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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-04-26
weather Indications.

Indications for the Gulf States,
Tennessee and Ohio valley-cloudy
weather and rain, with northeast to
southeast winds, slight changes Of tenn
perature and stationary or slightly
falling barometer.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-04-26

The man who was stabbed night
before last is at the city hospital, and
has been we'll cared for. The city
physician is of the opinion that his
chance for recovery is small. He was
able to converse little yesterday. He
gives his name Us James Mathes, and
had been employed on the Dallas and
Wichita railroad. He says the mans
name who stabbed him Is Mofiitt, and
they were both paid Off the day prev,-
GUS. The man who took him into the
Mint, and also another man, were ar
rested by the police. Their names are
Carney and Mcdonald. They were
taken to the city hospital, and con.
fronted with the wounded man, who
stated that they had nothing to
do with the assault. Mofiitt Is still at
large, but the police are doing all in
their power to learn his whereabouts.
More police wanted.
LATER
Last evening, officers Duncan and ex
officer Edwards, by some means known
only to them, got on track Of the man
Moflltt, who stabbed Mathes. They
boarded the train going east, and
when they arrived at the White Rock
bottom, they disembarked and began
to march for the fugitive. They sue
ceeded In finding him, and brought
him back to this city, and lodged him
In the calaboose. He has acknowl-
edged the stabbing, but says that II
was done In self.defense. The two
officers who made the arrest deserve
credit.
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The European Troubles Erecting th'
priee of Grain and BreadstuH.

New YORK, April 25.-The war news
has put up the price of flour In New
York from fifteen to twenty-five cents
and, in exceptional cases, fifty cents
per barrel. Wheat has improved from
1--we to ten cents, and rye, oats, pork
and lard are also higher.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-04-26

CHICAGO, Ill, April 25.-Passenger
agents have advanced rates from Chi
cago to New York one dollar, and pro-
portionally 10 other points.
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COMPOSITION
ROOFING p!

lam still putting on my Roofs.
tbayeabout twenty-five thousand dollars
m from four years standing, down to two
hundred squares roof half finished ana
under contract, in Dallas.
lam putting on irst-elass Roofs atsi per
so,,re. Best Of reference, II required.
w.O. BIBOLb.
co,. Camp Grfhth sts., or LoK Box IS DAT
-. sprls-d m
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-04-26

NEW YORK, April 25.-The National
Board Of Fire Underwriters are In
session.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-04-26
Two Young Ladie. Commit suicide

Two fOuhK EfhH'FH D"H'
CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 25.-Two
young girls, from Indianapolis, were
found In their room at hotel, where
thew had fatally poisoned themselves.
one Is dead and the other is hopeless.
No oatluo
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Hrldse Hurned.
rfre Irnaeruritars

New HAVEN, Connecticut, April %
The Cobb bridge burned.
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DIR. J. A. NASH
Cor, Sycamore and Pacific Avenue.

with an experience of over thirty years
,ronid respectfully solicit Obstetrical anu
female Practice. Having devoted lsIEe
share of his time TO this branch OF p,aetlce
ne il prepared for All emergene IS anu ~ ~" IN
hraceletts used his practice isalmost entlteI
originsL Ladies can consult him al MS INih-
iIy parlor adjoining his office.
COR. SYCAMORE AND PACIFIC AVE
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-04-26

the Conservatives Transfer she LcEis'
Iaturc PROM Odd Fellows Hall 20
the state House where They Hold
sessIOn-kO Senatorial Choice,
, 1877-02-08

Cronln's homcwnrsl journey was less tri-
umpl.ant than his advance upou Washington,
yet there were thrilling ineldents connected
wtth. At Virginia City, New, the Chronicle tells
us, good deal Of excitement was CREATED By the
announcement that Cronin was on the train:
"Wl,cn tho train came IN, n man with small
carpct-snck md an ttnmcrAe Accompaniment
nose got nff and walked up the platform.
That's him. tried everybody. '!!urrAa for
Croninl' ltwas aftcrwar.l asccrtaiucd TINT tho
'Frlecu wflo fell but of 1lrre.st9rY window
Inst week, striking On his nosr, Ind thu accident
caused thu organ to rise with q voiuptuuus
swell. Tie crYsipclas set In, and made 10 Iouk
like tie pictures OF Cronn."
, 1877-02-08

A statement which seems 10 he authoritative
ia current NOW IN "9ociety circles" as to the
true proceedings IN tic May.1 .1,cnnctt duel. It
Ia asserted tl1at, when the seconds nskel the
principals II they wcro ready, sfr. May twice
replied that he was nat; TINT, after the second
asking, t1lc snap u q pistol was heard; that
Mr. May's Second .l'erc'ip,n advanced in front
Of Mr. Bennett anil askel II II was his pistol
csIibi,ed bls wcupon in prt"i That sui, wa
mt thu case; that Mr. May then spDkc up mud
satd his rt.to' Ind accidentally shaIpcl; Tint,
after tits, tho herantls aIIudEcIt 10 Mr. 13enuctt
pistol, took a1sn, anA then, suddenly throwing
ilp bis arm, fred in the alr. Whereby The duel
ended with no blood Altcl.
, 1877-02-08
PRESERVING DISCIPLINE

Mis- Annie Teller. tho Principal Of The aoutl,
Jamalea IN. " school, has occa.ioned trouble
IN the sn'i.I, family Of That place. First, she
i1og1cd young sn.Etl, because llo was unruly In
Tho school, md thcn she gave him harder
nURKing Leraute lie dill not amend hls wara,
Young Smith rctrentcd in bad order al.d brought
tlp bis father MS reinforcement, aud, upon tho
Teller, ss applied Tho i!rcslIovcl to llts head
with gnod effect. Tie Trustees say, We'll
done, Miss Annie Teller" und Ja.naica citizeus
generally cry ''AmenW
, 1877-02-08

the qualifications necessary for tie position nf
Alderman IN this cfr3 1,orrs thc .rhr IN tho
Ncr'ern ta',',1lc think no mai eligible 'ur tho
ccpt he has' graduated in snnc Fe'lian lodge
md been )0titI and bIastfn Macgsrt at Irish
Nationalist meetings! Out upun sncl! itnpudent
am! bralness arrflbleTs; they nre ndIsgracc TO
sensible lnjsu- -AAkNicAN.
, 1877-02-08
THAT DRAFT.
iIHrjfHgyets {jtSnEsve.


Yesterday morning n man out on Valley
street received lcttcr, which he oprncd, mi.
o,it dropped q draft for So,0N, unl his heart
stoppel beating M lie read tic letter aud saw 1t
was from Manchester, England, antl signed
"your unnatural but penltcnt uncle.'' lie Eayc
4 wild shricls OF cxultatlon, AMI sank actselcss
to the ground. When llu revived lie rushed
downtown, aud colsldn't walt until tho bank
opened, but rail aronnd buying new furniture,
new clothes, new carpets, bluo gInss,
iurs for his vic, and dresses
for hts. elrls, and 15~ecnt drinks
rushr,l to tlc bunk, l.c found = inan thcre, III.
side Tho window, who was sulllelently composed
mini, an! w!lo explained t!'ut le could mt pay
s.,G1 on Y, bvcau.c II was merely MI advertise
t,ont Of UItfcntlnrfer's Pcrlpatclu I'nln-Annihl-
lntor, fnr corns mud soft uu,,Iuns; and It touit
tlat man until ocloek ~ tF.e evening to co'I!l.
tGrslnnti the orders c hutl given brfnrr clock,
md then ho forgot half Of ,lcn., aml hIs wifo
had 10 stand at the iront cato oil tlso afternoon,
turning away delivery wagons TINT cnInu bnc|s.
Ing up to The sidewalk with new things.
, 1877-02-08
INFORMATION AS TO Qu4l1Ls.

L6htsntHt commercial.
The 1utliana Legislature has q bill pending to
prohibit tho shooting OF guatls for i've years.
We hope It will bu amended, for though the
quail ia II friend 10 the farmers, there nny bo
too much of Il good thing.
Each par Of 1uails produce an average Of tcu
clicks per ycar-nany, In favorable seasons,
hatch out sixteen II, brood, md then hatrl,
secoNl brood. II VIC cstlmute only the small
number Of 100000 quai1s In Indiana to start
with (thuueh there are probable ten times that
llntnbcr) ami take ten per year Is the produce
Of cach pair, tho figures will simply te slupcf,.
lous, md wo present thom TO tho Indiana Leg
is!aturc for consideration:
ftsat year, totat+.. ..-....,.. y 00n, 600
Hccontl year. toial.............".. IL 600, 600
Third ycnr, total. 1(8 COO 600
InNftA rear. IGtal. al.''..'.......". tLiH. uhl. O0O
il1th year. toials.. .BsS. O00, 0Uu
Wu would hnye to stattDn at, army along tho
Ohio River to prevent MI invasion Of Kentucky
after these birds had eaten everything ytai,lo liz
1nlEapn. There wouldn't |,e bur left In that
Gtutc, urd tho htrta would rcu,tru grain ta live
upon. Estinnt|ny gill Of GEnfn I,er i1ay for
carll bird, It would require about f5,0U0p0
bushels per day to feed them, Wo enter our
protest IL advance, ard slsull demand II 1tda,,a
does pass tla. lay, that the aate shall rasc thu
grain to feed the birds, and shnll nut up BIRD
net HuD feet high along the Ohio, to keep their
inhabitants frosn Invading Kentucky.
We ctn stand law protecting tllcrn for two
years, but beyond that We must dclnaud Il halt.
, 1877-02-08
EENDOTA's INDEBTEDNESS.

MENDOZA, H., fcb. 1.-in your Issue Of tho
5tn inst. noticed IT. tho statement IN relation
10 tho Indebtedness, etc., Of fifty Of tho in,.lic-
tpal cities Of tho State Ok Illinois, through
sumo Misrepresentation, Mcnlota Ii nut down Us
owing or indebted for s49,000. We wish tlle
error correctvd, and arc happy 10 say the total
city Indebtedness is only "a 7U0 and that will be
ia part patd with the present small lax. Truly
yours, NJ. a. NCkET, Mayor.
, 1877-02-08
A CRUEL l)ECEPTJON.

FHHIHIH t4FEF.T 7sFEFFI1TWs
Forty.scrcn sentimental young idiots in Los
Angeles, CAL, lave mid 50 10 he vacrinatel
The first Urlc used it nil up, but the other forty
SIX did not know tho difference, aud took tile
enterprisilg dUctor's worl for II. -
, 1877-02-08

=, The London Tlmet pensions IT. reporters after
csaA9&s.
This reminds one OF Mark Twa,n's story OF
tho FlorcnslnS mosaic workers. Tho work Is
poorly paid and destructive to health, but tue
s,ty ENCOURAGES men to learn It by Keeping
standing offer to provide for old agc by pension-
Ing all who attain tho agc Of 05 years. This Is
stimulus 10 all the workers, but such Is The
anlcalthtulness of tho labor that mot siugtc
man tlaa yet been ablo ~ oialn, tbs pen,Epn.
Mark tells how one pour wretch thought 10 was
near tho voytten aye, anil hc used every n,ca1.s
y pfolong hs ltfu until ILLS sixtyllfth birthday.
Wien thu great ulorning callle l,e tottsrcl
around to the pension olllce in statp OF tu-
multuous anstetpatton The people At tho
Office stared at him; they could not bultcye
sueh thing posslLle ~ a tAotalc worker being
u years 1Ia. TlIere n'ist b. . ln!staks, eome::
where. TLcy examined tho boolss mud found
they wsre ftght-ts,e old Nun hail tnada an
error Of ons yVar-hs was oulY ". They broke
tho !ntellgeiles to bin s;ently gat III .ank ~.
sInlled again .-1vltda Itade.
, 1877-02-08
ArI-9IS STRIKES,

GHftfHHe HFo.l LtdHfFs
The Chinese employees Oh tic Union Pacific
arc busonlin9 unruly un asrount Of t.,p cxrcss-
ivcly cold weather. At Ecl,o, nj Tuesday
,nurning Of last week, the thermometer finlt
catul n temperature of only sixteen degrees be-
low zero, a,,d tho blood Of thu lleathcn scct'oA
hanIs was fairly chilled II not cot,-
gca1ctl. Tho p'gtalea fellows slllycrcd
through tho long hours of the night,
aud IN tho morning, after warming their
risc, concluded TINT 1t was too cold to work. 4
wu'l regulated and properly constructed Ohua-
man canuot work lMri enoagllto Keep coHliorta-
hly warm WsIch tln thermometer Is TIP to 80
degrees III the shade, henco the hops of Keeping
Warn On Tuesday waa out ot Tho question.
They leOcllel, positively refusing tp work,
whsrcnpon tug section boss went IN atnong then.
aM! trletl to Increase tho temperature Ut their
imported blood. iIu threw lew of thpnl
arounl pretty lively. when tho almona.eyeI
roughly, aud, ns tho sult Lakr Itraid says III
llictea st,nl0 Painful wounds, Tho ttlstllrbal,cu
wns finally gl1tcted, and at last nccolsnts thv
sheriff OF Summit hal q band 0f EhInrss IN
custody. Nothing but the esect,ce Of Good po~
tattcs and harley eau be fully relied upon III q
long contest With cold weather and suow.
, 1877-02-08
CURRENT GOSSIP.


AK mo no more; the clock Il paat The ten;
New Years y1wrti that until July 4
would nl,.taln-1 have an uath-ho, then,
Aek ne no more.
, 1877-02-08
~ -
HltH4GAl4+

A SPECIAL CHANCE = A. 9DtIn III OCTAVE
p!anofo!te Tt;h efEaIs a9a a! l4ts improvements
1 NECkEIt HIsf)8. flAEt,s ASn EsrEf tiEHAS8
sas A1 st 1yGs ?eysat nftsst aaI yas!sss sss'a
CpLkxnIU UPRIGHT PlASu5 WITH .tuitAFFE
- eau nit new lmrrutctntA at great AsCtaeE4 Unt
$yJ0. IL I. HAHffE. ia Statu.st.
, 1877-02-08

IlAKTkEH NASTEt1-WIrll {4oI WILL TUT IN
sutne Ehsh md NV time Nath hh: TooM far 10th 10
work. A41rssa stAtlNx where " call II. " fr!auae.
I3ANrkE1t WAfTEli-A YUtSu MAN MlIu
t,!ent e tIt44tara faeta:y. Adl8ess T. sAApkts.
, 1877-02-08

Tor ExcMAS0E-uN sAi.E-IS ~ OK stAciE
l. trartt. AerrsrhutG farE, land fHft stutl.
1s land Is unrrtat With r,'ai II surerlut qusty Ta
rnrtra owulhx s.nal hontrs aud iu* clear f nrarly
viii ht gtten Adarc.s lASiEa atGAULEi. Itd and
L faia ia.at.
, 1877-02-08

Ark me no more. still. 'bont This time find
There - bul little harm In ilnTcrn fur:
fndett1, I've lntt hail one; rtlll don't Hstnd-
Ask me no 1nuroi
-Ntw l1ork tFoF|d.
, 1877-02-08
EO&k k.tLE:s

E'As sALE-I uAYE A LAItuE Lt,T pH ClGA1:
Tribune ondts.
, 1877-02-08

RIO REST-ELf:GAST lt.HOOM DH1cK tIOEEE,
ati modern Improvement: very law.
EnEtlth haAef1sut house. hot and cud water, bath,
etr. x1l
Marbln front. iorooms. furnace. ess n1tirsh all i'm.
FRO. elncnH. nrst.clat4 netRhbo1huUj; cheap.
Six r,tlHs. &t2.
MutGen improvements. $f5. .-.
All nehr Lincoln l'ark. Huu1 nefEhhcrtI1of.
Horc Ia gaui locality tur barHare or tncn't fur.
l{AtE. tIJ 1tantlofNil.St.
, 1877-02-08

Ask nc no more; fnr very rarely l. ....
Though necing It's you twhhni no'er saw be-
fHfel, .-.
AMI yet, my friend, do feel very DRY
Ark me f11Nfr.
, 1877-02-08

.t..- SENANG NlACt29NES~ ---
f,Wls sALE--AT GREAT sACKIF[cE-TuE RE.
uslntsr ot UT sntsta stock " sswtNg, mach:ass
aaehtnts shst9 tatus n,9st every s.y!e o. mAks q
tless TsDgI t!Y tlo % y ~ fos p!.! ana q! y ~
galns 1t l3A tiae4ansess. 1aku Cottage trott car.
1tuIE sAlK--sEVEltAL LATE.lMrlorEn slNG,-
.t.Ina,inr. ssIrssthrn htsr.; ri:iItXiEnnV II
OFFICE, ~ EiaEkAt.. ltouka :. np.AtAlnl
NulLulNts MATEAlAL.
-
Il7ASTEDe.N,un GOOD COMMON nuIGk .FuK
~ hursc. top luxxY. saa hAsnets, snd sAsh- Z ".
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-23
The Rates of Postage.

Postal cards, one cent each, go without further
charge to all parts of the United States and Canada
with an additional stamp they go all parts
Of Europe.
All letters, to all parts of the United States and
Canada, three cents per half-ounce.
Local. or drop letters, that u.s. for the city or
town where deposited 2 cents if delivered by car
Iiers, and cent where there is no carrier SYSTEM
Newspapers, daily, semi weekly, tri weekly and
wefklies regularly issued and sent to regular sub
scribeTs cents per pound payable at the Office OF
publication. news papers and magazines published
less frequently than week, cents per pound.
Transient newspapers magazines, pamphlets, books
and handbills, cent tor each two ounces fraction
thereof All other miscellaneous matter, including
unseaed circulars, hook manuscripts proof sheets.
photographs, &c, and also seeds, cuttings bulbs and
roois and mere handise not exceeding four pounds in
weight, cent for each ounce or fraction thereof
The following are the postal rates with Europe
The rates for letters for the halfounce frac-
ton thereof, and those for newspapers for four
unces or fraction thereof
To Great Britain and ireland, letters cents
newspapers 2 cents; France, letters cents. news
papers cents; Spain, letters CENTS newspapers
cents; all parts of Germany, including Austria,
letters cents, newspapers cents; Denmark,
letters cents, newspapers cents; Switzerland,
letters cents. newspapers cents; Italy, letters
cents, newspapers cents; Russia letters cents,
newspapers cents; Norway. letters cents, news
papers cents; Sweden, letters cents. newspapers
cents; Turkey. European and Asiatic, letters 8
cents, newspapers cents; Egypt, letters cents,
newspapers cents.
For Asiatic countries, the balf-ounce limit for
letters, and the four ounces for newspapers, still
holding good, the rates are
To Australia, letters, via San Francisco Except to
New South Wales cents.via Southampton ID cents,
via Brindisi 10 cents, newspapers, via San Francisco
2cents, via Southampton cents,via BrDdis cents,
China, letters via San francisco 10 cents via South
ampton Is cents, via Brindisi 10 cents, newspapers
"a and cents, by the respective routes; British
India, Italian mail. letters, 10 cents, newspapers
cents Japan letters, via San Francisco cents. via
England, 10 cents, via Brndis 81 cents newspapers
via San Francisco cents, via southampton cents
via Brindis cents.
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Home at Paris, Me.
please Coppv)
(Send one paper toy

A BOSTON & MAINE STRIKER IN COURT
Chas A. Stevens of this city was before Com
missioner Halett in Boston yesterday, having
been arrested on warrant issued by the Cir
cult Court for the District of Maine on an
indictment found by the grand jury for having
on the 18th day of February, 1877, wilfully'
knowingly, corruptly combined, confederated
and conspired with others to knowingly and
willfully obstruct and retard the passage Of the
United States mails to bs transported over the
Boston and Maine Railroad, corporation
then existing and operating lire of railroad,
and then and there under contract with the
United States for the transpor tation of mails
by then and there arrestipg and preventing the
movement of locomotives and cars and by
intimidatng, persuading, hiring, bribing and
seducing all persons to abstain from running or
taking charge Of the locomotive engines of said
Toad, ard by detaching the engines from the
cars.
Mr.. Stevens was one of the committee az
pointed by the engineers CT the Boston and
Maine Railroad TO wait upon the officers of the
road at the time of the strike and request that
certain demands then made be acceded to. He
was also one of the committee which notified
Superintendent Farber that the engineers
would strike at O. clock. Other than this be
was not engaged in the strike, as he had not
ran an engine for two weeks.
Mr.. Stevens not being ready, his case was
postponed till to-day, and he was held in $500
bail
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-23
Brief .I0stiugs.

The boats are hereafter TO charge 81 80 be-
tween herr and Boston.
Owing to the storm there was but one session
of school yesterday.
The mud on Commercial street is just simply
fearful.
large feet of coasters was in the lower har-
Dor yesterday for shelter from the storm.
The fire alarm for one session of school is
now struck at II. A. a. m. instead of II O'Clock,
as formerly.
The hose carriage belonging to steamer No
has just received new coat of paint from
Cloudman's brush
The Portland Chorus Choir is requested to
meet at the Second Parish vestry Wednesday
evening at 7.3O o'clock Business of import
ance.
The Young Mems Christian Association have
leased the second and third stories of Cush-
mans new block. They will be fitted mp for
reading room, library and hail.
The iron screw steamer James Bavras, Capt
Akerly, is expected daily from Boston at this
port to take 49, 600 bushels Of grain from the
elevator to Europe.
The Boston Comedy Company advertised to
play short engagement at Music Hall, COM
mencing last evening, failed to put in an ap-
pearance for some unexplained reason, and the
hall was not opened.
The speculationin tickets between Bangor and
Boston is now to be stopped by an arrangement
entered into by the Maine Central, Boston &
Maine and Eastern roads. The price of through
tickets has been raised and local fares reduced
slightly.
Sunday night the store No. II Middle street,
occupied by Bowdoin, Ebbeson & Co., was en-
tered by breaking pane of glass in window,
and quantity of raisins, oil, corned beef and
extracts stolen.
The concert given by the Samaritans tomor-
row evening will be a pleasant affair. Cold
winter is approaching and many and frequent
will be the calls for aid. Will the friends OF
the poor bear tLis in mind and be present. Re-
freshmeDts solicited Admission free in the
afternoon.
The challenge from Davis and Kennedy to
Faulkner and Reagan, Offering to row series
of races, to consist of two single and double
SOUL race, will probably be not accepted as the
season is drawing to close, and the Boston
men would not have sufficient time to train.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-23

FIRES YEsTERDAY.-At 8 80 o'clock yester-
day morning fire was discovered in the story
and half wooden double house, corner of Oak
and Cumberland streets. The house is owned
by E. d. Cannon, Esq, and is occupied by
Mrs. M. Jones and Mr.. Newman. The fire
was discovered in the parlor of Mrs. Jones
tenement and probably took from defective
chimney. The flames worked into the par
ttions and did not show until good headwsy
had been gained The alarm from box 81 for
some reason did not sound clear all over the
city, and the department was delayed thereby
but on arriving the fire was soon extingulshed'
The furniture in neither of the tenements was
insured, and was saved in decidedly wet
condition. There was an insurance on the
house of $4,000 with Dow, Coffin q Libby.
About IL o'clock fiie was discovered IN the
house of Mis-. Ward on North street. Word
was sent to the house of Engine Company
No. and the steamer ran TO the place without
Ewing an alarm. 1t was found that the fire
hau just started about the kitchen stove. and
lew pals OF water extngusbed II
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-23
An Interesfin q Episfle.

The following is an lexact copy of Ia letter
received by the editor of this paper yesterday,
emitting the name of the writer ont of regard
to his feelings:
SUNDAY PORTLAND, Me-, Oct q, II.
Dear Sir
Please excuse me for writing Sunday AS l was
out in boat near Cost at East Deerigg this az
ternoon L was thrown ont of the boat by two
men
weighing about 200 lbs each and lost my wallet.
Do not know weather they tookl it from me as
they held me about half minute before they
throwed me or weather it dropped out of my
pocket when swimming.
There were crowd of boys at Ship Yard when
reached it. Explanation } l was on Frank
lin wharf this noon two men asked me to have
a SAIL Not thinking of anything disastrous L
thought L would and sailing about 3 hours they
said they guessed l was foolish giving The m q
little back talk they throwed my bat and then
me @overboard but l swan to shore
and was saved. L am writing to you
because am gong to leave the city for work
and got to walk. L am going to Cumberland
with James Stole. Yours truly Nth love
please Coppy) Home at Paris, Me-
(Send one paper toy
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-23

The JUBILEE SINGERs-The Centennial Ju-
bilee Singers appeared at City Hall last even
ing, but owing to various causes there was not
large house to greet them. There are ten
singers in the company, and all of them have
good voices. They sang old plantation songs
almost entirely, and in some of them introduce
ed the original actions, assuming at times very
amusing attitudes. The leader assured the au-
dience that theres was no over-actlng, button
the contrary tendency to omit some of the
more vigorous demonstrations. He also ex-
planned tina. at the camp-meetings conducted
by the colored folks the one who could shout
the oudest and leap the highest was chosen as
the leader Following this little speech came
camp-meeting song, the singers introducing
some high and lofty jumping, which would
have done credit to circus riders. The shouting
was simply immense