
MEMORANDA.
Sch Sea Lark Pike, at Lubec from Boston, reports
having been struck By squat when Oft Mt Desert,
and lost foresail, split jb, and had deck washed.
Sch EVA L. Leonard, Mcintyre. from Mobile for
New York, with lumber, which put into Key West
feet in her hold also, lost foresai and jb in
hurricane 18th.
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2nta31AtiOn.

A great amount of suffering may be prevented
by the use of DR.. Morses Medicated limitations
minutes. 1t is sure preventive of Diphtheritis
disease which has caused so much anguish and be-
reavement 1t renders breathing easy 1t arrests
the progress OF disease in the lungs, removes tuber
ces by absorption, proongs lite and keeps the pa
tient comfortable in hopeless cases. and effects cures
in durable cases. G. MORSE, NJ. D.,
au7SndSSw3m 70 Free St., Portland Me.
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Schlotterbecks Moth and Freckle Lotion.
ssEs. BsCMNELL's SYRUP,

GB-Sold by all Druggists for the cure of Bowel or
Summer Complaints, Dysentery, Diarrhea, Cholera
Morbus, Collie, &c lis purely vegetable, without
particle of cptcte, highly aromatic powerful tonic,
pleasant to the taste, and guaranteed to give imme
date relief. Prepared only by EDWARD SUTTON, of
Providence, r. 1. jy23sn3m
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NEW YORK.

Meeting ofthe Creditors of Lee, Shepard
& Dillingham;.
New YORK, Sept. II The creditors of Lee,
Sheyard & Dillingham; had meeting to day.
A statement wa submitted showing their liza
bities to be 1885,. S.55 and their assets 1903,
0l1.82, including the stock on hand, wnich is
put at $58, 428 80, and 1914 092. 81 of accounts
supposed to be good The statement was re-
ferred to the committee.
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European Markets.

LONDON, September 17-I2. 80 p M-Ameriean &C.
urties-United States $50 bonds, 1866 old, 1864
United States do 1867, 1913; U. S. 1o4gs io5 Erie
Railway 17s; do pref 81 1.30 p. M Erie, 175,
3 P. M.-The amount of bullion withdrawn from
the Bank of England on balance to-day was $4,000
pounds.
LIVERPOOL, September 17-12.30 P. M.-Cotton
is queter; Middhng upla nds at 15-16d; do Orleans
at 516d sales 10000 bales, including 1000 for spec
uaton and export; sales of the week 81 900 bales OF
which II 900 we're for export and 5000 for speculation
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Portland Wholesale Markets.

FRIDAY, September 1.-THE general market is
unchanged. Sugars are firm at 1t4c for graduated
and 1Osc for Coffee. The flour market is still firm
with no change in prices. The reports in regard to
damaged wheat in the West are SO different that it
is impossible to tell the exact state of affairs.
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A CARD.


would respectfully announce that owing to having
my entire time occupied in perfecting and keeping
IN order my extensive arrangements for supplying
Salt water for Street Sprinkling purposes, L have
been unable to obtain any subscrition whatever and
II the work is satisfactorily done, shall depend
flied thereby pay the same as they did last season
Those who are dissatisfied with the work or who do
not intend to contribute the usual price, will please
netify me at once that the services may be dscon-
tinned wonld further announce, that it has been
customary to make two collections. This long and
tedious job, shall eDdeavor to avoid. and shall ask
all who pay 80 or less, to pay it when called upon
after the middle OF the season. 1t must be born in
mind that the work is CARED on at an expense of
Slo 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 If
would further ask little indulgence, should any
accident happen to the machinery causing delay
hence little DUST w. fl. HALL,
Ju7Stfsp 67 Pearl Street.
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Bost0n stock List.
at the Brokers' Board, Sept. II.

[Sales at the Brokers' Board Sept. II.
Boston & Maine Railroad. 1121
ia Eastern Railroad. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. So
Second Call
"a Eastern Railroad. 3sA
40 Boston q Maine Railroad. .ss.............112