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The Portland daily press., 1876-09-16

SEPTEMBER CRIMINAL TERM, 1876, syMoNDs, j.,
PRESIDING.
FRIDAY.-Catherine Tierney. Aggravated assault.
Guilty
w. Stowell. Assault and battery. Thirty days
in County Jail.
j. II. Watts. Issuing forged orders. Guilty.
Sentence suspended until January term.
Joseph Laundry. Common seller. Sentence sus-
pended,
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THE MUsEUM.-This morning the sale of
seats opens at the Museum for the opening
performance OF the season. TIE "fust niobt''
will doubtless see a crowded house, The sea.
son opens with "Frou-Frou" Monday night.
Much curiosity is felt in town regarding the
new company, and there will be a rush to zee
il on the boards.
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DUPREz & BENEDIcT.-This evening Du-
PREF & Benedict will be at Music Hall with
their minstrel troupe, which is highly spoken
OF wherever they have been. This troupe sup
ports four end men, including Eilly West, who
has attained a reputation second to none as an
end man in minstrel entertainment The
large sale of seats indicates full house. They
remain here one night only.
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Rev. DR.. Sbailer is quite seriously ill.
Rev. Samuel Longfellow will preach at the
Park street church tomorrow.
DR.. Hill, having returned from his vacation,
will preach at the First Parish church to-mor-
row.
Mr. Lewis Whitney, one of the conductors on
the Grand Trunk has been confiued to his
house for some time with severe illness.
Mrs. Amanda Smith will be at the meeting
Ct the Y. NJ G. A tonight at u CLOCK, corner
of Congress and Casco street.
Mayor Fessenden City Treasurer Hersey City
Clerk Robinson and some members of the City
Council, have gone on trip over the Ogdens
burg.
On Thursday as Co.. A. W. Bradbury, of
Gen. Chamberain'a staff, was oning out of
the Bowdoin Hotel, in Brunswick, with sever
al other officers, he fell and broke his collar
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RETURN FROM THE MUSTER The troops at
Camp Conner struck their tents at four o'clock
yesterday afternoon, and at o'clock those who
were going West took the special train, which
was very long one. The train arrived here at
little before nine o'clock. The Norway Light
Infantry were obliged to stop over until this
morning as there was no train over the Grand
Trunk. Arriving at the station the Norway
company and the three Portland companies
formed 10 line and marched up town, under
command of Col G. P. Mattocks Chambers
Band headed the procession and furnished its
usual fins music. The procession passed up
Park and down Spring, up High and down Con-
gress and Middle to the armory of the Mont
gomery Guards From here the battalion
marched to Old City Building where they were
dismissed. Tho Norway company left their
equipments at the armory and were quartered
at the City Hotel for the night.
The battalion made fine appearance and
the men received much praise for their soldier
ly bearing. From all accounts Chambers Band
has fairly outdone itself this week. and every
one who has been at the muster speaks of their
fine music. Drum Major Bean did finely in
his new role.
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-16

THE STATE FAIR.-Fhe trustees of the State
Fair left town yesterday noon, after paying off
some of the bills for labor and printing. They
will return on the first of October, aud will
then settle the remainder of the bills. As the
affairs are not yet settled we are unable to give
the exact figures of receipts and expenditures,
but it is thought that the former will not equal
the latter by from $500 10 $4,000. The Society
will, however, have 10 trouble to raise the mon
ey to pay off the Indebtedness.
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THE PRESS
CITY AND VICINITY
New Advertisements To-Day.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES.

MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES.
Damsons-Harmon g. Low.
New style Silk Hats-Maher.
Oysters-Freeman 81 Co.
No Soap-Forest Tar.
The Equitable.
Thompson q Hall.
NEW ADVERTISE MENTS,
New Goods-Tukesbury & Co.
Samuel Thurston-2.
Portland Business College.
Forest Tar,
l. o o. Monthly Meeting.
TO Rent F. f. Hill.
Wanted-Young Man.
House for Sale
Great Reduction-John G. Hayes & Co.
Portland & Ogdensburg.
New Style Silk Hats-Maher & Co.
Gilt Edge Butter-Thompson & Hall,
AUCTION COLUMN.
Regular Annual Sale-F. o. Bailey & Co.
Dry and Fancy Goods-F. o. Bailey q Co
The Pennsylvania Coal Company.
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Brief JOttinss.

Uncle Oliver has returned from camp-meet-
ing and is once more at his post at the station,
The sidewalk on Exchange street in front of
K. o. j. Smiths vacant lot is being repaired.
A good thing to do
Rev Dr. Ridgeway, pastor OF st. Pauls NJ. E.
church, Cincinnati, will preach at Chestnut st.
Methodist church tomorrow.
A number of porgy steamers and a large fleet
of fishermen were in the harbor yesterday ex-
pecting storm.
Mr.. James S. Mafit Of Humpty Dumpty
fame, was shot through the hand in saloon in
New York Wednesday morning.
horse belonging to Mr.. Senter ran away on
Free street yesterday noon and smashed the
carriage on the corner of South street.
The Advertiser has found a man who is able
to tell what action will be taken, or rather
what action will not be taken at meeting to
be held in January next Doubtful things
are mighty onsartin."
As Mr.. James Jack and his little son were
riding out to Morrrs Corner Thursday night,
the bits broke and the horse ran away. The
carriage colided with heavy team throwing
Mr. Jack and his son out and bruising the for
mer badly.
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-16

WE are informed by Mr.. CLARK, general agent
for the Equitable Life of New York, that their
business for the first eight months of 1876 is
well up with that of the same time in 1875.
This speaks well for the Equitable as people
in hard times select carefully the Company in
which they Insure. sept14dtf
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OYsTERs.-On and after Saturday oysters
will be only forty cents per quart, solid meats,
at Timmons and Hawes's oyster houses, Com
mercial street and Market Square. We are
receiving by every steamer the famous Bal
locks Point and New York oysters.
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-16

ALLEN MIssIoN.-This chapel was very
much crowded last evening, hundreds of people
being unable to procure sitting or even stand
ing room. The opening prayer was offered by
Rev. Mr.. Johnston of Pine street church. Mrs.
Amanda Smith of Philadelphia then gave a
very interesting exposition of the 18th chapter
of John. She also sang several very interest
ing hymns. Rev, Mr.. Pitblado was present
aud gave short and impressive address at the
close of the service. Mrs. Smith will be at the
Pine street church Sabbath evening.
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Stated Meetings.
CITY GOVERNMENT.

The regular meetings of the City Council take place
the hrst Monday evening of each month.
The School Committee meet the fourth Monday eve
ming Of each month, Wv
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TEMPLARS OF HONOR.

At Templars' Hall. No. 100 Exchange Street.
CoUNCL-Mane, first and third Mondays in each
month.
TEMPLE-Forest City, No. 1, every Wednesday
evening.
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OYSTERS 40 cents per quart solid, at III. Free
man q Co.'S, 101 Federal street, on and after
this date, September 10th.
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-16

DAMsoNs for preserving, for sale at Harmon
q Low 5, 49o Congress street. sep16-2tx
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YARNs,-We have opened large line of
yarns, particularly adapted to chldren's use, in
all the desirable colors, Oar assortment en-
braces more variety than ever before offered,
and for quality We have the best.
sept14d3t DAVIS & Co.
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NEW style Silk Hats made to order for So and
your old hat, at Maher & Co.'s, opposite Post
Office.
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-16

NO SOAP is so soft and nice as the Forest
Tar, for the nursery and the toilet.
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-16

= The steamer Chesapeake will leave for New
York this afternoon
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-16

BASE BALL.-A match game of base ball
was played between the White Oaks of Ray
mond and the Bridgtons of Bridgton at Bridg-
ton Center. on Wednesday last, Sept 18th, re-
suting in favor of the White Oaks by score
of to 4, the latter club making thirteen base
hits. This is the best game the White Oaks
ever played, making but two errors in the whole
game, one by the catcher and one by the Sec
ond baseman. They will accept a challenge
from any club that would like to play them.
Time of game one and one-half hours. The
Bridgtons played good game, making but five
errors and getting six base hits. They are to
try the White Oaks again soon, when lively
time is expected. The following is the score:
Txr:.oz
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-16

THOMPSON g. HALL have a choice lot of Ver-
mont Butter for sale at low prices.
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-16

THE new route to Philadelphia, via the New
York and New England Railroad and steamer
Maryland, Is endorsed by the Boston CONNER
cisl Club and leading gentlemen throughout
New England. Business men and the public
generally appreciate the efforts made by this
line for their accommodation. .
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-16

LET everybody read the invaluable medical
and physiological treaties published by the Pea
body Medical Institute, Boston. "The Science
of Life, or Self Preservation will, when care
fully perused, convince the most skepticaI read
er that it is comparatively easy to avoid the ills
which beset the young and thoughtless, and
that the weakened forces of manhood may be
restored to those whose constitutions have been
prematurely broken down. Sexual Physiolo-
gy of Woman" one of the publications of the
Institute is filled with matter of vital import
ance to females. And in this day, when so
many are prematurely broken down, the work
on Diseases of the Nerves and Nervous Mala-
dies is timely one The author of these
popular works has recently been presented with
Gold Medal by the National Medical Asso-
citation. The advertisement of the Institute,
headed with true likeness of the great bene-
factor, George Peabody, may be found in anoth-
er column. sep16d&w1t
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-16

The dwelling house of Briggs G.. Farnum of
West Jefferson was destroyed by fire on Sun.
gay morning the 10th inst. Cause unknown.
Much OF the furniture was saved, though many
ValuaDles were burned, including moving
machine stored in the shed.
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sept14d3t

CELLULoID CoRAL.-The demand for these
beautiful goods continues undated. G. H.
hanson, pol Middle street, has constantly on
hand the largest and best assortment IN the
state. Sept14T&Sd2t
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AT 10 o'clock today f. O Bailey & Co. will
sell at their rooms, So and 81 Exchange street,
new ard secondhand furniture, carpets, stoves,
table cutlery, etc. See auction column.
The Portland daily press., 1876-09-16

THE health is not altogether lost. though you
may suffer acutely from Brieht's Disease, Kid
ney, Bladder aud Glanduar troubles, Diabetes,
Gravel. Female Irregularities, SC Admins
ter DIR. BULLOCK'S KIDNEY REMEDY,
NEPHRETICJM, and your whole system will
become invigorated to.such an extent that these
diseases will be counteracted and the health re-
stored. 0d&w1w7-22-37-52
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AUCTION SALE,
The Pennsylvania Coal Company

will sell at
Public Auction by Messrs. John III.
Draper a. Co. Auciioneers, ut Exchange
SALES Rooms. Basement of rinity Build-
ing, 1tt Broadway. New York. on
"WEDNESDAY, the 9Ofh day of Septem.
Der. inst. ut Ii O'Clock A. VI.
100000 Tons PittstOn Coal,
of the usual Sizes deliverable at Company's Goa
Docks at Newburgh. during the month of October
1876. GEO. A. HOYT, Vice President.
sep16 DIT
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COMPREHENSIVE.

FEyHE undersigned have associated themselves to-
il gether under the firm name of MILLET,
CHAMBERLIN & LITTLE, for the transaction of a
Retail Dry Goods business and have taken the
Store recently occupied by j. R. Corey & Co, where
they will be happy to all the old customers of
the store and to make new ones.
Having had large experience in the trade and
being thoroughly acquainted with the requirements
OF purchasers, they hope by strict attention to
business to merit a liberal share of patronage
CHAS. G. MILLETT,
EDW. G. CHAMBERLAIN,
X. JOHN LITTLE,
Portland, Sept ii, 1876. sep12d1w
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AUCTION SALES
AUCTION.

For sale at SMALL,S AUCTION
MAhE. Plum Street, SATURDAY.,
sept. 18Th. AT 10 A. M. n light Sd
seat top Wagon, New York make.
sel3 d4ts
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THE Equitable makes an unparalleled report
in its seventeenth year of $780, 100000 assets.
and S5,0OO,OOO surplus During the present
hard times for collecting, the last Massachu-
setts report gives its accrued interest and rents
all paid to within fraction of one per cent,
thus showing the character of its investments.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-09-29

people, TO look only upon the desc
lation of the ruins of their village, which
was burned, and not a vestige left of the
homes Of her tribe.
1t Is said she pronounced upon the
spot curse and an imprecation that, to
the superstitious at least, seems to have
been verified by subsequent events con-
nected with the history Of the locality.
1t is even believed by themore oredulous
OF the old settlers that the spirit of the
prophecies still haunts the place where
she witnessed the destruction OF her
tribe. Singularly enough, every person or
undertaking connected with the locality
has met with misfortune and ruin.
An old Englishman shortly after the
annexation settled upon the spot, where
he invested and lost small fortune in a
manufacturing enterprise, finally dying
a miserable, friendless and despised her.
nit. 1t is asserted by some of the old
and superstitious residents residing near
the place that the night after the burn
ing of the cotton mandatory last year
the shadowy form of the Indian sorceress
appeared on the top of the ruins, and
with a shrek reiterated her curse on the
spot, and her prophecy that nobody or
thing connected with it should prosper.
Houston (Teg.) Age.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-09-29
Welded in the Presence Of Death.

The marriage of Payne Shafter, son of
]. Mem. Shsfter, to Miss Nellie Jackson
took place yesterday under peculiar cir
cumstances. The nuptials were to have
been celebrated in Grace Church at half
past twelve O'clock. At that hour, while
the invited guests were in the church,
and Drs. Plat and Easton were waiting
for the arrival of the bride and groom,
intelligence arrived that Charles jackson,
the brides father, had died suddenly at
his residence, No. ,813 Vallejo street.
At the moment when the carriage was
waiting to convey his daughter to the
church he had dropped on the steps of
his residence and died almest instantly.
AS the match had obtained the cordial
approval of both the young lady's parents
it was concluded hatrespect to the wishes
of the deceased gentleman would be best
shown by the solemnization of the nup.
tials. Rev. Drs. Platt and Easton were
summoned from the church, and in the
presence of the deceased and before the
sorrow-stricken household Miss Jackson
was welded TO Mr.. Shafter Mr.. jackson
was well-known citizen. He had been
engaged in the real estate business for q
number of years. Mrs. Jacksonha been
an invalid for long time past. San
Francisco Post -+ fihI
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-09-29
A Terrible Curse.

Among the old settlers of the city of
Houston, Tex, there is strange legend
of the time when the red men still held
the solitudes where now rise church
spires, busy marts, and all the evidences
of civilization and commerce. ,..
There is, u mile or two below the spot
where Houston now stands, and in the
bend of the bayou, a somewhat quiet and
lonesome nook, around which the river,
fringed with funereal expresses, with
here and there solemn pine, sweeps its
dull and gloomy course toward the Gull
of Mexico, fifty miles distant by land.
Here a valuable cotton mandatory,
costing nearly quarter of million, had
been established years ago, but now is a
scene of ruins, having been burned last
year, the fire being one of the most de-
structiye confagratiOns ever witnessed
in Texas.
Within the first quarter Of the present
century these sOlitudes were inhabited
by tribe of Indians called Cences, who
dwelt in village upon the Identical
spot where now stand the ruins of the
mandatory. Among them was an aged
medicine woman, or sorceress, who en-
joyed the utmost confidence, as we'll as
commanding the fear and homage, of the
savages, Now, there being war between
the Cences and the powerful Comanches,
whose hunting grounds then extended to
the gulf coast, the Comanches, in the
progress of the contest, attacked the
Cences in their village. The massacre
and slaughter was terrible and complete,
the sorceress alone surviving of all her
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-09-29

the spring the mound Of earth around 3
the stem should be removed and brought
down to n level with the surrounding
soil. This mounding up of the stems is
alike useful in moderately-warm lati-
tudes, where the ground freezes but little
in winter, as we'll as where the frost
penetrates to a great depth. or course
the advantages and disadvantages of fall
planting depend very much upon attend
ing circumstances, but trees known to be
hardy in any particular locality can gem
orally be safely transplanted in the fall,
provided the operation is carefully and
properly performed. .,.
There Is, however, one class Of trees
which should be considered as an ex-
ceptlon to this rule, and these are ever
greens. II was long since decided by
our best arboriculturists that tits not safe
to undertake the transplanting of ever
greens in q cold climate In the fall It
may be done occasionally with fair sue
cess, and especially II q large ball Of
earth can be left attached to auh sur
rounding portion of the roots, but the
ordinary methods of handling deciduous
trees would in nine cases out of ten re-
suit in death to an evergreen when trans
planted in the fall. itr se
The mere mechanical contact of roots
with wet soil is not sufficient to enable
them to absorb moisture or nutriment
therefrom, but the connection must have
been made through growth of the former
into the latter. Taking this as basis
of our theory, we can readily understand
why an evergreen transplanted In the
| fall would fail to grow under the same
conditions which insure success with de-
ciduous trees. The former retains its
leaves, and through them evaporation is
constantly going on, more or less rapid
! ly, according to the condition of the sur
rounding atmosphere, and ifthe moisture
thus given off by the leaves is not made
| good by an equal amount absorbed by
the roots the tree dies. In moist climates,
like Great Britain, for instance, the evap-
oration from the leaves during the win
ter may be so slight as not to seriously
affect the vitality of the plant, but in our
dry, cold climate evergreens transplanted
in fall part with their moisture very
rapidly, and they actually dry up before
! spring, the roots being incapable of sup
plying the little moisture needed to.pEe-
vent It. Whether our theory as to the
causes of failure be true, or otherwise,
the fact still remains that few persons
who have had any experience in the fall
transplanting of evergreens will ever
make a second attempt, especially in the
Northern States.-N. 7. Sun. 3D..
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-09-29
Fall Transplanting of Trees.

With the return of autumn the old
question whether the fall is as good a
time for transplanting trees as spring
difficult, however, to lay down any gen
eral rules which will be applicable to all
localities and soils. A practice which
may give the best results in the Southern
States might not answer at all in the
North. There is also a great difference
in the character of the soil, even within
the circumscribed limits of an ordinary
farm, and certain kinds of trees may
succeed when planted in one field and
fail in an adjoining one. In cold eli
mates, and in soils which are liable to
"heaye," as it is termed, the roots of
trees planted in the fall are frequently
displaced, and become exposed to frosts
and air during the severe weather, and
fatal results follow. Still, if f,proper pre-
cautionary measures are adopted, injuries
of this kind can usually be avoided. y.
The advantages of fall planting are
mainly in the saving of time in the spring
when other farm work is pressing, and
in having the trees in position, with
their roots well settled in the soil, before
the growing season commences. If the
planting is deferred until spring it is
often effected so late in the season that
tue trees lose the benefit Of early spring
rains, and the roots scarcely become well
established in the soil before the hot,
dry weather of summer begins. In the
Northern States only the hardest kind of
deciduous trees should be planted In the
fall, and then tits we'll to put them in as
carly as the falling of the leaves will
permit. The soil for an orchard of any
kind of fruit should be well drained,
either naturally or arti6oially, for con-
tinued success cannot be expected with
trees the roots of which are immersed
the greater part of the year in water, or
a cold, wet subsoil. isN s.s,i..f
In transplanting trees in the fall great
care should be given to spreading out
the roots in a natural position, and put
ting the soil compactly about them so as
to leave no open space between them to
be filed with water and ice during the
succeeding winter, 1t is also we'll To
bank up the stems foot or even more,
as protection against frosts and to pre-
vent the stems from swaying about be-
fore the ground becomes frozen. Mulch
ing may also be practiced with benefit,
provided some material is used for the
purpose which will not become a harbor
| for mice during the cold weather. In
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-09-29

he received. Why does not Tilden clear
his skirts at once by the exact statement
of his receipts and expenditures Clearly,
he dare not attempt It. II he were to 60
down in Wall street and say that his In
come was less than 100000 all the time
he was paying tax, by default, on $15,-
600, he would be hooted out Of the street.
One single sentence shows the whole
value of the confidential law clerks re-.
ply. He said in regard to Q fee Of 200:
IF anything was received it must have
been in settlement Of an old account, and
not taxable" The rest is of piece with
this contemplate evasion. Sinnott's plea
for his client is, in effect: Not guilty,
with extenuating circumstances. 1t
seals the aged pettifogger's fate. Til
den's fraud and perjury have merited the
contempt of all honest men, and they
will show it in his overwhelming defeat
at the polls.-N. Y. Commercial Adrer-
6ser