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CITY ADVERTISEMENTS
TAXES FOR 1876.
City of Portland,

TREAsURER's OFFICE
September !, 1876. J
NOTICE is hereby given that the tax lists for the
~ year 1876 have been committed to me with a
warrant for the collection of the same. In accord
ance with an ordinance of the city, a
will be allowed on all taxes paid within sixty days
from the date of the commitment thereof
H. W. HERSEY,
sep2d2w Treasurer and Collector.
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Lot for Sal,

N Evergreen Cemetery-NO 119, Section
B. Apply to SUPEK1NTENDsN MT,
at the Cemetery. aug29dlw
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FOR GOVERNOR,
SELDEN CONNOR.

For Presidential Electors.
at Large.-WILIAM W. THOMAS,
NATHAN A. FARWELL.
First District-SYLVESTEk LITTLEFIELD,
Second '' L WARREN MERRILL,
Third GO BENJAMIN METCALF.
Fourth g j. W. POR Err.
Fifth q" SETH L. MILLIKEN.
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will speak at
GoRHAM CORNER, Wednesday evening" Sept 6.
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HON. w. r. FRYE,
HON. MIR. WILLIAMS, of Michigan

FRYEBURG VILLAGE, Thursday, Sept. Z, at2 p. m
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WANTS..
Wanted.

PY young man who is not afraid of work situ-
ID alton in a store, can do most any kind of work.
and don't expect big pay. Address A. B., Press
Office. sep1d3t*
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BOOk.K eeDing.

CITUATION wanted by book keeper to take
- charge of a set of books. Will refer to present
employer. Address BOOK-kEEPER,
aug30d2w* T. 0. Box 1715.
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To Let.

1.-TWO frst-class Tenements to let in Fremont
Il Place, opposite Park Inquire of E. PONCE.
corner Middle and Exchange St, or JOHN c. PROC
TER, 25 Exchange st. ju24tf
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CHARLES H. TREAT, Esq, of Bath,
will speak at
CAPE ELIZABETH Town HOUSE, Monday, Sept a.,
p. m.
GREAT FALLS, GoRHAM, Tuesday, Sept. 5, p. m.
FREEPoRT, Wednesday, Sept. G, att p. m.
CAsCo VILLAGE, Thursday evening, Sept.7.
RAYMOND Town HOUSE, Friday, Sept. 8, 2 p. m.
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HON. w. H. VINTON,
will speak as follows:
SEBAGo, Monday, Sept 4, 4,7p.m.
BoLsTER's MILLS, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2p. m.
WEBB's MILLS, Tuesday. Sept. g., ,7p.m.
STEEP FALLS, Wednesday, Sept. 6, Bpm.
UPPER GLOUCESTER, Thursday. Sept. 7, at p. m.
GRAY CORNER. Friday, Sept. 8, Bpm.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-10

THE Work OF THE YoUEG MEN,
"The fathers" were not old men. The
average age of the signers Of the Declar'
atone on the Fourth of July, l776, scarce
ly reached forty.iivc years,-John Han
cock, the president, was butS9 years old
The six oldest representatives were Ben
jamin franklin, aged 70; Stephen Hop
kins, aged 60; Francis Lewis, aged o.
james Smith, aged GS; Matthew Thornton,
aged CO, and George Taylor, aged OF,
The seven youngest were Thomas Lynch,
IT,, Of South Caralina, aged q; Edward
Rutledge, OF South Carolina, aged q;
Thomas Hayward, Of South Carolina,
aged 30; Arthur Middleton, OF South
Carolina, agad 80; Thomas Jefferson, Of
Virginia, aged SO, Elbridge Gerry, Of
Massachusetts,, aged 50; Benjamin Rush,
of Pennsylvania, aged 81. The difference
Of age between Franklin, the oldest mem.
her, and Lynch, the youngest, was forty.
three years. Youth, middle, and old age
were fairly Represented; so were nation,
alities, Two members were born in
England, two In Ireland, two in Scotland,
one in Wales, and the rest In the colonies.
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Territories remaining to be organize
A 5000, 900 HoteI--What DIR.
Pierce IN Dolng.-An Important
EnterDrfge,

We learn that DR.. R. V. Pierce, pro.
prietor Of the "Worlds Dispensary," in
this city, has perfected the purchase Of a
large lot Of land, on which he proposes 10
erect a large hotel for the accommodation
Of his numerous patients, coming hither
frsm pll points Of the compass. The land
purchased by the enterprising Doctor is
234 feet front on Prospect Avenue, run.
ming through to Fargo Avenue, 339 feet
also an adjoining lot extending from the
laboye TO Connecticut street. It is in the
midst Of our extensive system OF public
parks, fronts the old and beautiful Pros.
pect Park, Is but short distance from
the "Circle" in one direction, and the
"Lake Front in the other. The site Sc
lected Is fne one, being both beautiful
and healthful; Is one Of the highest por-
tions Of our city, easily accessible yet
sufficiently retired 10 secure quiet, and
commands a pleasant view oil the lake
and river, as we'll as Of the surrounding
city and country. We understand that
il Is the intention Of DR.. Pierce to erect
o hotel at the cost OF at least two humid
red thousand dollars, where those who
come to enjoy the benefit OF his treatment
may find all desired accommodations
under one roof, instead Of being scattered
over the city, as at present. We are
further given TO understand that our
architects will DO invited 10 submit plans
for the proposed structure without delay.
-BufdLO Express.
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THErecent resignation Of the bishopric
OF Montreal by Bishop Bourget turns out
to be an event OF no small political i'm.
porlance to Canada. Bourget was fierce
ultramontane, the prosecutor Of poor
Guibord's bones, and the promulgator OF
u "program" addressed to the parish
priests, in which they were exhorted to
attend strictly to the political consciences
Of their llocks, and make II hot for the
liberals. So violent an outbreak Of in
fallibility produced great sensation
among Catholics and PrOtestants, and it
is believed that an appeal was taken to
Rome. At all events, Bourget suddenly
resigned, and Archbishop Taschereau Of
Quebec almost simultaneously issued a
new letter. to the priesthood, declaring
that the church can "haye no message 10
the electors, except that they shall obey
the laws, and seek as their representa-
'tiyes the best men whom they possibly
can secure, without believing that these
must necessarily be all found either on
this side or that Of the dividing political
line" This got into the papers with IN.
expected promptitude, and the liberals
accept 1t as an assurance that the Romish
church is not going back to the inquisi-
ton.
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wHITEwAsH.
Tom Sawyer's Discovery In IIu.
man Nature. .

I
Tom Sawyer's Discovery In IIu
man Nature.
From Mark TWain's New Book.l s..-
Tom Sawyer, having offended his sol
guardian, Aunt Polly, is, by that sternl!
affectionate dame, punished by being Sc
to whitewash the fence In front Of III,
garden. The world seemed a hollow
mockery, to Tom, who had planned fur
for that day, and who knew he would b
tho laughing.stock Of all the boys as they
came past and saw him set to work lik,
a "niggcr." But great inspiration burs
in upon him, aud he went TRANQUILITY e
work. What that inspiration was will
appear from what follows. One OF tht
boys, Ben Rogers, comes by and pause
eating a particularly fine apple. Ton
does not sec him. Ben stared moment
and then said:- ,,. ...l....
"Hi.yil You're up a stump, ain'I
your
No answer. Tom surveyed his las,
touch with the eye oil an artist, then he
gave another gentle sweep, and surveyed
the result as before. Ben ranged uT
alongside Of him. Toms mouth watered
for the apple, but hc stuck to his work
Ben said:
"Hello, old chap. You've got to work
heyp
ing"
aSay, I'm going in a.swimming, l am
Don't you wish you could But, Of course
you'd druther work, wouldn't youi
Course you would p
Tom contemplated the boy bit and
said =
"What do you call workT'
"Why, amt that workr ..
Tom resumed his whitCwashIng, and
answered carelesslyi-
"Well, maybe il Is, land maybe it ain'L
All ! know Is, itsuis Tom Sawyer"
"Oh, come now, you don't mean 10 lei
on that you like itP
The brush continued 10 move.
wLko Il? Well, ] don't see why /
oughtn't to like Il. Does a boy get q
chance 10 Whlte wash lenCeJ every uay
That put the thing in a new light. Ben
stopped nibbling his apple. Tom swept
his brush daintiiy baclrand forth; stepped
back to note the effect; added touch,
here and there; criticised the effect again,
Ben watching every move, and getting
more and more interested, more and more
absorbed. Presently he said:-
"Say, Tom, let me whitewash a little"
Tom considered; was about to consent,
but he altered his mind.
dNo, no, Ireckon il wouldn't do Ben,
You see, Aunt Polly's awful particular
about this ience-right here on the street,
you know-bnt II Il was the back fence l
wouldn't mind, and she wouldn't. Yes,
she's awful particular about this fence.
It's got to be done very careful. ! reck-
on their amt one boy in a thousand, may
be two thousand, that can do It in 4 way
It's got to be DONE"
"No-is that so2 Oh, come now; lemme
Just try, only Just q little. I'd let you, II
you was me, Tom"
aBen, I'd like to, honest iniun; but
Aunt Polly-Well, Jim wanted to do IT.
but she wouldn't let him. Sid wanted to
10 It. but she wouldn't let Sid. Now,
don't you see how l am fixed? II you
was to tackle this fence, and anything
was to happen 10 IT,
Job, s6uckF I'll be Just as careful.
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Now i lsl nm Tx. .Iyii sAy-lil give you the
"well, here. No, Ben; now don't; I'm
aieardn-
@1,ll give you all otitP
Tom gave up the brush with reluctance
In his lace, but alacrity in his heart,
And while Ben worked and sWeated in
In the sun, The retired artist sat on q bar.
rel in the shade close by, dangling his
legs, munched his apple, and planned the
slaughter Of more innocents. There was.
no lack Of material; boys happened along
every little while; they came to ieeF,
but remained TO whitewash. By the time
Ben was tagged out, Tom had traded the
next chance to Billy Fisher for a kite in
good repair, and when he played out,
Johnny Miller bought in for u dead rat
and string TO swing 1t with; and SO on,
and so on, hour after hour. And when
the middle Of the afternoon came, from
being poverty-stricken boyin the morn
ing, Tom was literally rolling in
wealth. He had, besides the things |
have mentioned, twelve marbles, part
Of a jewsharp, piece Of blue bottle.gla lass
TO look through, spool cannon, key
that wouldn't unlock anything, frag.
mept Of chalk, a glass-stopper Of a decan.
ter, tin soldier, couple Of tadpOles,
six fre-crackers, . kitten with only one
eye, brass door.knob, a dog-collar-but
no dog-the handle Of knife, four pieces
OF orange.peel, and dilapidated old
Window-sash. He had q nice, good, idle
time all the While-plenty Of company
and the fence had three coats Of white.
wash on i'll II he hadn't run out Of
whitewaSh he would have bankruptetl
every boy in the village.
Tom said 10 himself that il was not
such hollow world after all. He had
discovered q great law Of human action
without knowing It, namely, that, in or.
der to make man or boy coyet thing
| IL Is only necessary 10 make the thing
difficult 10 attain, II he had been great
and wise philosopher, like the. writer oil
this book, no would now have. compre'
hended that work consists Of Whatever q
body Is obliged to do, and that play con-
Aists Of Whatever body Is not obliged tC
do. And this would help him 10 under
\ strnd why constructing artificial flowers
or performing on a tread-mill is work
while rolling nine-pins or climbing Mont
Blanc Is only amusement. There are
wealthy gentlemen in England who drive
four.horse passenger coaches twenty oil
thirty miles on daily line in summer
because the privilege costs them consid,
cradle money, but II they were offered
wages for the service, that would turn ii
into work, and they would resign.
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OuR little Indian wars are the most
difficult of all wars 10 deal with, tho red
man being bound by no cole but his own
The Seminole war in Florida lasted some
seven years, ut an appalling cost OF life
and treasure, yet The experience we gained
then appears to have served us but little
since in DIR dealings with the race. To
day We pet and toy with them at Wash
ington; tomorrow army contractors cheat
them; next day it is "wur to the knife
and 40 on. 1t is certainly high time we
had some fixed policy which would lead
TO lcss calamitous results.
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CtTATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, ono COUN.
DTY AND COUNTY COURT.
CIan v. MeNulty, with ". AL
McNulty her husband,
Va
James n. Ewing, Jr., Elizabeth
Richardson, with W. r. Richard
sou her husband, Mary Bigp
with james II. Biggs her hus- In ChAnceTy.
hand, Emma s Peck with VIM,
Peek her husband, James II. EW-
Ing and Kate Ewing, hClrsat law
Of William Ewing, decd, and
Mary Ewing, widow Of the aid
WIN. Ewing, deed.
BY virtue Of the authority vested In the under.
hgnel by decree entered In the above entitled
CauNc, on the day Of June, 1870, 10 the aid
County Court, the undersigned, special C0mmlS-
sonerS will sell at public auction, 10 tho Highest
bidder At tho front door Of the Court House oil Ohio
county, West VlHinla, on
MONDAY. the 2ith day Of July, 1870,
Tho following described real estate, situated on
Wheeling Island, In the city Of Wheeling, Stlts Of
West Virginia, that Is toay: Lots numbered iorty.
three (ISj, lorty.lour 60, and the westerly one
half Of lot number iorty-dVe 49,, 10 that addition
10 tho city Of Wheeling known ~ the addition
10 the city Of WhcellngIlaid out by Henry Moore,
trustee Of tho estate oil EbeneEer Zane deceased,
10 such parcels a Inay best SubserVO the interests
Of the parties.
more AS the bidder may desire % pay; tho ren1ln-
der 10 two noles al nine and eighteen months with
interest from the day Of ale, TO be secured IN tneh
manner rs may be satisfactory TO the Commission
en-. Title 10 leretAIned until the purchase money
ls Rllmid. DANIEL PECK and
JOHN o. PKNDLEToN,
lei9 Special Commissioners.
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THE report Of the auditor Of the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern road shows
a net earning, for the past ak months,
over all expenses, taxes, rents and inter-
est, Of Sl,O25OOO. For the same six
months, last year, the net earning was
only siS,OOO.- The gross earnings have
not been increased much, but the ex-
penscs have been cut down the whole
amount. A 2 per cent dividend is, there
fore, paid, and It looks as though the
Vanderbilt line was thriving on COMPETE
ton. The plant has been well kept up,
5000 tons Of steel rails having been laid,
and $l25,OOO Of bonds paid into the sink
ing fund, all out OF current revenues, in
the same six months.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

Ay2UYoUs EXHAUSTION.-A MEDICAL
IN Essay, comprising series Of lectures deliver
Cd at KAhn's Museum Of Anatomy, New York, on
the cause md cure Of Premature Decline, showing
lndlsputAbly how Lost health may be Teg1lned, al.
fOrIng clear syuoTsisof the impcdlmentS TO mar.
Rage, and tho treatment Of nervous and physical
debility, being the result Of 20 yeaI experience.
Price 81. Address the author, Dr.. l., J. KAHN,
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CONGRESS should not lose day in pass.
ing a law allowing Americans to buy
ships of any and every kind whenever
and wherever they choose to. Hundreds
Of splendid iron steamships can be bought
to-day at d very low figure, and they
ought to be sailing under tho stars and
tifpes.-NatEan Appleton.
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DIED..

DuNNING.-on Sunday, July ., 1876, THOMAS
DusArso, Esl., aged IS years.
FuuOrll to-day at ? O'clock, from hI, late rrsI.
denee, No. Sc Thlrty-thIrd street. Friends Of the
family are invited.
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TUESDAY, August sth, 1876,

TUESDAY, August 9Th, 1875,
Beginning at 10 O'Clock An Of said day, the
western half Of that lot or parcel OF ground lying
and being situated In the addition 10 said city Of
Wheeling laycd out by Michael Gnham, and deslg.
mated on the plat Of aid addition al Lot number
tWenty-one (2I), with any surplus that may be-
long 10 the same, and tho threestory brick DWELL
ing, containing Il rooms, bath room, water closet
and all modern conyenences, erected theron; also
brick stable with hay loft and carriage house: all
tho improvements In drSt-clASs condition. Said
real estate Is situated on the south aide Of Fifteenth
street and. Is comparatively new. Title unexCep-
tlOnAble.
TERMS oP SALE-TWo thousand dollars, part Of
the purchase money, and rs much more As the pur-
chaser may elect 10 Jay In cash on the day Of sale
twelve hundred and forty dolllrs, another part
thereof, on the LIST day Of April, 1871, and credit
Of four ycan from said last named date will DO a-
lowed upon any deferred installnents OF the pir-
chase money; the purchaser giving LIS notes with
approved security for said deferred installmelts,
with interest from the day Of sale the tito TO the
property TO he retained by the trustee until the
purchase money IL fully pald.
jys JAMES p. ROGERS. Trustee.
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The admission Of Colorado makes the
twenty.fiith new state added to the Union
since the war of national independence.
The original family, who united July
4, 177G, TO form nation Of one people
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
NEW OWED ttSG"
HORSE MARKET
General Stock Agency
Ruiz, and Regulations d he wheeling RO,sl
MARKET and Stock Agency.


MARKET and Stock saOneJ.
Ist. All stock sold by this Agency 10 be a rSpre-
panted or money refunded, and the highest bidder
ii. All horses offered for nile and prove not ~
repTesented by The owner, II sold and returned,
Will Be charged with the commission.
"a, A deposit will be required Of all buyer when
the property d Knocked down 70 them.
az, All hoSes Bold d public auction viii b sub
lot 70 trial until O'Clock p n, md II not M repre-
scnted BY the auetloueer arc rcturnAble and the
money VIII 10 refunded. a..
9Th. This Agency will not be responsible ioI
stolen or morigngeL property. The seller VIII y
nm times Be made known to The buyer, and whero
any doubt exists q searching Investigation will b
made and fully represented 70 the purchaser.
9Th. registry ice Of 80 cents viii DO charged lot
ali sIock 70 Be odared for ale through thin agency
An additional fee Of 81 % will b charged Wherc
the properly u 70 b advertised In our regular Cat
IN. A commInion Of IS o0will bO charged on all
sales OF horses under Sl00 and per cent
on all sums over $40; naS On wagons, 6Ggifs1II
b the commission.
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Business Letters ius Nc should DO addressed
Ftes d Campbell" and should In No case DO az.
dressed 70 either individual member oi the Urn "
mama.
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
DAILY.

BY mol, h aAuaaos, Poiiass Prpa6' :, =,
ors 0oThroo monthA-.....N y
NJ monthI......... oolOne month......:..,.;; ~
DSliTered By Carrier In CITY ise Pef week
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SEMI.REEKLY.
BY mai, h aAUaacs, pc'is's prtPa'd
,ns wal. OOsix months...--"..'s
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WEEKLY.

BY nod, b SSiaNo., po'ias' prepaid.
lipc year. ....y.tsl soIsix meaihi.. 9
In Clul1 Of - eAen
ia culS Of TED. y cen
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THE rNTELLIGESCER will present daily ths
news In all Department. iTSm Al GIl " nc ii
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NEW AnvERIIsEMENTs

JTTANTRD-A Gil who pndentandIs., pTes-
W. making. Apply 10 Nd A 1fMMsin h.
lHllo NV e...n ~.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-08

H>IFrH DISTRICT COURT FOR TIE PARISH
Il of Orleans, No: 68Os-By virtue OF q writ
Of sIss tb "o Filth sft1 70 District Court fey the
parish of Orleans, i'll the above entitled cause,
will proceed to sell at public auction, at the
Merchants and Auctioneers' Exchange, Royal
street between Canal and Customhouse streets, i'll
the Second District of this city on TGksDAi
January 10. 1875, at twelve o'clock NJ, the foi-
lowing described property to wit
|. A LOT of GROUND, situated in the Fourth
District of this city, in the square bounded by
Levee aud Sixth sire cts. Washington avenue and
the !evee or public read, measuring twenty.six
feet six inches fIent on both CT Levee street and
the levee public road, by one hundred and f'rty
English measure, designated lot number FIVE,
on plan of Z. Buisson, lats surveyor, dated tho
sixth OF September, 1872
the square bounded BY Washington, Rousseau.
Fourth and Fulton streets, designated on plan OF
May l845 deposited in the records of T. r,
Kenney, late notary public. BY the number three
and measuring Thirty one feet six inches seven
lines front on Washington street. by depth OF
one hundred and twenty six feet nine inches, be-
3. ANOTHER LOT OF GROUND. in the same
three, DESIGNATED by the number four, on the
absve mentioned plan Of H. Moelhausen. of the
OF MAY
by q depth of one hundred and twenty SIX feet
pine inches, bet ween parallel lines; together with
all aud singular the buildings aud Improvements
on the above described lots Of ground and the ap-
purteEances thereof and being the same property
which tie said Louis Huber acquired by acts
passed before joseph Coin, notary public. III TINS
city: viz: Lot number five, Aforesaid, by purchase
from Widow Z. Mohr, on the eighteenth OF Janu'
sry 1866 lot nu%oef three, above Described, 9y
OF June 1866 and lot number four. above de.
scribed, by purchase, from John P. Huber, on the
twenty second Of October, 1866.
Seized in the above suit
Terms-Cash OH the spot
EUGENE WAGGAMAS,
~ oS+ rich Ipn M