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The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06
The Egncr Murder Trial.

The proceedings in the Egner murder
trial this morning were resumed at the
usual hour, with the usual large number
olspectators, and accompanied with bet
ter success than yesterday, as the re.
mainder OF the jurors has been obtained.
The jurors to be examined for accept
ance were again called up from the by
ISLANDERS and in the examination OF
the second one, farmer from Anderson
township, named Daniel Butler, the
necessarily qualifications of competent
juror We're found, and he was accord
ingly sworn in. In the next batch
called up, |. I'll. Hart, printer,
from Millcreek township, was obtained
as n juror.
After the examination of four or five
others an additional juror, residing in
this city, at the corner of Fifteenth and
Vine streets, named Robert Elwert, was
accepted.
Some few minutes after the usual time
for the adjournment OF Court had arrived,
Mr.. l.. d. Bunch, from the city, was
found to be eligible, and accordingly
sworn in. The last juror, after some
time, was finally obtained in the person
Of /. b. Virgins, farmer from Symmes
township.
The whole jury was thereupon brought
into Court, sworn in as the jury, given
the necessary instructions by the Judge,
and discharged until Monday MORN
ing at 10 O'clock. In the case OF
the juryman named William .Cluthe,
a physician, who yesterday
asked to be excused on account OF not
being able to attend to his professional
duties ii the jury would be obliged 70
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06
LAST EDITION.
By TEL EGRAPH.

LONDON, March 6.-Archbishop Man.
ping has been offered Cardinalship by
The Pope.
BURLINGTON, N. j., March 6.-The
Standing Committee OF this diocese has
given its consent to the consecration OF
Bishop Jaggar.
COLUMBUS, o., March Civilian Nc
Donald, at one time very wealthy mer-
chant of this city, was found dead in the
canal this morning.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 6.AForty-n Inc
leading mercantile firms of this city have
telegraphed the California Senators re-
uuesting them to support the Hawaiian
Treaty.
JoHNsrowN, N. Y. March s. The
baukjng house of Hayes ~ Wells was
burned early. this morning. EDWARD
,Yost, watchman, was burned to death in
the flames. ~ 80, .- r.
p. OMAHA, March 8.--General Ord has re-
ce,yed intelligence that the miners in
Black Hills are suffering for food. Ar
expedition will be sent out from Fort
Russel TOR their reliei and to bring them
put of the Hills.
SIOUX CITY, March 6.-The citizens
last night organized the Sioux City and
Black Hills Transportation Company,
with capital Of 100000, the object be-
Ing to transport men and merchandise
to the Black Hills.
BURLINGTON, VI, March GA. J
Crane, Internal Revenue Collector
,harged with embezzlement, has been
sentenced to eighteen months imprison
ment. The case Of Jewet, his deputy, or
same charge, has not yet been con
sluded.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06

The regular monthly meeting of the
Principals Association was held at Nor.
mai Hall this morning, President Sher-
wood in the chair and Secretary Burnett
at his post. HH~A
After the reading Of the minutes of the
last meeting, MIR. Wollard moved that Il
committee Of three be appointed to gath.
er information concerning the results OF
the comparison of the school work eXhib.
tied at the Vienna Exposition. Carried.
The Chair then appointed Messrs. w OIL
lard, Doerner and Burnett as such Com
mittee. i
On motion OF Mr. Boyd the Committee
on Reading was requested to report Oh
the subject referred to them at the De
cember meeting. The Committee on
School management were instructed to
report at the next meeting.
1t was resolved OH motion of Mr.. Royse
to introduce the course of drawing, in
use in the lower grades of the schools,
into all grades.
+ Messrs. DOerner, Pru,chard ana Rasch-
ig, were appointed to examine and re-
port as to what changes should be made
IN the studies OF German-English pu pills.
After some discussion as to whether
"Technical GRAMMAR should be omitted
from the course of study, the subject
was made The special order for the next
meeting, and the Association adjourned.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06
Marriage Licenses.

The following marriage licenses we're
issued since our last reports:
Peter G. Posey and Ellen F. Porter,
VIM. Wartz and Lizzie Warder, A. +.
Peck and Carrie Griffin, Solomon Levy
and Anna Bloom, L. l.. Burnett and Jes-
Sc ANYWAY, Il. Solomon and Mary Sny-
der, John ID. Brown and Patience Z.
Warts, &. Kothenberg and Rachel Ham.
berger, Henry Muthert anu Lizzie
Brown, VIM. j. Corcoran and Lucretia
johns, VIM. Erkenbrecher and Emma
Moegling, Philip Sinner and Margaret
Schmidt, Barney Steppel and Mary
Bateman, c. l.. Bowman and Ada l..
Voorhees,, z. Il. Fortney and Mary A..
Wilson, Milton Safer and Clara Dunning,
Frederick Egry and Caroline l.. Belser,
Frank Harper ana Susan Brink, Ezekiel
Waters and, Mary j. Burrows, Lewis
Wagner and Katie Sopf, S. q. Enrich
and Katie Linderman, Nj. Kesterley and
Angeline Gaines, JOHN Kinzelman and
Pauline Shuithus,ss John Webtef and
Jennie Willis, Richard Evens and Cath
crime Jones, Charles I. Hull and Eliza
beth Chase, Myer Jacobi and Henrietta
Rosenteld, Fred. w. Biehl ana Clara
Cronimus, Wm. III. Demaree and Laura
Christopher, Vim. Wiespape and Emma
NOlCe, Ii. "A. hunlWdn anu LOulsc Iiche,
Henry Horn and Elizabeth Marsh,
Louis Davis and Hanna Slonlan, George
Steinbeck and Mary Waesal, Geo. Keiser
and Lena Dehl, Geo. W. Coleman and
Lizzie Nathan, John Yuk and Rose Sese-
rhingcr, Myron G. Wick and Susie L.
Winchell, G.. +. Stutzman, ,jr. and Carrie
l.. Sohn, julius Katz and Magdalena
Kromen, VIM. Millernas and Mary Waval,
Clark Chandler and Belle Keyfel, David
5eileld and Lizzie Boheim, Henry A.
Murphy and Matte Allowat, John A.
Purgdom and Isabella FulleE
Il. j. GETTIER. NJ. l.. Clerk.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06
pILIIE CONRT.


Drunk and Disorderly-Susan Holt, thirty
days and i25: Jas. CordemaD, dismIssel; Mary
Lee, Mary Johnson and Ann aackey, thirty
days and S25 EACH
Miscellaneous-Wm Hood, libel, under con-
sheraton; John Larkin. street begging dis
missed; VIM. Eiseman and Aug. Weisselman,
lettering, So and costs, each: James Mullan
and Benz. Betscheidcr, loIterng, dismissed;
Charles Herman, abusing family, dismissed;
George william, abusing family, thirty days;
George Williams, threatening violence, dis
missed; Aug. Wishman. petit larceny, con-
tinued to March Sth; james Grant,
fugitive from Justice, continued to March
1bth; Mike Fischer and Chas. Taylor,
vagrancy, thirty days each; John Romans.
malicious destruction of property, IS ard costs
square ordinance, continued to March 11th;
Thomas Averitt. petit larceny, thirty Gays;
Lewis Fagin, horse stealing, continued to
March 10Th; Minnie Lee, vagrancy, ten days.
Assault and Battery-Gcorge Armstrong, $50
al costa.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06
The kSnLk.

New YORK, March 6.-Weston con-
tinues his walk at the Hipp0dronIe.
Mullen retired from the contest last
night, and another competitor, Cerile,
was substituted. Weston is still bright
and fresh, and will make better show
ing this time than at any previous trial.
SeItumaher Gone-4en Days Session OF
Senate.
NEW YORK, March 6.-The Sun says a
private Washington dispatch says the
nticers having papers to serve on Hon. j.
u. Schumacher in connection with the
Pacific Mail subsidy found Schumacher
have been for a year past.
A Washington special says the Senate
will not be called upon, so far as is now
toreseen, to act on any important mat
ters, and Senators generally talk Of get
Ting away in ten days or two weeks.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06
Mem YOrL: Market.

NEW YORK, March G.-Flour quiet and in
moderate demand: superfne State and West
ern, "a 25(g4 15; common to good, "a SOtG4 ~;
good to choice, "a 95(G5 80; white wheat West
ern extra, IS 3Ug6; ST. Louis, 81 S5gs. Kyn
flour quiet ana steady at $4(g5 ~. C0rn-meA
unchanged.
Wheat less active. No. spring, 81 1901 lss
No. 3 do, 81 05011 0S: No. ? Chicago. 81 Uy.@
Northwest, 81 lUtGl ~; ungraded Minnesota
spring, 81 05(Di IS; winter red W estern, 81 22(0
| rs; amber Western, 81 26tQ1 27: whito
Western, 81 25g1 a. Rye quiet at e4gS5G.
Barley in fair demand: Canada West, 81 S5D
~. Malt quiet and heavy. Corn scarcely 50
firm: mixed Western, S3ae4c; yellow do,
Ah@S5c. Oats unchanged. Hay unchanged.
Whisky firmer at ~ ~.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06

remain at night. The Court decided
that bo would have to serve.
Since Monday two hundred and thirty
one .-bystanders and thirty-siX jurors
summoned on the original venire, making
altogether 26o persons have been exam
ined.
Out of these about twenty have been
peremptorily challenged and 240 excused.
The following are the names of the jury
sworn in:
d. Dickinson. II. J. Smith, VIM. Cluthe,
Fl. Bernard, Jno. Ropp, Samuel Merrill,
w. Durham, Daniel Butler, L. II. Hart,
Robert Elwert, L. d. Bunch, and Il. B.
Virgins. OF these six reside in the city
and the remaining in adjoining town.
ships.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06
IhTOu0h to the Rt0ck Hills,

CHICAGO, March Ga combination has
been formed between the Illinois Central
Northwestern and Dakota Southern Rail
souds, to carry travellers into the Black
Hills when the Missouri river opens
They will take passengers to Iankton
by rail, whence they Will go by river to
tie mouth OF White river or to Old Fort
Pierre, from each Of which places there
is good wagon-road to the Hills, u dist.
Rnce of 1G0 miles. .4t
, The entire trip from Chicago will re-
luire about one week. Mr.. Wicken, OF
/. the Dakota Southern, is satisfied that
The reports from the Hills are authentic.
The leading men of Yaukton and Sioux
City vouch tor the character of the men
making them.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06
Louisville Market,

LOUISVILLE, March 6.-Cotton quiet: sales
al 15Ac.
Flour and wheat quiet and unchanged. Corn
steady at k6S(GTUc. Oats hrmer at 63G85c. kyo
quiet and unchanged at 81 III. 5
Hay quiet and unchanged.
Provisions quiet but strong. Pork, $2O Bulk
meats: shoulders, &c; clear rib, IOc; cleaE.
10xc. Bacon: shoulders, 9GShc; clear rib.
11Kc; clear, l1H@1l%c. Sugar-cured hama,
13c. Lard: PRIME steam, 14c; tierce. 1870
l4Mc.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06
CINCINNATI DAILY MARKET.
March. 6-.sp

CINCINNATI. March <6--2P. M.
FLOUR-There has been no. impr oyemen
in the market. There is.only a fair oonscmp-
tive demand, with no material change in
prices. We quoteilow grades, at s3 25(g8 rs;
supertine, 80 900G4 Is; extra, 81 70(g4 90; fam
ily. "a 95tG5 ~ per bri. Spring wheat -four ls
worth "a 750g5 % per brl. Rye nonr is steady
at $5 5OtU5 70. Buckwheat Hour is selling at
s. SOFAS 90 per bri and quier.
WHEAT-There is quiet and steady mar
kek Red is in moderate demand at u 67!Gl ~
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06
st. louis Market.

ST. LOUIS. March &C Cotton steady and un-
changed.
Flour in good demand at full prices for lower
grades Wheat dull: No. red winter, 81 0sSt0
CG, cash; 81 OSA(Gl 0Sl,, April; 81 10l., MAys
No. do, 81 U2Js(Gl O3, closing at inside igures,
cash. Corn less active and unchanged: No. 3
mixed, 641S@lt5c. cash; 665sc, April. Oats un-
settled: No. 2, 56h(g.6Ac. Barley and rye ua-
changed, and little dong.
Whisky active at II ~.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06

MEMPHIS. March 6.-Flour in fair demand
and firm at "a Is. Corn-meal Is held at 10 IS.
Corn dull and unsettled at 62g83c. Oats dad
and dropping at 7WgI1c. Hay frmer: One
River, $2l(@M Bran lower: $26 20.
Eggs easy at 2Jc. Butter finn at 20Dsse.
Lard quiet.
Bulk meats: demand light and holders firm
at T15G7k@lOxlDlUtc
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06
Toledo Market.

TOLEDO. March 6-Flour in fair demand ans
firm. Wheat in fair demand and advanced.
No. 2 white W abash, VI Is; NO. white Michi-
gan, 81 III; amber michigan held at II 09. with
81 0SH offered; April, 81 10; May, 81 IA; No. .
red, 81 8X; No. 2 amber illinois, 81 vs,s. Cora
dull but unchanged. Oats dull and shade
lower.
Clover-seed, So 40; mammoth, So 50.
Dressed hogs, $S 3 for heavy
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06

BUFFALO, N. Y, March b.-Wheat fairly ac-
tiye:. sales OF 600 bush No. 2 Wisconsin aS
II 60, 2,4OO bush Shcboygan at 81 05. Corn: new
is scarce; sales Of one car No. = ON track ut s8c
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06

CLEVELAND. March 6.-Wheat nuiet and na-
changed. Corn steady and unchanged. Oass
steady, firmer and unchanged.
Petroleum firm: standard white, car lots,
1lXc: Ohio State test. l2kc; small lots. i9as
higher.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06
FINANCIAL,

Gold opened to-day at lis; fell to 1147S, and
at go r. NJ. stood at lis.
Eastern exchange remains about as last re-
ported. Rates are unchanged:
Buying. Selling.
n. Y. Exhange..... 1-2O dis. 1-2O prem.
Philadelphia EX'ge.. 1-20 dis. 1-20 prem.
Boston EXcnangc.. 1-20 dis. Len prem.
Baltimore Ex re. / 1-20g 10 dis. 1-2Od1- 10 prem.
Government bonds are firm, but the market is
quiet with moderate demand, fair offerings
and limited sales. Bids are made generally 4
above Yesterdays. rates, excepting SIS and
62's, which appear lItaI4 Off The following are
the New YORK rates at ~ p. M. day:
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06
The Sick ,Jst, or.

BROOKLYN, March G.-Wm. T. Jeffery,
the sick juror in the B.. echer case, has re-
covered, and will be able to appear in his
seat ON Monday. His illness was bill
lious attack, caused by the bad air of
The Courtroom.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06
Detroit Market.

DETROIT, March 6.-Flour quiet and un-
changed at s5(g5 90. Wheat IN far demand aud
firm: extra, 81 ID; No. l, 81 l0h; amber, VI 6.
Corn quiet and unchanged at 69ac. Oats quipt
and unchanged at 5Sa59Jsc.
Cloyer-see1 is neglected ana held at IS 3u3
2n
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06
Os,re0o. Market.

oswEG8, March 6.-Wheat dull: No. MI
wankee, 81 IT. Corn quiet at So Barley duh
and no sales; prime Canada n0mfnally u ~
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06
PittsLuro Market,


PiTTsBURG, Mar'eh6.-Wheat autt and prices
unchanged Corn: ear, SSd77c; vlelled. ToQD
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06
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The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06

NOR MEMPHIS, VIUKsBURG and NEW
IL ORLEANS.-Leaves w WEDNES- NJ -
DAY, 10th, at z. NJ, positively, l6s4st5$a
the large and elegant passenger
steamer
NICK LONGWORTH,
B. NJ. MIRRIELEEs, Master, j. ii. MULLEN,
Clerk. For freight or passage apply on board.
or to ROlSE Il MUSSEI, Merchants EK-
change and office No. ~ W. Fourth st. ma6-6
NOTICE.-Arwida Lee, plaintiff VS.. Henry
IN Lee, defendant.-Statc of Ohio. Hamilton
county Court OF Common Pleas.-Henry Lee,
whose place of residence is to the plaintiff un-
known, will take notice that the plaintiff ab0ro
named did, on the 4th day of March, 1875, fls
her petition in the ofics of the Clerk OF the
Court OF Common Pleas of Hamilton County,
Ohio, case Nc. 45,75s, charging aid Henry Lee
with Q) three years. w.llful absence from said
plaintlff, and la) gross neglect Of duty towards
said plaintiff for three years. and asking thas
she may be divorced from said defendant, and
for other relief, which petition will stand for
hearing on or after six weeks from the data
hereof. AhWlLDA LEE, by
TEMPLE & TEMPLE, her Attorneys
March 7th, 1875. ma6-6tS
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06

WANTED-dERMANG GIRL-A good cook
w and laundress. Apply at No. Is Auburn
avenue, Mt. Auburn, o No. Ill Sycamore st.
l1ttl
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06

EAST LIBERTY, March e.-nogs: receipts
light; shipments, 6 car loads. Selling 81 20 q
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06
Cincinnati Live Stock Market.
CINCINNATI. March6- z. nj.
The following are the receipts and shipments
of live stock for the past "a hours:

BEEF CATTLE-The market Is quiet and
without any change. Total range for common
to good butchers Ss 0Ut@6 % per GENITAL gross.
HOGS-The market is quiet and t1rn. No
good or choice grades offering; common are
quoted at S6(0i rs; ana medium to fair S7(J7 70
per Genital gross.
SHEEf-There has been no change and the
market is quiet and steady at 81 6016 80 per
GENITAL gross for fair to choice.
The following are the receipts and shipments
of live stock In this market Tor the week end
ing to day: -.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-03-06
Peoria Market.
East Linertn Marker.

PEORIA; March Corn, 81 &c. Oats: whit
5GXc; mixed, b4kc. Rye, 81 0X.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-08-06
NATHANIEL WALKER.
EDw. p. BANKS.
LEONARD G. JORDAN.

A NEW BoLER.-Quinn & Co. are making a
new boiler for the steamer John Brooks, which
when completed, will be the largest boiler ever
made in the state. Mr. John Dowd, the gen.
tlemanly and efficient foreman, showed and
explained to us a plan of the boiler. 1t is to
be built in the shape of a gunboat boiler, is to
be 16 feet wide, IA feet long, and IA feet inch
es high There are to be four furnaces, each 40
inches wide and feet inches long. The
chimney is to be 9 feet in diameter on the out
side and feet high. In it there are to be 21S
4-inch tubes, twelve feet inches in length.
There are also to be four separate back connec-
tons q inches wide by 4Oa inches. The arches
from the furnace to the back connections will
be feet long. The steam spaces in the steam
chimney are to be "a inches, and are to be stay
ed with bolts one inch in diameter. The water
spaces between the furnaces will be 81 and
inches, and are to be stayed with socket bolts,
not more than inches apart There are now
35 men at work upon it. 1t will probably be
finished next November, and will weigh forty.
seven tons.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-08-06

RECoLLEcTIoNs OF NOTED PEoPLE.-A cor
respondent of the Boston Courier, writing from
Brunswick, gives some interesting gossip con-
corning the early hours of two wel-known
literary characters. mot far from the hotel,
and opposite the college green is the old home
Of Longfellow, now the residence of President
Chamberlain. Here the poet came with his
young wife Immediately after his first mar
riage: here he wrote many of those sweet ear
ly poems, and the room where he wrote them
is entirely unchanged since the days when the
shadows of the ftful fire-light' dancing upon
its walls aroused his dreamy fancies 1t is
square, low-ceiled room, with high, wooden
mantel.piece, and deep fireplace, and few
weeks ago he sat once more within its we'll
remembered walls himself, and looked from
the windows where he used to watch the lamps
of the village CLEAN through the rain and the
msS,' with mostened eyes. A few steps be-
You'd is the house where Mrs. Stowe wrote
Uncle Toms Cabin Sometimes when the
children were too noisy to be endured, they say,
land there was such brood of them under the
roof of that little brown cottage), she retired to
one of the college buildings, and in the quiet
of an upper room, wove the chain of her won
derful story link by link
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-08-06
supreme judicial Court.

JULY LAW TERM.
The following decisions were announced by the
court before adjournment Wednesday:
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Sarah A. Knowlton, pet'r for leave to enter appeal
from decree Of Judge Of Probate Abby S. Forsett,
ex'x. Dismissed from the docket.
Stubs. Belcher.
Howes VS.. Tolman. Judgment for plaintiff for full
amount claimed with interest
Belcher. Goodenow.
Judgment for plaintiff for $9s.24 and interest from
date of writ.
S, Belcher. H. Belcher-Knowlton.
Whitoomb. Storer-Piilsbury.
Richards VS.. Town of Pennington. Dismissed
from law docket.
s. C. Belcber, Whitcomb-H. Belcher.
Davis vs.. Same. Same decision.
State VS.. Daniel Burnham. Exceptions overruled.
County Atty. WhltcomD.
lions oyerruled.
County Atty. Whitcomb.
Winter VS. Reed. Motion to set aside verdict over
ruled.
Pillsbury. s. c. Belcher.
Day VS.. Lane Exceptions overruled.
Dyer. Whitcomb.
Hunter ex'r VS.. Lowell. Exceptions 9yerruled;
S. G. Belcher. Whitcomb.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Wormell VS.. Yates. Dismissed from law docket.
Pingree VS.. Chapman. Case to stand for trial for
alleged trespass on land not covered by the levy.
Gibson. Perry.
Farwell VS.. At. g. st. Lawrence Railroad. Excep-
lions of plaintiff sustained.
Angelina F. Andrews VS.. A. G. Pearson. Judg-
ment for plaintiff Damages to be assessed by APP
praiser to be appointed at nisi prus agreed in
port.
Black. Andrews.
Estes VS.. At. & St. Lawrence Railroad Company.
Motion and exceptions of defendant overruled.
HammOpS, RandS.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-08-06
RuSinaSS Notes.

The Journal says that the Auburn shipments
of,shoes during the past week have been 1861
cases, and the receipts OF leather 76,074 pounds.
The shipments during the previous week were
1865 cases, and the receipts of leather 1903, 633
pounds. One year ago for the week ending
Aug. 5, the shipments were 1896 cases. and
the receipts of leather 81 $40 pounds.
A new national bank. called the Merchants
National Bank, has been organized at Water
vile with capital of 100000. The directors
are John Ware, George G. Getchell, Charles
M. Darrell of Watervile, G. c. Cornish Of
Winslow, Gideon Wells of Clinton, DIR. j
G. Manson of Pittsfield and John Ware, Jr, of
Athens. Hon. John Ware, President; Geo. Fl.
Ware, Cashier. The President of the bank
took $4,000 of the capital stock.
The Belfast Age says that the new ship A
S Davis was launched Thursday evening, last
week. She is splendid ship of 1400 tons and
will be commanded by Capt. Ford of Searsporf
She sails for St. John, N. B., next week, where
a charter to load with deals for Europe awaits
her
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-08-06

THAT RUssIAN.-The Russian who spends
his summers at Old Orchard and who lives on
sea-weed, has just made his annual appear
ance in the papers. This eccentric gentleman
was first introduced to the public in 1872 by
Mr.. Francis J. Goodwin, brilliant and ver-
satle journalist, at that time city editor of the
Biddeford Times. The Russian "took i'm
mensely," and nearly every paper in the coun.
try copied, mostly without giving credit, Mr..
Goodwin's entertaining description. The con-
sumner of sea-weed became general favorite
with Old Orchard correspondents, and has sup
piled them with a standing item. Regularly
as August comes round the Russian makes his
appearance in the papers, Commonly the cor
respondents assume that they have made new
discovery, and parade the gutinlovng Tartar
as recent addition to the curiosties of Old
Orchard.
This season Mr.. Goodwin has charge of the
Maine summer correspondence of the Boston
Herald. His hand has not lost its cunning,
and his letters are as spicy and entertaining as