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The Portland daily press., 1876-04-29
AUCTION SALES
Sale of Valuable Real
Estate,

IN Deering, by Auction, on SATURDAY, April
18th. at 10 o'clock A. NJ, shall sell 20 acres OF
,ana, with buildings thereon, being part OF the
homestead Farm Of Israel Hunt, situated on the old
Horse and one Plow belonging to said estate. For
particulars see Advertiser OF April I4th.
G. P. MATTOCKS, Assignee.
f.. q. BAILEY q CO., Auctioneers.
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The Portland daily press., 1876-04-29
Bankrupt Sale of Grass Land!

IN North Yarmouth, by Auction, on SATURDAY,
Il April 18th, at O'Clock P. M, shall sell about
twenty acres OF Grass Land with Barn thereon stu
ated near Dunn's Depot, North Yarmouth. For par
ticulars see Advertiser Of April 18th. G. P. MAT
TOCKS, Assignee OF II. A. Mckinney & Co, and
Edw, Batchelder.
r. o. BAILEY & CO.. Auctioneer..
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The Portland daily press., 1876-04-29
Passenger Offices
"a EXCHANGE ST.,
AND
DEPOT AT FOOT OF INDIA ST
Tickets sold at Reduced Rates

To Canada. Detroit, Chicago, Milwnu.
kee, Cincinnati 81. Louis. Omaha,
Saginaw, 81. Paul, Salt Lake City,
Denver, San Francisco,
and all points in the
Northwest. West and Southwest,
j. @. FURNIVAL, Agt.
THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY is in splendid
condition, is well equipped with frst-class rolling
Stock and is making the best connections and quick
est time of any route from Portland to the West.
- PULLMAN PA ACE DRAWING ROOM
AND SLEEPING CARS are attached to the trains
leaving Portland at LEO D. m.
Baggage checked from Portland to Detroit and
Chicago and not subject to Custom House examina-
ton.
The Company are not responsible for baggage to
any amount exceeding $50 in value (and that person.
all unless notice is given and paid for at the rate OF
one passenger for every $500 additional value.
JOSEPH HICKSON, General MANAGER.
W.. j. SPICER. Superintendent,
Portland. June 81, 1875. ap2adtf
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-29

Thomaston Reporter. Its first number will
appear upon the 18th of May next.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
The Age says, as Mr.. L. Packard of Med
ford, was at work near rotary saw in that
town Friday, strip of board flew from the
saw and struck him on the shoulder, inflcting
severe if not fatal wound.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The Dexter Gazette says eight years ago
Miss Nellie Brown, daughter of Mr.. John III.
brown, OF Dexter, then about two years OF age.
while playing with some peas, got one of them
into her ear, where it has since remained until
a few days ago, when it was removed. The
little girl has never experienced much trouble
from II, except that in that ear she has been a
little deaf. She thinks she can now hear bet
ter; Inc pea that has been SO long imprisoned
still mas the look of a pea, but gives one the
impression that it has had hard time.
George B. Getchell, late of Co. F., 4th Maine
Regiment, died at the Franklin House, Ban
gor, yesterday morning at 4 o'clock, aged 50
years.
YORK COUNTY.
A COW of the native breed is owned in Ber-
wick that has proved quite profitable to her
owner. IN eight months time he sold enough
of her milk at about six and one-half cents per
quart to amount to $134 r. During the same
time she furnished the butter and milk for a
family of six persons.
Last Saturday, Capt. Thomas Hoyt Of Kit
terry was severely injured in Portsmouth by the
running away of his horse. A large part of his
left ear was torn or crushed off. his head badly
cut and bruised, one arm badly bruised, and
other slighter injuries occasioned by the fall
but no bones were broken. After his wounds
were dressed he was taken home in hack, his
mind seeming somewhat confused.
Henry Pencil, a gentleman over SO years of
age, residing in North Buxton. fell while cross
ing the street in that village recently and broke
his shoulder and fractured two of his ribs. He
is now lying in very critical condition.
The Biddeford journal says milk is delivered
to customers in Portsmouth at five cents per
quart.
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-29

SECOND PARIsH.-At the annual meeting of
this society last evening, the following Off
GERS were elected for the ensuing year: Clerk,
W. 81. Hobbs; Parish Committee, S. w. Lar
rabee, Geo. Brock, John Porteous, Samuel
Fogg. j. III. Webster; Treasurer, S. W. LARA
bee; Music Committee, L. M. Cousins, R. S.
Curtis, Enoch Martin, j. f. Liscomb. The
thanks of the society were unanimously ex-
tended to S. w. Larrabee, chairman of the
Parish Committee, and Treasurer, for the
faithful performance of his arduous duties dur
ing the building of the church; and also to the
ladies for providing for the payment of the in
terest on the bonds. For the information of the
many kind friends who have aided by their con-
tributions towards the erection and completion
of the Second Parish church edifce, and all in.
terested for the welfare of the society, the
following statement is made: The entire cost of
the church, furnishing the same and organ, is
$S1, 472.52. The parish owe S12, 900 bonded
debt, and $4,000 other debts, in all $4,000.
When circumstances are more favorable and
business revived somewhat. it is hoped to eff
feet the sale of more pews to aid in the dis
charge of this debt. Thirty-fve pews upon the
main floor have now been Sold
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-29
Personal.


Judge Clifford and family have engaged
rooms at the Preble for this summer.
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-29

MERCHANT TAILoRs-MIsF1T CLoTHEs.-I
have a large amount of splendid goods which 1
will sell very cheap. S. G. Abrams, 9 Market
S0uare,
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-29
Grand Trunk r. r.. of Canada.
ALTERATION I'm TRAINS,

rSzsssal On and after MONDAY. May /, 1876,
~ ~ trains will run as follows:
Express train TOO a. IN. for Auburn and Lewiston
Mail train for Gorham and intermediate stations at
100 a. m.
Express train at 1.20 p. m. for Auburn and Lew
iston.
Mail train for Island Pond, tstoppng at all sta
tions to Island Pond y connecting with night mail
train for Quebec, Montreal and the West at $50
Pm.
Express train for Auburn and Lewiston at 5.15
pm.
Trains will arrive as follows:
Mail train from Gorham and Intermediate Stations
at $50 a. m.
Express from Lewiston and Auburn at S.45 a. M
Mail from Quebec, Montreal and West at 2.45 D. M
Express from Lewiston and Auburn at $50 and
5.45 p. m.
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-29

F. o. BAILEY & Co. will sell at 10 o'clock
this morning a lot of Furniture and Carpets,
Grockery Ware, &c., at salesroom Exchange
street.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-05
The New England Floods.
BosrON, March y

BosroN, March 81
The damage by the freshet on SATURDAY.
over New England must have been over
81 900, 900, and perhaps dozen lives were
lost. Miniature Mill River disasters were
seen on all sides. The city was compare
lively unframed, choked sewers and cess
pools being the worst damaged. AT Gin.
ton, Messy Pond, which furnishes broad
plateau of $50 acres, gave way and was
soon drained. A tannery was knocked
from its foundations, four tenement houses
floated off, and 100 rods of fence and road
were washed away. AT Fullervillc the
wooden mill buildings were swept away
and not vestige left. The damage in
the Shetucket, Quinebang and Yontie Val
leys alone was hundreds Of thousands In
Norwich the churches were deserted, and
thousands were excitedly helping to save
property. At the foot Of Shetucket-street
Hill the water was two feet deep, and on
the wharves themselves, ordinarily eight
feet or more above the water, men were
navigating in boats and on RATS. The
Baltic dam gave way at about noon, and
soon the stream began to rise rapidly, and
on its foaming bosom came down bales Of
cotton, whisky barrels, buzz-saw, and
tables and all sots Of furniture. The
water was thirteen inches higher than in
the great flood of 1857, and five inches
higher than in 1907, when there was a
destructive freshet at Baltimore. A boat
was capsized and four lives lost at Ver-
sailles. Mrs. Coleman who had become
mother but three days before, jumped
from window and was drowned with her
babe. AT Taftvilie, George Blackman
was caught while in boat, with the de-
bris, and borne helplessly over the dam,
standing erect
Details continue to be received Of losses
by Saturdays storm. Dams continued
breaking yesterday and to-day. Losses in
the neighborhood Of Clinton, Mass, ag-
gregate $35000O, and about Norwich,
Conn, to-day, five men were drowned by
the washing away of a dam embankment
which they were Strengthening. The ag-
gregate loss in New England is enormous.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-05
Proposed Change in the Manner of
Counting the Electoral Vote.

The joint resolution, which was recent.
ly passed by the United States Senate,
proposes to substitute for Article IL of the
Constitution new article, of which the
main features are the following:
1.-The electors are to ballot in their re-
spective States for President and Vice
President as at present, but the list of
votes must be sent to the presiding JUS
tice of the United States Supreme Court
The supreme Court, at a time and place
to be fixed by law, is to publicly open all
the certificates and count the votes,
and the person having the greatest num-
Der OF votes for President considered
by the court to have been lawfully
given and certified, shall be President
II such number be majority OF the whole
number OF electors lawfully appointed
If no person has such majority the state
OF the vote shall be Immediately certified
to the House of Representatives, which,
from the persons having the highest num-
Der, not exceeding three, ON the list of
those voted for as President, shall choose
the President Immediately by cioa uoce
vote. the representative from each State to
have one vote, if a majority of its delega-
ton agree on one candidate, but otherwise
the vote of such State shall not be count
ed. A quorum is to consist of a member,
or members, from two-thirds of the States,
and majority Of the States shall
be necessary for a choice. The vot-
ing must continue until President
is elected; in case the House fails to elect
before the 4th of March next following,
then the Vice President shall act as Pres
ident, as in the case of the death or con.
sttutional disability of the President. The
person havingthe greatest number CT cleo
toral votes for Vice President, to be count
ed and determined as above provided,
shall be Vice President, if such number
be a majority Of the whole number of
electors; if no person is thus elected the
Senate is to choose a Vice President by
majority of its whole membership. Final
ly, it is provided that no Justice of the
Supreme Court shall be eligible or elected
as President or Vice President until the
expiration of two years after he shall have
ceased to hold office"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-05

recent Washington dispatch ttates that
United states Treasurer New will withhold
his contemplated resignation for the present,
at the request Of the President.
Ex Minister Schenck made a statement be-
fore the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
on the 2Sth. He emphatically denies that he
was corruptly interested in selling worth.
less mine to English capitalists, and says he
will be able to prove that he bought and Laid
for the shares he holds under an honest con-
viction Of their value; that he has sustained
a serious loss from the investment; that the
failure OF the mine was owing to misman-
agement, ard that, properly worked, 1t is as
valuable, in proportion, as it was originally
represented to be.
The articles Of impeachment against ex-
Secretary Belknap, presented to the House
on the 30th nit, are five in number. The
first charges the ex-Secretary Of War with re-
ceiving money corruptly while In office. The
second charges bribery as defined by the
statute. The third charges the payment OF
money to him for continuing corrupt persons
in office. The fourth charges him with re-
ceiving gifts while In Office to influence him
corruptly. The fifth charges him with taking
money corruptly for the use OF himself and
others.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-05
CONGRESSIONAL.

The Senate, ON the cath insisted upon
it, amendments 10 the bin on the Sioux Indian
deficiencies, aud Conference Committee was
appointed. The Post Route bin was amended
and passed Mr. Nortau's bin providing ma
manner tor counting the Presidential vote WAS
passed. s. tu p and a motion Was made 10 r..
consider. Adjourned 80 The 2,tU..A hill was
pAs>yd ia The House to supply q deficiency OF
SosNn Tor the manufacture OF Tostat ral3> Tor
The year emitting June S9, 1870. The Legislative.
keN,tut.Sc and Judicial Appropriation bill was
ceassdcr"a ~ Committee % the whole, aud
amendments we're disposed o. Adjourned 10
the Hsth.
\ bill was passed in the Senate, on the
s1th, setting apart ,he lsth % April a, holiday
Ter Government employees, and 3 Joint resolution
was also passed gtSntiuS >uch emp owes IN " ssh.
iuEton hoiidsF on the coming I4ih ot Apvil TO
sttcud The unyc ding % the Lincoln monument in
Lincoln Park, Washington, The CoLssalar Aa6
Diplomatic Appropriation oil, NA> taken up An6
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-05

amended. motion to lay 1t aside and take up
the resolution Tor the appointment of conf
mittce TO- investigate 1.-THE alleged frruds
In the Missitsippi electiontaving been defeated
yeas, y; nays. d.. In Tie Houre, motion to
suspend the rules and pSs the Payne Currency
bill was defeated -yeas, 81; nays, 156. The bill
providing Tor the defcieicy In the Engraving
and frlntlng bureau OF tlt Treasury, aud for the
issuance OF subsidiary silver coin. was amended in
Committee " The Whole and reported to the
House. A bill was INTRODUCED providing for the
distribution of the officialbatronage OF the Gov
eminent al Washington eiunlly among the States
of the Union.
The Consular and Diplomatic Appro-
priation bill was debated in the Senate on the
18th, and an amendment was adopted restoring
Italy, which had been stricken out by the Houee
...ln the Honse, 3 resolution was adopted in
etrucfiLg the Sergeant alarms not TO deliver
HhlIett kilbour1e. the re,ussnt witness, to any
other officer or court until The further order of the
House. The Senate amendment to the bill to
supply the deficiency at the Red Cloud Sioux
agency. increasing the amount from $4,000 to
$E0,oOo, was agreed TO.
The Consular and Diplomatic Appro-
priation bill was passed ID the Senate, ON the
18th, with several amendnents-yeaa, 35; nays,
n. Bills were passed In tie House-to provide
for the expenses Of the ADHESION of foreign goods
to the Centennial Exhibition, at Philadelphia;
providing that all unuse& stamps shall be re-
deemed when properly praented. A resolution
was adopted liking the condensation OF witness
es before the House Committees at three dollars q
day and I'VE cents mileage Several amendments
tn the bill providing for thu issue Of slYer coin
were offered and rejected. An evening session
Wa held. at which the Legislative Appropriation
bill was considered in Committee of the Whole.
Memorials were pre,ented in the Sen
ate. on the 3Oth nlt., from the Legislatures of
Missouri and Kentucky, asking Congress to inter
cede with Queen Victoria br the release of C.
ON. Condor Mr.. Morton'i Mississippi rerou
lions were taken up and SPEECHES made thereon
IA rcso ulion was adopted in the House direct
Ing the Committee on Foreiin Affairs to INQUIRE
II there be any conflict Of obstruction between
Great Britain and the Unital States In regard to
the Extradition treaty Of S42. The Judiciary
Committee presented the ,rticles OF impeach-
ment OF ex.Secretary BelknS, which were recon-
mitted and ordered printed The bill for the
issue OF silver coin In place fractional currency
WAS held, at which the Legislative Appropriation
bill was considered.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

A London dispatch OF the 9th gives the
details OF the loss OF the British emigrant
ship Strathmore, just come to hand. She
struck on the rocks among the Crozet Islands
In the South Pacific, on the LIST Of last July,
and went 10 pieces at once. Forty-four Of
her passengers and crew were drowned. The
survivors succeeded In reaching one Of the
Islands when they remained without shelter
for six months, subsisting on birds and birds
eggs until they were rescued by the Captain
OF an American whaler.
A Constantinoplc dispatch Of the 27th says
the Ottoman Bank had refused to make
further advances to the Turkish Government.
The first Chinese locomotive recently made
its trial trip on the iramway near Shanghai.
The entire Chinese contributions to the
American Centennial Exposition are estimat-
ed at $4,000 in value.
Advices received In London, on the 2Sth,
from India, report that the steamer Jowad
had been recently wrecked In the Arabian
Sea. She had 500 pilgrims on board, and Of
these only three escaped.
Ragusa telegram OF the 2Sth states that
the negotiations between the Turkish and
Herzegovinian authorities had proved abor-
tive
new ministry has been formed in Italy
under the leadership of Signor Depritis.
The Spanish steamer Elvira exploded and
sank of San Sebastian on the 2Sth. Many
persons were killed and many wounded.
The boiler OF a locomotive on the Glasgow
IL Southern Railroad exploded at Glasgow,
Scotland, on the 2Sth, killing five persons
outright and badly injuring nirc.
London kilograms Of the Goth say that the
Russian press had changed front in regard TO
the Turkish question and demanded that
Herzegovina should be coded to Montenegro.
Vienna dispatches OF the same date say tina,
a committee OF Bosnian refugees had sent
kilograms to the three Emperors, entreatipg
them in the name OF God not to send them
back to Turkey. The Turkish Publication
Commissioner had issued proclamation
granting refugees month to return to their
homes after which the property Of the alb
sentees would be coufiscated.
Streckeisen, Bischor ~ Co., well known
London shipping merchants, have failed, with
liabilities reaching 100000.
a Consiantinople dispatch OF the 3oth ult
says that Turkey had decided to postpone the
payment OF the April coupons Of the public
debt until July.
Cairo (EgypD kilograms of the 3oth ut. say
the plague had made its appearance at Bag
dad, and that there were ten deaths daily
All arrivals from the Persian gulf were quar-.
antn-d for fifteen days.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-05
DON ESTUC.

Advance sheets OF the new directory for
81. Louis place the population OF the city at
a9s, ISL,
The high water in the streams OF New
England, caused by recent heavy rains, have
put stop TO the operation OF several of the
mills, and serious damage has been done by
floods in many localities. The town Of
Fulleryilie, Mass, was entirely swept away
on the 10Th, and the town of Clinton was also
seriously damaged by the giving way OF a
dam.
The boot factory OF Clafiin Il Cohurn at
Hopkintou, Mass, was buried on the Goth,
causing a loss of $4,000.
Thomas w. Piper. for mesly sexton OF the
Warren Street Church in Boston, and who
was recently convicted of the murder Of
Mabel Young In the belfry of that building,
has been sentenced TO be hanged.
Texan named Davis recently Killed a
man named Atchson at Herkings' Mn, in
Colorado, in consequence Of quarrel over
the pronunciation Of the word "Newfound-
land"
A Yankton %. To- dispatch OF the 2sth
says George Henckel had just returned from
the Black Hills, bringing $500 worth of gold.
1t was mostly scale gold, OF large size He
had one nugget weighing twenty dollars.
Gov. Kellogg, Of Louisiana, addressed an
order To the District Attorney OF Baton Rouge
on the 2Sth, instructing him to take proceed
ings in the courts in relation 10 the recent
troubles there. The Governor says he is in.
formed that George 7. Davis, Parish Judge,
and Il, +. Ruregard, State and Parish Tax
Collector, had been driven from the parish In
open violation OF the law. The Tax Collector
was appointed same three Years ago, and is a
colored man. The Judge is a constitutional
officer, elected by the people.
The Secretary O. the Treasury, ON the 99th,
directed the retirement OF $lSS,ltt, that
being eighty per cent, OF The new National
Bank circulation issued during March
The St Paul lMunl Pioneer. Press q a re.
cent date saws Mr. W G.. Robertson. a resi-.
dent of that city, had just returned from the
Black Hills. and adds Tho report &c gives
OF the Hills is not calculated 90 induce any
one from this section OF the couutry To ~ out
there. The story to'd by him is in substance
that the country is tull Of trouble dissatis
faction, want, suffering and In some places,
some gold, but thus Ear not much"
The large Lyndchrook reservoir, near
Worcester, Mass, containing nearly 500.
oO0OOO gallons of water, gave way on the
evening 81 the S0th ult. IN consequence Of
The tremendous pressure caused by the IN.
usually hi h water IN the valley. The escsp.
ing waters rushed down the rsviue with a
terrible roar, Ia solid mass twenty feet
high, sweeping everything before them. No
lives are reported lost, the people having re-
ceived timely warning Of the impending ca
lamity, but the damage 10 property is i'm
mense. reaching many millions Of dollars in
amount Buildings, fences roads, etc, were
carried away by the food.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-05
NEsT AT LAST

REST At LAST
After the shower The tranquil san.
SilyCe stars Wh HE das Is .uu
After the snow, the rad ay =
After tn harvest. Golden >hraU'-
After the clouds. the violet SKY.
Quiet wood, when the wind co,> b..
After the tempest, thc luli of the waves;
AiJyr he battle peace al graves.
After The Aneu the wedding bells,
Joyfpl GREETINGS from sad faFcwelS
AZ the bad the radiant rc~e.
After oar weeping, sweet Tepose
After the barden n, the blis>ful meed
After the furroW. the waking seed.
After the III hi tine auwuy nest;
Afturthe shadopy river rest
" y SlfR.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-05

A CLERGYMAN's widow gave this advice
TO u young lady friend the other day
Jane. il ever YOU marry minister,
marry one who in an emergency has
enough OF the grace of God in his heart
10 go from the pulpi, TO the Kitchen, and
pare the potatoes for dinner without
growing"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-05

NEW JERSEY has fifty glass factories,
with capital of about $4,000, 900. The
works, when in full operation, employ
from 10000 to $1,000 men and boys.
Not more than 1900 are at present en-
ployed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-05

Two carloads of birds-eye maple, in its
natural state, was recently shipped from
Glare, Mich, to London, England, to be
worked into material for veneering.