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The Portland daily press., 1876-01-31
SPECIAL NOTICES.

Please tell the people that you saw their
advertisement in the PRESS, the circula-
ton Of which, per month, exceeds E0G, GOO.
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Lieut. Gov. Davis and Superintendent of Ed
ucation Cardozo will undoubtedly be impeach-
ed. Similar action against Gov Ames will
probably not be pressed, as conviction is not
foil
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BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM AUGUSTA.
Legislative Matters.

Bills TO be Hnfr0duced-The Granger
Turnpike Claim.
Especial to the Press.l
AUGUSTA, Jan. 30.
A bill will come before the Legislature early
to allow the Maine Central Railroad to connect
its depots at Lewiston; also bill to allow the
same road to discontinue its road from Leeds
to Crowley's Junction,
The Granger Turnpike claim is to be heard
by the Governor and Council this week.
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Sales at Auction,
Bank Statement.


NEW YORK, Jan. 29-12.3O P. M.-Gold opened at
113, sold up to 1874 and off to 113. Governments dull
but strong. Money at "a per cent, but now 40
5per cent. State bonds dull and strong Stocks are
active and better prices. Exchange 1856 and 4s9S.
The following Were tine closing quotations of Cow
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Teeth like orient pearls set in cushions of rose;
A breath like the pei fume the toilet bestows;
These are charms to win hearts, when all other
charms fade,
But they can't be preserved without Sozodont's
aid. jan31eod1w
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Dissolution of COpartmership.

FEIHE copartnership between Ceylon Rowe and Ed
l. win Q. Rowe, under the firm name of G. g. <.
G. ROWE is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
All accounts and notes due SAID firm to be paid
Ceylon Rowe, and to whom all demands against said
will sign in liquidation. Edwin c. Rowe will con-
tinue the business at the store of the late firm
CEYLON ROWE,
EDWIN G. ROWE.
Bethel. Me-, Jan. ~, 1876 jan1od2w
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Boston stock Market
ISalnS at the Brokers' Board Ian 90 1

By water conveyance-1OOO bush cornmeal to g.
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MATTERS In MAINE,
A Erarsf Case.

NEW YoBK, Jan. 29.-Mrs Annie 7. Wilson
Of Freeport, Me-, while en- route to California
to be with her daughter who is dying there, was
robbed in street car here, yesterday, of all the
money she had.
Liquor Dealer Sentenced.
BDDEFoRD, Jan. 30.-In the Supreme Ju-
dicial Court at Saco yesterday Judge Virgin
sentenced keeper of an eating house at Bid
deford to fou; months in the Bangor workhouse
He was arraigned under an Indictment for
keeping nuisance iu selling wine and cider to
be drank on the premises.
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A preparation which has been pronounced by some
of the highest medical talent in the land to be the
only reliable article Tor this complaint.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-22

eign travel. However much we may ex-
Gel semi-clvilized peoples in art. industry,
education-in all that we call by the fire.
auemtly misleading word progress
have been convinced that we do not ex-
eel them i'm avarice. or in the high art OF
driving good bargain. They have bur
lesa,led the SANDER by the production OF
real wooden horns and nutmegs IN the
Connecticut State building. But J AIN
persuaded that every nation has its
Yankees. aud that ours have more con
science and decency than most of them.
The japanese, Frenchmen, Turks, Sean
dinayians, any OF them, ! believe, twill
skin flint" quicker than our much
abused Yankee. Aud it seems reasOna-
bile that this should be so ; life with them
has been a more unattanable goal than
with us. Their wits have been made
accute by sharper experiences and their
lives narrowed by pettier details than
have ours. With them the horn of
plenty is only symbol, with us 1t is a
reality. The proverbial munificent
| wastefulness oil Americans has attracted
many petty foreign merchants to the FIX
position.
There are the Turkish, japanese, Syr-
| ian, Tunisians and Moorish bazars la
all these the native dress Is worn, and
| native goods are sold at prices which are
Incompatible to anything but the charges
of Philadelphia inn keeper; when you
protest they are ever ready with the ar
gument that they have been compelled 10
pay very high duly, and there is some
thing in it.
In the little Syrian bazaar they sell olive
wood ornamentally carved, In boxes and
paper knives covered with Arabic in
scriptions. These they persuade you are
from Jerusalem. The merchants tel
YOU Of articles made from the true cross
and look serious and commence arraDg
ing their wares when you tell them there
has already been enough of that sold tt
duplicate the main Centennial building
The Tunisians have an octagonal build
ing.in which they attempted to establish
a show, charging an admission fee o
twenty-five cents which was TO pay for
cup of coffee and entitled the visitor to
hear the music and see the dancing houri
but the Centennial commission fOrbad
the exaction OF the admission fee. an'
this house may now be entered withou
payment at the door. The performer
are three men. a woman and little girl
all 10 Turkish costume and sitting in ma
tive fashion upon a stage at the tar en'
OF the room. The men play upon thu
violin. tamborine. and the guitar
the latter instrument being picked Wit
a quill. The little girl and woman per
form on a peculiar drum, with low NC
notonous chant. After this has bee
kept up for while the woman begins t
move backward and forward waving
two bright handkerchiets. The woma.
: has grace and fine figure, but the danf
ing cannot be compared with our ballet
{. \. ;.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-22

with the dignity and seif-respect Of this
government for the surrender Of Grimm
ais, nor entertain any requisition Of that
character from that government under
the treaty. Ii viii he "a cause of deep re-
greet II a treaty, which has been thus ben.
eficial in its practical operation, which
has worked SO well anu SO efficiently,
and which, notwithstanding the exciting
AMI at times violent political disturbances
of which both countries have been the
scene during its existence. has given rise
to no complaints on the part Of either
government against either It's spirit or its
provisions. should be abruptly terInin-
ated. II has rendered to the protection
Of society and to the general interests of
both countries. Its abrogation and an
nulment would be 4 rctrogade step IN the
international intercourse.
have been anxious and have made ef-
fort to enlarge its scope and to make the
next treaty one which would be still
more efficient agent for the punishment
and prevention Of crime. At the same
time have felt 1t my duty to decline to
entertain proposition made by Great
Britain. pending its refusal to execute
the existing treaty, to amend 1t by prac.
tically concedng by treaty the identical
conditions which that government de-
mands under it's act Of parliament. In
addition to the impossibiliiy of insisting
upon entering upon negotiations under
the menace of an intended violation or a
refusal to execute the terms Of an exist
treaty, deemed it inaJvisable to treat OF
only the one amendment proposed by
Great Britain. While the United State
desires an enlargement of the
list of crimes for which eXtradition
may he asked. and other improve.
ments which experience has shown
might be embodied i'm new treaty. it i
for the wisdom Of congress TO determine
whether the article of the treaty relating
to eNtradition is to be any longer re.
garded as obligatory on the government
OF the United States, or of forming part
OF the supreme law Of the land.
Should the attitude of the British gov
eminent remain unchanged ! shall not
without IN expression Of the
wish of congress that should do so
take any action. either i'm making Oh
granting acquisitions for the surren
der of fugitive criminals under the
treaty OF 1912. Respectfully submitted
L. S. GRANT.
| The message having been read in tn,
house was referred to the committee OF
foreign affairs.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-22

three ladies', who are travelling on the
Continent. There il another gentleman
with the party, who would be called an
accomplished coquette II he we're lady.
A very short sketch of the condition
@, Spain in the fifteenth century. puts US
in position To understand 'aideroh
Moorish plays, two OF which, Love after
Death, and The Love Of Gomez Arlas,
are described and quoted.
ls95-The Lady Candidate, Is ended.
She loses the election, but wins what she
has set her heart upon.
Devious Rambles with Definite OBJ
iect. The discussion of what the ''dcfin-
lite object may possibly be is so lengthy,
that we rejoice when the rambler gets
fairly started. Having reached the Meth
erlands. his descriptions increase in inter
est.
Winter in a .Northumbrlan Watering
Place. describes the experience OF an in
valid who was ordered to Northumber-
land In midwinter. il was pleasing 10
be told BY the landlady when lodgings
were engaged, that "gentlefolks brought
their own cooks, and all she placed at
their disposal was her Kitchen" and TO
find that servants, plate. table linen, and
many other things had to be supplied by
the lodger The village OF Redburn-
month was chosen Tor headquarters,
| and the writer describes several excur-
sions made to places of interest in the
neighborhood.
Quite long article is devoted to
criticism oil the Royal Academy Exhibi-
ton. and special mention Is made OF a
number OF pictures by Millais. Leighton,
Alma Tadema. and other well known
artists.
In conclusion, there is political article
Her Majesty's Opposition" in which
the Queens new title and the Winslow
case come in tor q notice.
The periodicals reprinted by THi
LEONARD ScoTT PUBLISHING Co. IA
Barclay street. n. " are as follows
The London Quarterly. Edinburgh. West
MINISTER. and British Quarterly Rer'e~s
and Blaekrood' Magazine. Price. 81
year for any one. or only SIS for all. and
the postage is prepaid by the publishers
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-22

way bonds directly or otherwise. Ihave
three foreign railway contracts upon my
hand, which make ii impossible Tor me to
leave without great pec,niary loss or
would gladly, voluntarily come and so
testify. Can make affidavit to this effect
and mail if desired" ! am sorry that
! am not able to go personally before
the committee and give my testi-
mony. but presume that Col.
SCOTS evidence will be sufficient to
prove that you had nothing to do with
the transaction in question. II you
wish for any further testimony or affi-
davit from me to prove the facts as
called to the committee. ! shall be glad
to forward it under oath. The charges
are so void Of foundation that ] have no
fear OF their doing You any permanent
injury, and hope that your prosecutors
will be able to show as clear record as
yours in connection with the Little Rock
and Fort Smith railway.
Yours faithfully,
ISignel.1 JOSIAH CALDWELL.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-22
A DIsAPPOIsTD PARTY

The Republican ratification meetings
are notable for their lack Of enthusiasm.
The responsibility Of the national ticket
has had dampening effect on the party.
Blaine, with his railroad stock-jobbing
record, would have been twice as accept
able to the party OF great moral ideas as
Hayes, who has not spot ON his record,
= blemish Oh "his scutcheon." The
trouble with Hayes is that he
Is too good. The biggest part
Of the Republican party do not feel at
home with him. The whisky thieves.
the ring robbers Of all kinds, the railroad
jobbers and Spectators would have been
hall fellows well met with Blaine. They
would have understood their leader and
their leader would have understood them.
AT the ratification meetings they would
have howled with enthusiasm and the
canvass would have been a repetition O
tbs ratification meetings all through
But the nomination Of Hayes has shorr
the campaign Of all these anticipated
stirring attributes. Even the Curtises tn,
Sehurzes, and the Bryants in the Republi
can part merely acquiesce IN the nomina
ton Of the truly good Hayes; they do NO
greet 1t with any Of the heartiIess tina
would have been spontaneous if Mr.
Bristow, the man Of their choice, hae
also been the choice OF the Republican
convention. The truth is, Hayes is ia
vorite son nowhere except in Ohio an,
the manufacture OF enthusiasm over hi
nomination is hard work In the De,
~ everywhere. The bonfires blaze wit
ssubdued light, where they blaze at al
and the speeches are Of the tamest sor
Hayes and Wheeler has not fired III
Republican heart as Blaine and Blan
would have done.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-22

PRESIDENT GRANT has announced the
programme Of the administration for the
campaign in the Southern States. "A
special washington dispatch OF the 10th
said that on that day Gov. Kellogg, Mar
shal Packard and Ex-Gov. Hahn, fresh
from Cincinnati, had called on the pres-
dent to talk over the political situation in
Louisiana. Grant expressed, i'm an en-
phatic manner, his disgust at Warmoth's
return to the Republican party, and said
1t was the only thing he regretted. As
TO law and order in Louisiana, he said
1t might as well be proclaimed now that
in the Southern.States. during the cam
align. there should be protection for every
citizen, and If the army was not large
enough he did no doubt the loyal States
would furnish him quota of volunteers
for that purpose. The tenor OF his re-
marks convinced his visitors and will
convince the public that it is Gen.
Grants purpose TO have a Republican
Successor.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-22

Mrs. A. 4. STEWART has made some
munificent donations to various New
York charities. the sums ranging from
five hundred to two thousand, five hum
dred dollars each, and amounting in all
to seventy.four thousand, five hundred
dollars. Judge Hilton has stated, on the
authority of Mrs. Stewart. that the
numerous other charitable societies of
the city, II proven on examination to be
deserving, will receive speedy attention
from her.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-22

The anti-Sunday-law Germans wanted
the national Republican platform to con-
tain plank endorsing their anti-Sunday
law ideas. One of Hayes chief rec
concentrations is that ne is church
member, always goes to church and lives
strictly up TO the fourth commandment.
What will the Germans do about il:
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-22

The Chicago Evening Journal OF Mon
day was one of the largest newspapers
ever printed in this or any other country.
II consisted of eighty-eight pages of read
ing matter, eighty-four Of them being
devoted to the publication OF the delin-
auent tax list of Cook county.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-22
sLACKwOOD,s MAGAZINE.

Blaek~oOd for June, republished by
the Leonard Scott Publishing company,
Il Barclay street, n. Y, contains as fol-
lows:
A Woman-Hater-part 1.
CalderOn's Moorish Plays
1856: The Lady Candidate, conclusion.
Devious Rambles with Definite OBJ
ject.
Winter In Noothumbel AN Watering
Place.
The Royal Academy.
Her lajesiy's Opposition.
Another volume Is now completed, and
THIS. the closing number, gives promise
ofs good thing yet TO come. 1t open,
with serial called Tie Woman Halter
TIE person to whom this epithet is ap
piled u introduced to us as the escort 0
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-22

6ES. BuTLER has been repndiated time
aud again by such Republican newspa-
pers as the Chicago Tribune, but he is
now hand-in-glove with the honest Re-
publicans who expect TO elect HAYES.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-22

Gov. BEvRRrpaK is lin Washington. but
he did not make his speech at the Repub-
Ncan ratification there on Monday night.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-22

Tux army appropriation bill, reduced
ten millions Of dollars from the original
estimates, passed the house on Monday.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-22

Bwsrow will go to Europe to spend
the summer.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-22

THE Greenback Republicans oil indi-
ana are bitter against Hayes, and declare
an intention to bolt the ticket.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-22

THx Mclean county Democrats are
solid for David Davis.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-22

HAYES private fortune is in the ne'gi-
borhood OF seven hundred and fiity fhoo-
sand dollars.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-22

Tax punsters are doing their level best
with HAYES and Wheeler's names.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-06-22
A NLW MOVE,

Senator Lot Morrill, has been offered
the secretaryship Of war. Grants object
Is 10 help him In his race tor senator next
winter. and ia that way kill Blaine. II
Morrill, accepts the secretaryship, Blaine
will probably be rendered the senator.
ship for the unexpired term Of Gov
Bradford.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-03
Hon. George Peabody.

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-03

A FIRE PUT OUT IN FIVE, SECONDS - Yes
,eriay afternoon, in presence of General Shaer,
members of the Fire Department and gentle
men connected with the Board Of Underwriters,
the Chamber of Comm aud the insurance
companies generally, the Connolly fire extin-
gul>her was exhibited 10 an open lot at the
c,ruer of Fitty-uinth street and Eleventh
avenue. The lot 10 which the exhibition took
place is sunk about twenty feet below the level
ofrhc street. Along the sidewalks a large,
curious and eager crowd sWarmed, and vas
kept back by Captain Ward aod his police. a
large frame building had been erected, 10 which
We're placed three cylindrical reservoirs filled
with carbouic acid gas, aud adjacent were eight
other cylinders used as receivers, from which
the gas escaped into the hose. AD immense
pile of barrcls-two barrels deep aod about
five barrels high-the pile containing alto,
gcther l3O barrels of refuse rosin, both ends OF
the barrels being open, stood al the east end OF
the lot. a smaller pile of boards, with two
barrels OF refued oil on top like the funeral pyre
Of Brutus stood little east of the rosln, and to
the westward was tank four feet deep, built OF
brick aud cemepted, and having surface area
otGOoSquarc feet, containing 375 gallons OF crude
petroleum, and inlo which suce pipes emptled
water The tank iull of oil and water was bred
first and tremendous mass of fame and smoke
arose, driving the crowds right and LETT by the
lutcusc heat In less than five seconds this
great mass OF flame, as thick as four or hvc or
dlnary brick houses and three times as high,
Was exit, guishcd by the stream OF water expell-
ed from tic hose by the force Of carbonlc acid
gas The noise made was like tha: caused by
thunderstorm rushing through mountain
pass. N,x the 80 barrels of ro>in we're fired and
were cxuagu,shcd 10 less than six minutes by
rapid stream ten times stronger than that
which could DC expelled by a steam engine from
nlzzIc OF the same diameter. And, lastly,
the funeral pyre was lighted, and. blazing as 1t
did with great intensity. was extiUgu shed 10 a
lew minutes. The experiments were IN every
way successful, and Introduced a new agent of
the most powerful kind Tor the saving of pro-
pcrty.-Nco York. Ue,oM
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-03
GAZETTE & VIRGINIA ADVERTISER

MANAGING A WIFE.-As the storm burst,
n;,b, before last, in all its fury on the outlying
houses of one Of our suburbs 1t blew open a
,j,s. door in Johu Henry's bed room aud wax
,Dri the startled sccpers with crash Mrs
Henry" said John. cuidIing down under the
clothes TO escape the icy blast, your side OF
the bed is nearest, will you be kind enough to
shut that door?'
'.Shu, it yourself, you lazy brute. I've got
the baby to tend to-.
Mrs. Heury, that is not the proper way to
address me. Ii is not respectful. Besides, l
have not been feeling we'll, and if | were to
rntch cold should not be able to tend to busl-
ness to morrow.
Cold Cold, is it? Its pretty thing for
you TO be talking OF colds when 20 snltt1 ling
round the house from morning till nIgh:, Just
because you car afford aew furnace. won t
shut that door ii | N irrza for it, and you're
mean, spiriiicss th,uR to ask It:
I'D ont get excited, Mrs Henry; don't get
excited. And dout be rash; because ii you
dod't shut that door it will stay open all ulg 1t,
and that would then make US all sick, you
know.
the CmcSt1c SCeOt, GllCu uuies ii"hiJ io"S ~
business. Anger was not visible Oh her ctua'
tepapce so much as astonishment, This was
an entirely new departure Of Johns. He had
hitherto been meek and docilc when pressed 10
the wall. She felt her supremacy was IN dan
ger: that the. situation was critical and demand
I'd strong measures.
OF sudden the water pitcher shot wildly
from its sphere, described paraboa 10 the
cleaning freight and lighted full upon John S
Dishtcap The sop pail followed, then the coal
>cuttle, then pair OF boots, then the baby 5
cradle. followed 10 rapid succession by pow,
der box, bottle of bay rum, bronz: mantel
ornament, pair topgs and a box OF blacklng.
Then with maj nstic force OF true womanhood
she sna,ched the covers from the bed with one
hand and poured pitcher Of ice water over bis
legs with the other. John arose aud shut the
door.
Next morning as John Henry entered the
Office, somewhat late, aud locking as IT nature :
sweet restorcl had rather missed him, his part
ncr spoke up: -,
"Well, John, did you try it p
Yes, Sam | tried it"
And she came down, ell p
Yes Sam, she came dowr. But it wasn't
altogether pleasant. They always give, 10 as
you say, when one makes determined stand
against them. But some way it seems to hurt
their feelings and | don't think III do 1t any
uUre = Cincinnati Times.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-03-03
.HHCAa.SfSTS.


EOGER'S FLUID (RED), THE UNI
h VERSAL UISINFECTANT. (Permsn-
ganutc OF ioda) 1t is the only true dlslntectant
known. al other preparations sold for this pur-
pose being merely deodorizers (or articles which
possess the properly OF empowering unpleasant
smells by their own pungent and often disagree
able and dangerous qualitcs.) 1t is particularly
adapt d for disntccting sick rooms III cases OF
typhus fever, small pox. cholera, scarlet lever,
d,arrhua, ard all contagious diseases, and iol
removing at once all unpleasant SMELLS and
destroying ottcctually any latent germs Of dis
ease. BY placing the diluted fluid in dishes ;r or
basins, about bed chambers, school rooms WORK
shops, hospital wards &c, il keeps the air IN q
perfect state OF purity For stables, slaughter
houses, butchers shops, dsircs. cellars &e, it
is invaluable keeping them in perfectly
wholesome state, by merely sprnkllng the dl-
lulod fluid over the floors and walls. II keeps
dust bins, water closets, drains, urinals, &c,
sweet and wholesome, by using once or twice
day. For sale by JANA EI y CO,
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