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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-06-16

AN ACT relating to the settlement of the Public
Lands.
Be 1T enacted, de-, as follows:
Scot. l. The land agent, under the direction of
the governor and council, or such other person as
may be authorized thereto, shall convey any lots
which have been surveyed according to law, at the
price of thrtyfve cents per acre. to actual settlers
AMI no more than one lot shall be sold to any one
person.
SECT. 2. The purchaser shall give for such lands
two notes. payable in one and two years, in labor
the roads in the township where the land lies and
shall establish his residence on his lot within two
years from the date of his certificate; and cprth-
cate, which shall not be assgnable shall be gwen
stating that he has become purchaser of said lot
therein described aud that he will be entitled to
deed when he complies with the requirements of the
law.
SECT. 8. ALI road labor to be performed under
the provisions of this act former acts, shall be
done under the direction of the persons named in
the firsC section of this act
SECT. 4. All persons who are actual settlers, now
holding certificates, shall be entitled to deeds upon
the same conditions and requirements as are pro-
vided in section two of this act.
SECT. 5. All laws in any way conflicting with the
provisions of this act are so far as relates to it,
hereby repealed.
Approved February %, 1851
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Chapter 1873.
AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred and
three of the revised statutes relative to Com

AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred and thirty
three of the revised statutes relative to Commence
ment of Prosecutions.
Be 1T enacted, &C., as follows:
Section thirteen of chapter one hundred and thir-
tythree of the revised statutes is amended to
read as follows
SECT. 49, If it appears the whole examna-
ton that ofense has been committed, or that
there is not probable to charge the accused he
shall be discharged and if the magistrate judges the
complaint frivolous or malicious, he shall order
the complainant to pay the cost of prosecu-
ton and issue execution accordingly But if
it appears that an Otfense has been committed
and there is probable cause to charge the accused,
and the ofense is bailabe, and sufficient bail is of
fered it shall be taken and the accused discharged;
but if it is not baiable, sufficient bail is offer
ed, the accused shall be committed to prison to await
trial If the oense is within the jurisdiction of the
on Approved February %, 1851
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SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved
[Approved February 90 1851
Chapter a4O.

AN ACT to amend chapter ninety-one of the revised
statutes relating to liens on Buildings and Bots.
Be it enacted, &c, as follows:
Section twenty-eight of chapter ninety-one of the
after the word affected" in the second line the
words such lien shall not attach unless the person.
before furnishing the labor materials gives notice
to such owner of his intention to claim the lien so
that said section shall read as follows:
SECT. %. If the labor or materials were not fur
nished by contract with the owner of the property
to be affected, the owner may prevent such lien for
labor or materials not then performed or furnished
by giving written notice to the person performing
furnishing the same that he will not be responsible
therefor [Approved February 49, 1861
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CHAPTER ES2.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An Act to abol-
ish the Death Penalty and to regulate the manner
of Applying for Pardons in certain cases" approx
ed February twenty-frst, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
Be 1T enacted, &C., as follows:
The act entitled can Act to abolish the death
penalty and to regulate the of applying for
pardOns in certain cases." approved February twen-
tyfrst, eighteen hundred and seventysix, is hereby
amended by adding thereto the following section,
viz:
'SECT. g. The provisions of this act shall not APP
ply to offences committed before the same goes into
effect Approved February %, 1851
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-06-16
Chapter 142.

AN ACT additional to chapter eleven of the Re-
vised Statutes relating to the lists of scholars
quired to be returned by School Agents and school
Committees.
Be it enacted, &C., as follows:
That the certified lists of scholars, required to be
returned by the school agent in item fifth of section
sixty and in section siXty-One also by school
mttee in sections fty-six and fty-seyen of chapter
eleven of the revised statutes shall be made under
oath, before justice of the peace.
[Approved February g. 1851
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Chapter 1856.

AN ACT to amend section seven of chapter thirty
of the Revised Sta utes relating to Bounty Wild
Animals.
Be 1T enacted, &c.. as follows;
Section Seven of chapter thirty of the revised
statutes is hereby amended by striking out the word
Legislature" wherever it occurs in said section,
and inserting instead thereof the words governor
and council that said section when amended shall
read as fellows;
SECT. 7. Said certificates and receipts shall
annually in the month of December, be transmitted
the treasurer of state and by him laid before the
governor and council early convenient; and
when allowed by the governor and council shall be
paid by the treasurer of state to such towns
[Approved February %, 1861
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Chapter 1876.

AN ACT additional to chapter two hundred and
twenty-three of the public laws of eighteen hun
dred and seventy -one regulating Railroad Corpor-
ations.
Be 1T enacted, &C., as follows
SECT. l. The provisions of section one of chapter
two hundred and twenty-three of the pnbic laws of
eighteen hundred and seventy-one, shall not be con-
strued to prevent railroad corporations from estab
fishing necessary rules and regulations for the
collation. of tickets, and exchange of partially used
posted at each ticket office and on all passenger
trains and when practicable, printed upon the tick
cts. And any ticket check given in exchange for
the unused portion of partially used ticket shall
continue in force for the full term of the original
ticket, as provided in said section.
SECT q This act shall take effect when approved.
[Approved February %, 1861
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Chapter H39.

AN ACT additional to and amendatory of section
fty-fve, chapter one hundred and thirteen, of the
Revised Statutes, relating to the support of debtors
in Jail.
Be 1t enacted, &c., as follows:
SECT. /. Section fitty-fve of chapter one hundred
and thirteen the revised statutes, is hereby
ded by the addition of the following words: when
debtor is committed to prison mesne process or
execution, the creditor committing said debtor shall
advance to the jailor pay for one weeks board of
said debtor
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Chapter 1917.

AN ACT relative to Bail in Criminal Cases.
Be it enacted, &C., as follows:
Any person under arrest on criminal process for
bailable oense, before commitment to Jail, may, if
he so requests, be taken by the officer having him III
charge, before commissioner appointed under
chapter one hundred and thirty of the laws of
eighteen hundred and seventy three, who may ia
quire into The case and admit him to bail.
[Approved February %, 1861
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Chapter 1870.

AN ACT to amend chapter two hundred and TWEEN
ty-nine of the public laws of one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-tour entitled An Act
further to extend the powers of School Districts"
Be it enacted &C., as follows:
Chapter two hundred and twenty-nine of the pub,
lie laws of the year thousand eight hundred and
seventy four entitled An Act further to extend the
powers of school dstictS, is hereby repealed.
[Approved February %, 1851
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Chapter lab.

AN ACT to repeal chapter thirty of the Public
Laws of eghteen hundred and seventy-fve, relating
to Civil Actions.
Be 1t enacted, &C., as follows
SECT. l. Chapter thirty nine of the public laws
of eighteen hundred and seventy-fve, relating to
civil actions, is hereby repealed
SECT. 2. This act shall take effect when approved.
[ApprOved February %, 1851
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CHAPTER 1874.

AN ACT to repeal section five, chapter one hundred
f0rty-one of the revised statutes in relation to
Houses of Correction
Be 1t enacted, &C., as follows:
Section five, chapter one hundred and forty-one of
the revised statutes is hereby repealed.
[Approved February %, 1851
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Chapter 13S.

AN ACT relating to Writs in Municipal Courts.
Be it enacted de-, as follows:
All writs in civil actions before any municipal or
police court may be made returnabe at any term of
such court, to be holden not less than seven nor
more than sixty days from their date.
[Approved February 49, 1861
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ChapfeP l4l.

AN ACT relating to the settlement of the Pub
tHAS
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-06
Los Love Frenzy.

The counting season, which has just
commenced, has raised trouble among
the Indians, and at the present time
considerable feeling and excitement eX-
lists among them, principally growing
out of an affray which took place in the
vacant lots on Court Street, in the rear
of Grasser's corner, yesterday. 1t ap-
pears that the Piutes, who are much
stronger numerically than the She
shOnes, attempted to take possession OF
the squaws of the latter, to which the
Shoshones naturally object. The squaWs
don't seem to care particular y whether
their lovers are Piutes or Shoshones;
but the bucks believe that like should
assimilate to like. Yesterday afternoon,
at the place above mentioned, quarrel
arose between Piute and ShOshone
relative to a squaw of the latter tribe,
during which the ShOshOne was terribly
cut up, his face and head being mashed
and cut with rocks, and, during the
melee, one of the ears of his horse was
cut off. Officer Kelley arrested the
combatants and lodged them in jail !;
but, as the authorities allows the Indl-
ans to settle their quarrels among them
selves, no judicial notice will be taken
of the affair, and they will be released.
1t is an unusual thing for Indians to ap-
pear on the streets atnight; but, as they
were much exercised over the affray and
arrest, number of them ventured on
Main Street last night, where they were
to be seen at a late hour, holding pow
vows among themselves.-A'tSttn
(NeU.) ReUeiYe.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-06
Uo,,mited Remedial Resources.

PeopIe sometimes suppose that DR..
Pierce's Family Medicines represent the en-
tire extent of his resources curing disease.
This is an error. Experience proved that
while the Golden Medical Discovery, Favor
lite Prescription, Pleasant Purgative Pellets,
Compound Extract of Smart-Weed, and Dr.
Sagc's Catarrh Remedy would, il faithfully
used, cure a large variety of chronic COM
plaints, there would be here and there a
case which, from its severity, or from It's
complication with other disorders, would
resist their action. These exceptional cases
required thorough examination into thelr
symptoms, to ascertain the exact nature ana
extent of the disease or diseases under
which the patient was laboring, and the use
of specific remedies to meet and overcome
the same. This led to the establishment or
the Worlds Dispensary, at Buffalo, y. T.,
with its Faculty of Physicians and surgeons,
each of whom is skilled in the treatment OF
chronic disorders in general and those be
longing to his own special department IN
particular To one is assigned diseases OF
The throat and lungs; to another, diseases
of the kidneys and urOgenital organs; to an
other, diseases of the digestive system; to an
other, diseases of the nervous system; ana
to another, diseases of the eye and ear
Thus the highest degree of perfection in med
ieine and surgery is attained. The establish
ment of this Institution enables the Doctor
to meet long-felt want in the treatment OF
7 the more severe chronic affections BY
careful consideration of the symptoms as
given in writing, he successfully treats thou
sands Of cases at their homes. Others visit
the Dispensary in person. The amplest re-
sources for the treatment of lingering alice
tions are thus placed at the disposal OF
every patient, and those on whom the pro-
prietary medicines do not have the desired
effect can procure q more thorough ana
efficient course by personal application TO
the proprietor Of the Worlds Dispensary.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-06
A Good Joke on a Lawyer.

The ownership of dog was the sub
iect of litigation ia GAINESVILLE, Ky, and
there was large attendance of coun-
trymen at the trial. Great things were
expected of the opposing lawyers,
Hurd and Dougall, who had been
hired at great cost to come from Louis
vile. Hurd was prompt, but DOugall
was delayed, and the Justice, being a
stickler for punctuality, decided that
the case must 90 on. All the evidence
had been taken when Dougall entered.
"I'm afraid I'll have to lose my fee, -
he whispered to Hurd, who responded,
"Oh, no; III give you the points of the
evidence in two minutes, and you can
sum up Just as well as though you had
been here from the start" ThereupOn
Hurd told him that the trouble was
about a trade of dog for jackass,
and pretended to give him the particu-
lars. The audience was impatient dur
ing the whispering, and was deeply at
tentive to the oratory when it began.
Dougall glowingly described the quail
ties of the dog, told affecting stories of
his sagacity, and wrought his hearers
up to high pitch of enthusiasm. Then
he paused, wiped his heated brow, and
said, solemnly: "Now, gentlemen of
the jury, we come to the jackass. "
Eh?" said the the justice. "Now, "
the orator repeated, with impressive
emphasis, "we come to the jackass. "
"You are the first jackass I've hearn
of in this case" said the justice, and
an outburst of laughter informed Dou-
gall how badly he had been sold. On
the way to Louisville he said to Hurd !;
E" will make an earnest effort not to
kill you, if you will promise never to
mention this case" but Hurd said he
would risk his life rather than not tell.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-06
Wall Streets Fallen MagnateS.


The New York correspondent of the
Detroit Free Press, in writing of Daniel
Drew's financial collapse, says: There
is food for reflection in the fact that al
most every man who has risen to emf
nence as a speculator in Wall Street
during the past twenty years has fallen
much morerapidly than he rose. Van
derbilt is the only exception | can think
of Just now, but Vanderbilt never was
a Spectator in the strict Wall Street
sense. His policy all along was TO buy
only those stocks which he knew to be
valuable, and never to buy on mar
gin. When he bought stocks he paid
for them in full and then locked them
up in his safe. But the general rule is
to sell short or go long on a margin,
and many a man has it brought to
grief. Among the monarchs of the
the market who preceded Drew, or
were his contemporaries, one of the first
was Henry Keep, who made large
fortune in short time, lost the greater
part of it in less and then withdrew
from Wall Street, to die in compare
tive obscurity few years later. Wood
ward, Brooklyn Sunday-school Super
intendent, next figured conspicuously,
and got jammed to a jelly, so to speak,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-06
What Constitutes a Farmer.

The following extract we clip from
very interesting address delivered by
Major William J. Sykes, in Brownsville,
Tenn:
ITO be a perfect farmer, man
should combine reading, observation,
and practice. A man may work in the
fields all his life and be poor farmer.
We should gain knowledge by reading
AMI study, and also by what we see
around US, and then this knowledge
must be put in practice. Our views, II
they will not stand the test of actual eX-
periments, are worthless. All sound
theory is based upon practice, and all
sensible practice is the result OF we'll
grounded information, whether learned
by our own observation, or from the eX-
perience of others. That theory which
will not stand the test of experience Is
worthless, and that practice which IS
not based upon sound theory is equally
worthless"
Now, all this is very true, but we like to
keep also prominent the fact that farm
err is no farmer, with all the intelligence
about theory and practice that he may
acquire, unless he has the faculty OF
saving a portion of what he earns and
then in some measure becomes capt.
talist. The great want of our age is not
so much intelligent knowledge of the
science of farming as of how to keep
out of debt There never was time
when avenues of information were so
open or so easy of access as at the pres
ent time. Books, periodicals, lectures,
clubs, associations of every character in
the pursuit of knowledge abound, but
people are worse than ever in fOrehand-
edness. Let the man who earns a dol
lar spend only 80 cents, and resolutely
keep to some such rule as this, and then
ne can take Major Sykes's advice tosom
profit PHILADELPHIA Press.
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Strange Revelations by the Microscope.

There is a story that an eminent mi
croscopist had a bit of substance sub
mitted to him to decide what it was.
To an unaided eye it might be morsel
of skin which the baggage-smasher
knocked off the corner of a smoothly
worn hair trunk. The savant appealed
to his microscope. Entirely ignorant
of this tiny bit of matter, except as he
had taken council with his instrument,
the wise man declared that it was the
skin of human being, and that, judg-
ing by the fine hair on it, it was from
the so-called naked portion of the body.
and, further, that it once belonged to
fair-complexioned person. The strange
facts now made known to the man OF
science were these: That a thousand
years before, a Danish marauder had
robbed an English church. In the spirit
of the old-fashioned piety the robber
was fayed Qet US hope that he was
killed first), and the skin was nailed to
the church door. Except as tradition
or archaeological lore had it, the affair
had been forgotten for hundreds OF
years. Time, the great erOdent, had
long ago utterly removed the offensive
thing. Still, however, the church door
held to its marks of shame, the broad .
headed nails remained. Somebody eX-
tracted one, and underneath its fiat head
was this atomic remnant of that ancient
Scandinavian melefactor's pelt-that
fair-skinned robber from the North.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-06
A Pyramid on the Jack.

Some darkies, it is said, started IA
70 bank somewhere in town a short
time since, on a small scale. Their
funds were limited, and no one was al
lowed to bet over ten cents at q time.
A man from Allen County was in the
city seeing what he could see, and in
his rambles came upon the darby faro
bank. He pulled out a five dollar bill,
bought its worth in chips, and put them
on the jack. The dealer was busy, and
at first did not see the big pile of chips,
and commenced dealing. He all at
once looked up, saw Allen COunty's
pile, and inquired: who's dat got dat
peeamid on dat jack?" Allen County,
not knowing the rules of the game, very
sternly remarked, "That's mine" The
dealer gazed at him for moment and
replied: "Pull her down from dar.
Pull her down from dar; you must tink
Roschiles am playin' dis game" Allen
County "pulled her down from dar,"
but we do not know whether he thought
he was in Roschiles's presence or not.
-Boo0ling Green DemOcrGt
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-06

in the great Rock Island corner several
years ago. That was the lastof him. Jim
Fisk's career is too well known to need
any particular mention here. He was
supposed to be worth millions, but when
death snatched him, through the pistol
of Stokes, they quietly melted away to
thousands. Stockwell, the head of the
Pacific Mail clique, who almost ruled
the street a few years ago, lost nearly
all he had made and has disappeared
altogether. Legrand Lockwood went
down as suddenly and is now almost
forgotten. A broker named Dlmmock
made a sensation for short time as the
leader of the Atlantic Mail speculation,
but he. too, got swamped, and every
dollar he had made was swept away.
jaw Gould is the successor of these and
/. several others. Luck has stood by him
thus far, but twill be strange If he,
too, is not brought down in the long
run. Fate seems to have ordained that
every man who takes the leadership in
Wall Street shall ultimately come to
grief. Vanderbilt left the street long
ago, and he advised Drew to do the
same. But the fascination was too
strong for Uncle Daniel. He kept on
fooling between Seylla and Charybdis,
and one of them got the old man at
! last.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-06
DR.. sehenek,. Standard Remedies.

TEE standard remedies for all diseases Of the
lungs are SCHEScK's PULMoNIc SYRUP, ScHENcK's
SEA WEED Tonic and SCHENCK's MANDRAKE
Pills, and II taken before the lungs are destroyed,
a speedy cure Is effected.
TO these three medicines DIR. J. II. Schenck, OF
Philadelphia, owes his unrivaled success In the
treatment Of pulmonary diseases
The PulmOnic Syrup ripens the morbid matter
IN the lungs; nature throws II OF by an easy ex-
pectoration for when the phlegm or matter is ripe
slight cough will throw II off, the patient has rest
and the lungs begin to heal
To enable the Pulmonic Syrup TO do this,
Schenck's Mandrake Pills and Schencks Sea
Weed Tonic must be freely used TO cleanse the
stomach and liver. Schenck's Mandrake Pills act
on the liver removing all distractions, relax the
gall bladder the bile starts freely and the liver Is
soon relieved.
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic is gentle stimulant
and alternative; the alkai, of which it Is composed,
mixes with the food and prevents souring. IL as
sists the digestion by tOning up the stomach TO a
healthy condition. so that the food and the Pul-
monte Syrup will make good blood; then the lungs
heal and the patient viii surely get well II care Is
taken to prevent fresh cold.
All who wish to consult DR.. Schenck. either per
sonally or by letter can do so at his principal Of
fee corner Of SIXTH and ARCH STs., Philadelphia,
every Monday.
Schenck's medicines are sold by all druggists
throughout the county.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-06

A MODERN bluebeard has turned up
in Brooklyn in the person of one Chas:
C. Schnaufer, wealthy but coarse and
brutal German. He had been four
times married, and suspicious have
arisen that all was not right in one or
two of the cases. His fourth wife, An
ME, he treated with unexampled bru-
tality, and her disappearance within
the past few months has led to the
worst suspicious. Mr.. Tighe, a Brook
lvn lawyer, learning of Schnaufer's in
tended flight to California, had him
arrested on q charge of murder, and the
result of his examination has still fur
Their confirmed the suspicious of the Of
ficers. One of this interesting ruiz
fans methods of torture was to starVe
his wife, lock her up in her room, pour
hot candle grease in her eyes, put her
out in the yard on bitter cold nights.
Some time ago his grocery premises
were burned to the ground, and there
are many circumstances pointing to
himself as the incendiary. 1t is earn
estlv hoped that the law may be pow
erful enough to mete out to this man
the vengeance which his cowardly vii
Hany so well deserves.