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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09

1T may be remembered how keenly Mr..
Klnglake, in his "History of the Invasion of
the Crimea," exposed and criticised the
practice among French publicists of changing
their surnames. Thus, in 1888 NJ. Fialin
dropped his somewhat plebeian name and
assumed that of De Persigny, with the title
OF vicomte, which Louis Napoleon changed
to the rank of count after the coup q etot of
1851, finally making him duke. Another
well-known public character, a soldier
named LIE Roy, took the name of st. Arnaud,
was Minister of War when the coup detat
took place, was created marquis, and finally
elevated to the high rank of marshal, COM
manded the French army in the Crimea,
and died there in the fall of 1854, after the
battle of the Alma. The Fren ch Republican
journalists are now rejoicing in the discovery
that NJ. de Fourtou, President MacMahon's
new Minister of the Interior,
and the life and soul of the De
Broglie administration, may be placed in the
same category with Persigny and ST. Arnaud.
his true name is said to be Bardy, but when
he became public man elected to the first
Versailles Assembly through the influence of
Theirs.) he gradually Sided into calling him
self "Bardy Ide Fourtou'l after the name of
farm he had bought, and in the National
Assembly he dropped the Bardy and the
brackets, and has ever since been known as
"Monsieur Charles de Fourtou."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09
News and Other Items.

OLsary failed to walk 500 miles in six days.
Geo. M. Boerger has been appointed receiver
of the Chicago Life Insurance Co.
100000 city of Boston water bonds were sold
Saturday. The prices ranged from 1.1Oa to
Ill.
Up to Saturday the total subscription to the
new four per cent. loan was $13, ,222, $50.
Five hundred Mormons arrived at New York
from Liverpool yesterday.
Three boys were drowned while bathing in
Niagara River Saturday.
Rents are SO low in Brooklyn, n. Y, that
one house which cost $17 900, lets for $780, and
another that cost $4,000, for $500.
Three men, while in we'll on the grounds of
Creighton College, Omaha, Saturday were
bu ried alive.
The centennial anniversary of the battle of
Hubbardton was celebrated at Hubbardtou.
Vt Saturday with great enthusiasm.
Chas E. Weereamer, book-keeper for the
house of Joseph Harris, Columbus, Ohio, con.
fesses that he has embezzled funds to the
amount of $4,000.
Secretary Sherman and party arrived in
Boston Saturday evening. Iu the afternoon
they visited the life saving stations at Province
town and tested the working of the various ap-
paratus.
The boiler of the steam thrasher of George
Patterson, near Nashville Illinois, exploded
Saturday, killing two persons and wounding
one.
John Gerhan tried to save his little son from
drowning in the Hackensack river Friday, but
both were drowned
Deputy Sheriff Carraher of New York was
almost fatally beaten by Mike Norton at Co.
ney Island Saturday for insulting ladies at
Norton's Hotel.
DIR. VIM. w. Gooding has accepted the su
perintendency of the government insane
asylum. He is now in charge of the lunatic
asylum at Taunton, Mass.
The Treasury has amended the regulations so
as to embrace Withdrawals from the warehouse
of imported salt in bond, to be used in curing
fish ON board fishing vessels, as Withdrawals of
such salt to be used in curing fish on shore.
A report made by Consul Winsor at Ham
burg, Germany, to the State Department
relative to the rinderpest states that infection
is not destroyed even if the hides of the ami
mails are sailed, dried or frozen, and that it
will propagate itself by attaching to domestic
animals, hay, wood, leather, ETC., and is easily
propagated from woolen clothing, showing it to
be an active poison, and to be effective for a
very long time.
Secretary Schurz has ordered new invest-
CATION ID discover the whereabouts of the p
first mortgage bonds of the Union Pacific rail-
road. and ITO United States currency Gs, alleg-
ed to be missing since the office of that railroad
was removed from New York to Boston in 1869.
Dirictor Harrison of Indiana is to perform that
duty, 1t is stated that previous investigation
traced some of these bonds to B. F. Ham and
Sidney Dillon, at which point the expert was
prevented from making further inquiries,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09

A TREMENDOUS effort is certain to be put
forth by the Democrats to secure the seat in
the United States Senate to which Stanley
Matthews was elected. They care compare
lively little for the Governorship, but will
concentrate on the contests for the Legisla-
ture, and with the aid of outside money and
pressure they are confident of success. Ac-
cordng to Washington dispatch the Repub.
licans are equally resolved not to lose the
Matthews successorship, and they have al
ready perceived the necessity of confning
their energies to the election of a majority OF
Republicans on joint ballot, instead of the
election of members pledged and bound to
the support of any one man. The recent ex-
perience of the Illinois Republicans may
serve useful purpose in the forthcoming
Senatorial fight in Ohio.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09

A CORRESP ONDENT of the London
Standard, who has recently traversed the
the mountain roads between Erzeroum and
Souganlu, describes many of the castles
and villages which have been mentioned so
frequently in the dispatches from the seat Of
war in Armenia. Hassan-Kaleh is little
town romantically situated, and marked on
the maps as fortress. The Turks were
reproached with not defending this place in
1929. The town at the foot of the castle is
surrounded by double wall. now fallen into
ruins, but the wall of the castle, although
almost half destroyed, is in better preserva-
tion; while on one side the strongest artillery
placed here could not for moment prevent
the march of Russian army throught the
broad valley of the Araxes, the Russians
could lombard citadel and town into ruins
from east and west. The Turks were right
in 1929, in not allowing single battalions to
be uselessly sacrificed in little old fortresses.
Small fortresses are no longer of any value
even when, like Toul and some fortresses in
the Vosges in 1870, they are hundred times
stronger and better armed than all the little
Turkish fortresses, forts, castles and block
houses. The castle of Hassen-Kaleh was
certainly built by the Romans, although re-
constructed in the fifth century. Near the
town an old Roman bridge leads to the
sulphur baths on the other side of the river.
Krpoikoi is where the road to Bayazid and
Tabreez branches off from that to Kars.
The former crosses the Araxes by Tschoban
bridge, a fine structure with seven arches,
and runs along the right bank of the river,
while the latter retires from the left bank,
and one after the other crosses the numerous
spurs of the Kiretschly in the south between
which the swollen streams rush along to the
Araxes. Close to the bridge there are
remains of a wall. There merchants from
Genoa had once built large and handsome
caravansery. Moreover, at this spot Marco
Polo on his return from his last journey,
crossed the river. Zevin is the ideal of
csstle of the Middle Ages. Mukhtar Pasha's
headquarters were fiom 1000 to 5000 feet
above the level of the sea on plateau on
which the road to Kars passed down into the
valley of the Kars-cho, while bridle-
path led northward to Olti.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09

A young student from the country who finds
it not an unpleasant thing to SOW his wild oats
in Paris at the expense of his family under the
hallucination that he is studying medicine, re-
ceives visit from his father after he has been
at the capital for eighteen months Like a
dutiful son he parades the author of his being
conscientiously through the city and points out
to him its social and architectural lions. Final
ly they halt before huge and many pillared
building, surrounded by a massive grating
"What palace or thingummy is that lordly
pile?' asked the old man. "Dumfno," replies
the youth, "but there is sergeant le-ville, I'll
ask him. and accompanied by his sire he
crosses over to the officer and puts the question
'That, gentlemen" says the municipal guar
dian calmly, and in a clear, official toue sis
the medical school,"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09

AT the opening of hostities an important
part was assigned to the Turkish gunboats
and iron-clads, which England had built for
the Porte. But the iron-clads have accom-
plished but little, and now it is stated that
the entire flee of gunbo2ts on the Dan.
ube will fall into the hands of the Russians
unless they are destroyed by the Turks.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09

IT was inevitable from the start that the
anti-Russian feeling in England should de-
velop and keep pace with the progress of the
Russian army. 1t is not surprising, there
fore, to learn that the friends of the Turk are
becoming more and more outspoken. Eng
land looks with fear upon the advance to-
wards Constantinople, and while she does
not love the Turk more, she loves Russia
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09

THE harvest throughout the West has
fairly commenced, and large yield and fine
quality of winter wheat are promised. The
reports as to growing spring wheat, corn and
other crops are also very encouraging, except
In the low lands where considerable damage
has been done by too much rain.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09
THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING, JULY 8.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve eommu-
nications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09

Superintendent of conductors Rugg of the
Highland street railroad, Boston, was held in
$500 Saturday for an assault on superintendent
Humphreys of the Metropolitan. The difficult
ty originated from quarrel between the two
companies.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09

Little boy-"Pease, L want the doctor to
come and see mother" Servant-'Doctor's
out. Where do you come from?" Little boy
"What! Don't you know me? Why, we deal
with you. We had baby from here last
week.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09

The history of beer dates back to the time of
the old Egyptians; but it is not recorded that
any old Egyptian ever drank fourteen "schoon-
ers" at one sitting, in order that thirteen other
old Egyptians might have the pleasure of
treating around'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09

London Mayfair has a most excellent story
about the manager of an aquarium. His
wife induced him to go to church, when he fell
asleep. The minister was reading the first
lesson of the day, which happened to be the
first chapter of the Book of Ezekiel. AS he
proceeded in the description of the wonderful
beast which the prophet saw in the land Of the
Chaldeans, by the river Chebar, the aquarium
manager moved uneasily in his seat "Every
one had four faces. and every one had four
wings" The aquarium manager rubbed his
eyes, and the preacher went on, "Aud they
had the hands of man under their wings on
their four sides, and they four had their faces
and their wings" The Aquarium manager
was now wide awake. GAS for the likeness of
their faces, they four had the face of man
and the face of lion on the right side, and
they four had the face of an OK on the left
side. They four also had the face of an eagle.''
The aquarium manager was now standing up,
his wife vainly pulling at his coat tails. ''Name
your own price," he cried; 81 will take the
thing
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate couDtersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon US by demanding
credentials of every person claiming represent our
iourDal
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09

Between new-made lovers: ''Fhen, Adelgilha
you will be mine?" 'Yes, Ferdinand, if pa is
willing. L always do what he wants me to-"
but will he give his CONSENT" "He will. Pa
always does what want him to-" Ferdinand
in his rapture makes Adelgitha think that her
corsets are a mile too large for her.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09

A Chicago paper says of man on the
gallows: "He codly swept the crowd
with his eye, as if it were a scythe' Coldly?
Ah, an eye-sickle, perhaps? Is this intended
as a mot?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09
Cap and Bells.

1t is understood that a young married
couple of this city are thinking of naming
their first-born "Nicse,' because the little
chap needs revictuslling so often.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09

The right kind of boy with pea-shooter can
take mans mind off his business troubles and
politics quicker than anything else in this cold
bleak world.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09

The strawberry short.cake festival held by
our church societies might be rendered more In
teresting and attractive by announcing tha
the young man who finds the strawberry in his
piece of cake will be entitled to kiss from the
prettiest girl in the room or something of the
sort.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09

Missy, who is twenty begins to emancipate
herself little too much and is reasoned with
by her mother who sums up the whole matter
as follows: "You see, 1 do not object to your
running round, but do not want you to gal
lop,"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09

A Masonic lodge in Indiana was presided
over 10y master who had an exaggerated no.
tion of discipline. One night he met his lodge
in called meeting (not a member absent) to in
struct them in the work. Teaching them the
use of the gavel, he had just called them up
with three knocks, when he leaned too far back,
fell through to the ground four stories, and
broke his neck. Picked up next morning, he
was buried decently, but not Mason came to
the funeral. More strange still, not Mason
appeared any more in that village. 1t was in
explicable Forty women left widows, two
hundred and twenty children left orphans
eighty-four merchants left in the lurch with
unpaid bills. Twenty years after that, some
body went up into the fourth story broke open
the door and beheld the lodge, lodge of skele-
tons Strange, but true, they had strictly
obeyed the orders of the w. NJ, and, waiting
for the knock to seat them, starved to death.
Each was standing in an attitude of respectful
attention, 'looking to the east" and had not
pitying citizens taken them down they ould
have been standing there still. Such is life.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09
CHI A II o AL.
Maine Central Railroad.

yHyHE attention of shippers of freight at Portland
Il is called to the new arrangement OF freight
trains on Maine Central R. r., to take effect APRIL
3D. 1877.
Freight for Lewiston, Auburn, Bangor,
aud Belfast received at freight house before 30
z. M will be forwarded same day, and will be ready
Tor early delivery at destination next morning
PAYSON TUCKER, Superintendent
March 3lst. 1877. ap2dH
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09
OF TEACHERS.

VNHE Committee on Examination of Candidates
Il for Teachers of the Public Schools of Port land
will hold session at the High School Building on
the tenth day of July next, at 10 n. M, when all
candidates may present themselves for examination.
All persons desirous of positions teachers in the
public schools, and holding certificates year or
more, not having taught in the meantime, must pre-
sent themselves for examination at the above time
and place. ~.r's -.-s.1, -..----.-.
THOMAS TASH,
ju16d3w Superintendent OF Schools.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09
CITY ADVERTISER ENTS

To .he Commissioners of Portland Har-
Dor.
PORTLAND, June 90, 1877.
yTVHE undersigned respectfully ask you to con-
Il slider some remedy for the deposit of sewerage in
that portion of Back Cove incosed by the Marginal
Way. The tide does not carry off, and offensive
odors arise which cannot but be injurious to the
health of those living in that vicinity Whether it
can be reedied by building dam in the sluice way
of the railroad embankmenc is question to which
we ask your attention at an appointed time.
DAVID WYER, FRANK E. LOWELL,
S. WARREN, EDWARD A. CHASE,
MATTHIAS LIBBY, M. G, MoRTENsoN,
hICHARD COLE, CHAs. L. BLAKE,
l.. TAYLOR.
PORTLAND, June 20, 1877.
nN the foregoing petition it is ordered, that Ia
~ hearing be had on Back Cove near the premises
mentioned, on MONDAY, July 9th inst, at O'Clock
p M, and that a notice of said hearing together
with this order thereon be given by publication
in two daily papers published in Portland for seven
days at least, previous TO the hearing.
JACOB MCCLELLAN,
ALBERT WARWICK,
G. IL. FARLEY.
je30d I'd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09
FOR RENT.

FUR KENT.
A PART OF HOUSE, PLEAS
ANTLf LOCATED IN THE
WESTERN PART OF THE
CITY. INQUIRE AT 2S EN-
CHANGE STREET.
jy7 d1wis
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-07-09

MIR! Il MRS. DIR. WEIGH, the great
Painless Chiropodist will open Rooms again to the
Puolc, at BrOwn~ Block, 499 l-2 Con
sress ST., "wednesday. July IIIb. All Diff
cultles of the feet skilfully treated y7dlwteodtt
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-08-11
.'Old HIP Converted,

The HOLSTER. California Enterprise
gives W. j. Hill formerly of the Silver
City, Idaho, Avalanche the following
first class notice.
W. j. Hill, better known in his native
wilds as "Old HILL" editor of the Sa-
linas Index, we are told, joined the
Cniversalist Church the other day, and,
as it was more than common grab, q
committee Of seven of the wisest
spinsters of the congregation met to
deliberate upon mode of baptism
Sprinkling or simple immersion was of
course ont of the question. so they
tied keg of tenpenny nails to his
coat tail and,anchored him out in one
of the big sloughs near town, and
whenever the old surface scales of sin
sSs thoroughly soaked. they intend to
make Bishop of him.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-08-11

MITCHELL WAGONS. N. Levy & Co.
have purchased the agency for the cele-
brated Mitchell Wagons. formerly held
by r Scott, in this county. They
have now on hand stock of these
wsgons which they offer for sale at 80
per cent. less than former prices.
Farmers and Transfers, now is the time
to purchase first class wagon at q bar
gain. Call at ". Levy & Co.'S and. ex-
anime the wagons. aug9-2w.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-08-11
LOCAL, INTELLIGENCE.
RICH ORE FROM RYE PATCH.
Another Dividend Promised Stock
holders,

The Rye Patch Consolidated NJ. 4
M. Company shipped o.day to San
francisco car load of ore, the assay
value of which is over $500 per ton.
We are informed by Superintendent
Greenwell that the company will de-
clare another dividend this month, and
ne feels warranted from the appear
ance Of the mine in saying that they
VIII continue TO pay monthly divi-
dends right along. Rye Patch is now
one of the best mines in the State,
considering the amount of capital iu-
vested. The stock sells at about So Is
per share, and on this the holders re-
ceive monthly dividend of 25 cents
per share or about 100 per cent. per
annum. This beats the best of the
bonanza mines as an investment.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-08-11
The American People.

No People in the world suffer as
much with Dyspepsia as Americans.
Although years OF experience in medi
cine had failed to accomplish a certain
aud sure remedy for this disease and
its effects. such as Sour Stomach,
Heartburn, Water brash, Sick Head
ache, Costiveness. palpitatiou of the
Heart. Liver Complains. coming up of
food. low spirits. general debility. etc.,
yet since the introduction of GREEN s
AUGUST FLowER we believe there is no
case of dyspepsia that cannot be i'm
mediately relieved. 10000 dozen sold
last year without one case of failure
reported. Go to your druggist and
get a sample bottle for 10 cents and
try it. Two doses will relieve you.
Regular size rs cents.
Agents Crane Il BriRhams Wholesale
druggists. San Francisco.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-08-11

Burlington. Iowa, is trying to get
rid of trsmps by prosecuting the steam
boat officers who land them. 1t is said
that a fine of $500 was imposed on
one steamboat company Cor putting
tramps ashore at that point. 1t would
be good joke on railroad conductors
on the Central Pacific if towns along
the road should fine them for landing
tramps within their limits.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-08-11
Railroad Assessment.

County Assessor Bnekner informs us
that the assessed value of railroad bed,
buildings and pro rata Of rolling stock
in this county for the year of 1877
amounts to Sl.149.06l. The value of
town lots owned by the Company in
Winnemucca is given at 50 500. Be-
sides this there are over 80. 900 acres of
land in the county assessed at 81 25
per acre.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-08-11

In the Russian Caucasus is the tower
of Bakon. the point of pilgrimage of
the fire worshippers from period far
beyond the era Of Mohammedanism
The pilgrims are now few in number.
The residents of the tower are earnest
advocates of the faith. together with
eundry disciples Of Zoroaster. Their
worship, costumes and ceremonies are
precisely as in ancient times. The
tower has no windows. The interior
is reached only by snbterranean pas
sages. 1t is an immense building. and
is surrounded by high wall. Within
this wall and encircling the tower are
high columns of flame. which spring
from the earth and are made with the
naphtha that is found in large quaint.
ties in the surrounding soil of the
mountains. These fires are kept per-
petually burning.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-08-11
ITALIANS are unusually excited about

ITALIANS are unusually excited about
Mount Vesuvius;- and strange stories
are told of the sounds from it's exterior
which are likeEeds TO the roar of a dis
turbed sea. amidwhich is distinguished
a cracking as OF many burning logs of
wood. These noises are heard, it is
said, at q distsnce of two miles from
the crater; and fears have been ex-
pressed lest continuous discharge of
lava should effect passage which
wonld place the observatory in danger.
Some thirty persons. ladies' included,
make nightly ascent of the mountain
to witness the magnificent spectacle
presented
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-08-11

The whole number of inmates at the
State prison at present is 1873. and
four United States prisoners (the muir
derers from Big Muddy Indian Reser-
vation) who are awaiting trial. There
are 81 Chinese prisoners; all the others
are white men. Storey county'has con-
tributed 300 the total number. There
are Is persons who are in for life. and
the number that will 60 out this yeas
is IL. All Chow, sent for life from
Lander county for murder. is the old
est inhabitant-the father of the insti.
tuition. He has been in since 1866.
The white man who has been longest
confined in the prison is Thomas Ryan,
sent from Lander county n.l869 for Is
years for burglary.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-08-11
Fine Cattle.

A drove of $40 head of cattle from
John Catalow's herds at Stein Mount
ain arrived here yesterday in charge of
John South (Red) for shipment to
San Francisco. A part of the baud
was shipped last night to their destina-
ton.