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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-04-04
Currency Statement.

WASHINGTON, March 3O.-Thc treasury now
holds $}4G, ,23G $50 in United States bonds to Sc
cure national bank circulation, and $l3, ,453, 600
in bonds to secure public deposits.
United States bonds deposited for
circulation week ending to-day. 5000, 600
United States bonds held for circu-
lation withdrawn week ending
to-day. ..................... $4,000
National bank circulation, out
standing currency notes .... 500, ,1G1, ,394
Gold notes. Observation-Disclosures. 1,432, ,I20
Internal revenue. ue................. 272, ,139
Customs. .............. 35O, ,242
Receipts of national bank notes for
week ending to-day, as compared
with corresponding period last
year, 1877 acknowledgements. 4,027, 900
1873. Observation-Disclosures. 2.997, 900
Receipts to-day. ay.............. 48l,OOO
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-23
The Rates of Postage.

Postal cards, one cent each, 60 without further
harge to all parts Of the United States and Canadas
ith an additional onecent stamp they go all part
Europe.
All letters, to all parts Of the United States and
anada, three cents per half-ounce.
Local, or ''drop" letters, that is, for the city
lwn where deposited, cents if delivered by car
ers, and cent where there is no carrier system.
Newspapers, daily, semi weekly, tri weekly and
eeklies regularly issued and sent to regular sub.
.ribers, cents per pound, payable at the once OF
ubcation, newspapers and magazines pubnsneo
IS frequently than once week, cents per pound.
ransient newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, BOOKS
I'D handbils, cent tor each two ounces OF 1ractoI
lereof. AL other miscellaneous matter, including
nsealed circulars, book manuscripts, PROOF, l,sheets
hoiographs &C., and also Seeds cuttings, bulbs ano
pois. and merchandise not exceeding four pounds Ii
eight, cent for each ounce or fraction thereon.
The following are the postal rates with Europe
he rates for letters are for the ha-ounce or frac-
on Thereof, and those for newspapers for fou
unces or fraction thereof
To Great Britain and Ireland, letters 3 cent
sewspapers 2 cents; France, letters cents, news,
apers cents; Spain, letters cents, newspapers
,1is; ali pats Of Germany, including Austria
tiers cents, newspapers 2 cents; denmark
tiers cents, newspapers cents; Switzerland
tiers cents, newspapers cents; Italy, letters
suts' newspapers cents; Russia, letters cents
ewspapers cents; Norway, letters cents, Eews
apers cents; Sweden, letters cents, newspapre!
cents; Turkey. European and Asiatic, letters
snis, newspapers cents; Egypt, letters cents
ewspapers cents.
For Asiatio countries, the half-ounce limit fol
tiers, and The four ounces for newspapers, still
olding good. the rates are;-
To Australia letters, via San Francisco except T
'ew Soufh Waiesl cents via Southampton 10 cents
Ia Brindisi 10 cents newspapers, via San trancisc
ts,via Southampton cents,v via Brindisi cents
hina letters. via San Francisco 10 CENTS via S0utn
mptnn is cents via Brindisi 10 cents, newspaper
and cents, by the respective routes; Britlsl
ldia Italian mail. letters, 10 cents, newspapers
spfs: Japan letters, via San Francisco cents, VII
pgiand, 10 cents via Brindsi 81 cents, newspapers
IA San francisco cents, via Southampton cents
"A Rrindisi cents.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-23
STATE NEWS
ANDRosCoGe1N COUNTY.

ANOhO6COGd1N CUUNtf.
When the intelligence of the death of Mr.
Bates was; received in Lewiston the flag was
put at half mast on the College, and remained
there till after the faneral. The President Of
the COLLEGE, Profs. Hayes, Stanley, Howe, Chase
Mr.. Baldwin, Principal of the Latin School
also delegations from the Trustees, and all tht
College classes were present at the funeral. Al
the exercises of the College were susp ended
during the day.
The question of the system of water works
that is to be adopted by the city OF Lewiston
was on Monday evening, after several severe
discussions, disposed of by the final passage Of
an order by the City Government to adopt the
reservoir system. 1t was passed by vote or
to in the Aldermen and IA to in the Coun'
Gil, with the instructions that the Water Com
missioners will Immediately proceed with ltS
construction.
KENNEBEo COUNTY.
On Friday as Mr.. Edward Weeks, aged about
20 years, q highly respected citizen OF Vassai'
boro, was returning home upon load OF wood
accompanied by his son and apparently In MS
usual health, he lay back upon the wood and
expired; probably from heart disease. to which
he had previously been subject.
OXFORD COUNTY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eeazer Rowe of Bethel, cele-
brated the fftieth anniversary of their we'd
ding recently.
PIsCATAQUIs COUNTY.
The new spool factory at Foxcroft will COM
mence running in few days.
YORK COUNTY.
The eleventh annual meeting of the Depart
ment Eucampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic will be held with Sheridan Post at
Biddeford, JAM 23d, at p, m.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-23

At the examination into the case of the scut-
tied schooner E. FL. Pray, Monday, William
Chalmers, who shipped ths principal portion
of the cargo stated that May, the man under
arrest, told him that Capt. Clark promised him
(May) $1O0 for aiding in the scuttling. Police
Officer Michael Flannery stated that he board
ed the Guide on the 18th, when he discovered
May; he asked the latter upon going aboard
where the captain was, to which May replied,
81 don't know, he went ashore few days ago. "
May then asked, "what day is >this?' The
officer stated that it was Tuesday; the prisoner
recounted to the officer how he happened to
work for Capt Clark; the latter had met him
along the Jersey shore and had offered to give
him something to do; May also said to the Off
Ger, "The captain has got me in nice muss "
He stated furthermore to the witness that be-
fore he was engaged to work on the Pray he
had never worked for nor met Capt Clark.
Further examination into the case was post
poned till Friday.
May formerly lived in Chelsea, gaining a
livelihood in various waysby peddling fish, etc.
For few years he was employed in Bisbee &
Endicott's iron foundry. This was the last sit
uation he had before shipping on board the
Pray. He has wife and two children, also a
brother and sister. Some of the citizens who
are we'll acquainted with May say that be is
not '1evel-headed,' or is slightly 'rlooney' at
times. Men who know Capt. Clark of the
schooner Pray, are not disposed to believe that
he ever scuttled his vessel as had been charged,
and believe that New York river thieves did
the work,
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-23
From Rev. Starr HI. Nichols, 3D.. Phila-
delphia.

de1phia.
For five years drew my weary breath, writ
ing less, reading less, and enjoying less from
year to year, till at last the physicians abso
lutely forbade my continuance in. professional
labor. During these years had tried nearly
every method of cure. Alopathy, Hom@opa
thy, Hydropathy, were applied all in vain.
Horseback-riding, light and heavy gymnastics
were faithfully used to no purpose. Long
hours OF sleep, with perfect rest and easy recrea.
tion, profted me as little. Travel, under fa'
vorable circumstances, was my last resource,
and from protracted tour [ returned home
worse than ever. I began to feel that there was
no hope of recovery, but having business in
Chicago, my attention while there was called
to THE HEALTH-LIFT, to which had imms.
diate recourse, with almost immediate relief.
In three weeks 1 was better, in three months
was happy. My appreciation of the Lift can
not be too confidently stated. 1t seems to me
there is nothing better under the sun for all the
ills that flesh is heir to. Being constitutional
remedy, it seems to be good for euerybody who
can stand, and lift-whatever their particular
complaint. I should prefer REACTIoNARY
LIFT in my study to a horse in my stable, or a
piano in my parlor. would even sell half my
books rather than not use one.
Health Lift rooms 237 Middle street, Port
land, j. H, GAUBERT, proprietor.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-23

NOMINATIONS BY THE GovERNoR.-The
Governor has made the following nominations:
Ta1idermist- J. Blake, North Bridg-
ton.
Coroner-Mark f. Wentworth, Kittsry.
NotorieS PabSc-Chas. A. S. Holland, Port
land; f. 81. G. Reynolds, Bangor.
Trial JlStices-LeVi G. Caldwell, Sherman !:
Jere E. Estes, Macwahoc Pl; Moses Plummer,
Pownal; Benz. f. Ferguson, Deer Isle; Levi G.
Whitten, Etna.
Public Administrator-John G. Wheeler,
Chestervlle.
De0inus Justice-Charles H. S. Webb, Deer
Isle.
Justices of Peace and Quorum-Martin L.
Durgin, Jr., Milo, Ezra W. Gould, Sebec, FL
bridge G. Morrill,, Atkinson. w. B. Taylor.
Bath Geo. M. V. B. Sprague, Vanceboro, VIM.
L. Phinney, Turner, Seth D. Wakefield, Lewis.
ton, Lewis Deatb, Littleton, VIM. G. Ham
mond, Van Buren, Eben M. Ramor, Eden, o.
B. Trott, Orland, Hiram D. Coombs, Goulds-
boro, Joseph Emerson, Ellsworth. VIM. w. A.
Heath. fremont, Samuel Dunbar, Castine,
Seth Webb, Deer Isle, Hiram E. Whitaker,
Gonldsboro, Geo. 1. Soper Orland, Gideon
Mayo, Eden, VIM. Rand, Gouldsboro, Joseph
f. Thomas, Sedgwick, Charles Hewins, Au-
gusta. Thomas Thompson, Bristol, Aaron 81.
Mason, Paris John II. Kimball, Hermon,
Frank A. II. Stackpole, Kenduskeag, Reuben
Sanborn, Etna, Israel w. johnson, Carmel,
Chas. johnson, Harpswell, James q. Banks,
Freeport, Chas. +. Swasey, Standish, Reuel
Small. Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-23
REmARKAsLE OPERATION.
Something Similar TO n Separation of the
Siamese Twins.

An operation was performed at the Maine
General Hospital yesterday which occasioned
good deal of interest among the members of
the medical profession in this city and vicinity,
several physicians from out of town being
present to witness it. The patient was fe-
male child five months old, from York county,
which was born with large mass attached to
the inferior extremity of the trunk, the mass
being two-thrds as large as the child itself. In
fact, all the physicians who had seen it regard
ed it as an attempt at the formation of sec
ond child, the two being firmly grown together
at the lower extremities of the trunks. On the
posterior and lower part of the mass was quite
a space covered with hair, which resembled the
hair on the chld's head. At this point there
was evidently an attempt at the formation of
head. There were two cavities, one which
seemed to correspond with the cavity of the
skull, the other, which was considerably larger,
seemed to correspond to the cavities of the
chest and abdomen. These cavities were filled
with q. straw colored fluid. There was nothing
answering to the formation Of internal organs
or intestines. The arrest in the development
must have taken place at very early period of
its growth.
With the exception Of the mass the child
was well formed and apparently healthy ain
every respect. 1t is well nourished, being as
large as any child of that age Two months
ago the child was brought to the hospital, the
cavities were tapped and their contents drawn
off, and the friends advised to take the child
home and wait until the cavities had reilled;
and then they were to return and have an at
tempt made to remove the mass if it should be
considered advisable.
When the child came to the hospital the sec
ond time it was found that the mass bad grown
in proportion to the growth of the child. 1t
was evident to all who saw the little patient
that its life would be absolutely wretched with
such an appendage, constantly increasing in
size with its own growth With these facts in
view, and with some degree Of hope that the
child might survive the operation, the Board of
Consulting Physicians and Surgeons recon-
mended its removal. In accordance with this
recommendation the operation. which was in
deed formidable one, was made, and the Of
Tending mass removed The patient bore the
operation well, far better than was anticipated,
and at last accounts was doing sdmira bly, well.
with good prospect of recovery.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-23

COURT MATTERS IN YoRK.-In the case of
John G. Robbins VS. Luther Bryant, which has
been on trial several days at Saco, the jury
disagreed. Robbins, who is proprietor of the
Biddeford House, sued Bryant, who is the
ower,sfor Office rent for three years at So per
week. 1t seems according to plaintiffs testi-
mony that Bryant has been accustomed to
spend good deal of his time loafing in the ho-
tel office, to the annoyance of the guests, and
so plaintiff put in this claim for rent. Defen-
dant on the contrary denied that he ever went
there except at the invitation of the plaintiff
and to aid him in filling his house.
In the case Tristram Hooper against Boston
and Maine Railroad, action to recover $500 fol
! injury to mis- farm by railway culvert, jury
j NWarded $40.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-23

ARE BANK DIRECTORS OFFICERs?-At the
annual meeting of Cumberland Bank, held two
weeks ago, the question as to whether directors
had right to vote By proxies came up for So
luton. It seems that when the vote for direc-
tors was declared the committee announced
that one of the gentlemen named had been
elected by proxies, voted by the directors. The
law is that officers of bank shall not vote by
proxies, and the question arose as to whether a
director was an officer of the bank. After some
discussion it was decided to write to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury for his opinion. The
meeting was accordingly adjourned until yes
terday. At the meeting yesterday letter was
read from the Comptroller of the Currency,
stating that bank directors are not considered
officers, and that the officers are simply the
President, Vice President and Cashier. This
settled the point and the following gentlemen
were declared elected directors for the ensuing
year, Il. N. Jose, John @. Iewksbury, Charles
p. Ingrsham, d. FL. Ingraham, james s. Mar
rett, M. M. Butler and D. W. True.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-23
Brief JOttings.

The Allan mail steamer Crcassian from Hal
flax arrived out Monday.
Mr.. Sankey hopes to be able to visit Port
land while Mr.. Moorehouse is here next week.
Mrs. Sarah A. Adams, who slipped on the
ice in North street on the 9th inst, claims ST.
500 damage from the city.
A gentleman in this city is preparing to pub
lish directory of the Odd Fellows of the
city.
The Lake Michigan is the first iron sailing
ship that has been in this harbor for many
years.
The Cadets will Of course have crowd on
the occasion of their eighth annual ball which
comes off next Tuesday evening.
The intense cold last week caused formation
of anchor ice SO as to obstruct the passage Of
water to the wheel of the paper mill in Cum
berland Mills for several hours, ard consequent
stoppage of part of the works.
A series of dime concerts begins at Fanny
Marsh's Theatre next Sunday evening. So
long as there are seven nights in wsek there
in no evident necessity of giving concerts Sun
days.
A. Z. Lewis, Esq. lectures this evening in
the East Deering course upou "Salt Lake City
and Mormonism." He speaks in the Water
ford course February 1st, upon "The Yosemite
Valley"
The last rehearsal of the Portland Chorus
Choir previous to the visit of Rev. Mr. Moore
house, will come off at the Second Parish
church this evening and a large attendance is
desirable.
Rocksyllania True, who lately died in this
city, but who left handsome property in Prov
idence, r. L., after leaving legacies to many
relatives and friends, bequeaths $1,000 to the
Maine General Hospital for the purpose of
maintaining a free bed, and $1,000 to the Maine
Unitarian Conference.
The locomotives on the Eastern railroad bear
mourning emblems 10 memory OF Engineer
Bradford Paul, who died at York, Monday.
He was reputed an excellent engineer, and had
run both freight and passenger trains between
Boston and Portsmouth. He had been sick
with cancer for some time.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-23

Qua READERS will find 10 another column
the advertisement of the peabody Medical
Institute" of Boston, which publishes the
immensely popular work entitled "The Science
of Life, or Self-Preservation," which treats
upon all the disorders that resalt from the
errors of youth, in a mastery manner. II
should be 10 the hands of every young man
and every person suffering from decline OF
the physical powers. The Institute also
publishes an invaluable treatise entitled
Diseases of the Nerves and Nervous Malades. y
A very elaborate and costly Gold Medal has
recently been presented to the author of these
works by the National Medical Association.
Don't fail to read the advertisement.
ia23 d&,w1t
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-23

1VWOOIINIi<z1j . dHs AI3 IOFOs
The prospect for rich harvest of the ice
crop for the people upon the Kennebec was
Lever more fattering than at the present time,
and extensive preparations are being made to
cut much larger amount than was ever cut.
The ice houses are so numerous upon the Cat
hanee river that they are crowded for sufficient
surface of ice to fill them, hence the natural
inquiry for the law and rights of occupied priv
ileges. Upon this matter all seem to be with
out any guide of law or custom. AS this is new
branch Of industry in our state, it must sooner
or later call for some legislation upon this sub
ject.
j. P. Norton. some three miles below Rich
mond, In this town, commenced filling his
houses Saturday, the ice being only nine
inches thick. He will also erect and fill large
ice houses near Harward's s road.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-23
Arrival and Departure of Mails.

From 500 m to $50 p m, Sundays excepted.
Sundays open for Carriers and General Denvery
from to 10 m. ~ -
PORTLAND, ME-, Dec. 20, 1S77.
Arrival and Departure of Mails.
Poston and intermediate offices. Arrive at 1920
= m. Close at S.15 O.. N, and 2.45 and 800 p. m.
Boston and the West. Arrive at $40 p m.
intermediate or Way Mails via Boston and Malne
Railway. Arrive at 1920 and $40 m. Close at s'lo
: m and 2z5 p m. oo
Great Southern and Western. Arrive at 1920 p
q. Close at s.15 m, 2.45 and 800 m.
Bangor, Mattawamkeag, and connecting routes
Augusta and connecting routes. Arrive at 9.00
u. and SIS p. m. Close at IL 80 m and 6.OO m.
Morning Northwestern by g. I. r. Arr1ve at s.5o
m. Close at 7.15 a m.
Lewiston and Auburn. Arrive at 2.15 and 300
m, and SIS m. Close at $50 and 11.3O q. m.
Rochester, n. H., and intermediate offices. Arrive
( 1-20 D. m. Close at 100 8 m and 200 p m.
North Conway and other offices on the T. q Y. 4.
= Arrive at 11.30 m and 800 m. Close at lo.VO
m and 2.15 p m. -
Castine, Deer Isle, Sedgwick, S. W. Harbor, MT.
Desert, Jorespert, Machias, Machiasport, East Ma
.hias, Millbridge and Bar Harbor, via each steam
q. Arrive at a. m. Close at Q p. m.
Eastport, via each steamer. Arrive at 6.oo M
lose at SEQ p m.
Foreign Mails, via Newly ork day previous TO sail
az of steamers. Close at s.15 a. m.
Express, Augusta, Bangor and the East. Arr'vs
tails m. Close at 800 p m.
SkOwbegan intermediate offices and the north
lrrive at BIS p m. Close at 11.3O a m.
SkOwhegan also closes at 800 pm.
Canada and intermediate offices, via g. L. Il. Ar
i've at 2.30 D. m. Close at LOO p m.
Nova Scotia and Prince Edwards Island. Clos'
t1l.30 a. m. and p. IN.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-23
superior Cours.

ASuARY CRIMINAL TERM, 1873, sYMoNDs, j..
PRESIDING.
TUEsDAY.-In the case of State VS.. Angus Mcah
n the testimony is closed and the case will be ar
ael and given to the jury this "wednesday lore
0oD.
Haskell for State.
Frank-Larrabee for defendant.
The next case to be tried is that Of Charles w
lies. charged with an assault upon an old man b,
ae name OF Sylvester. VIM. j. Copeland of Grea
l.ils appears for the prisoner.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-23

GATHERING OF THE LAwYERs.-Last even
ing goodly number of the members of th G
Cumberland Bar met at the Falmouth Hote
for their annual supper and election of officers
The supper was followed with remarks and a
good time generally. La fact it was one of the
best of their annual gatherings At the an.
nual meeting of the Cumberland Bar the fol.
lowing officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
President-Bion Bradbury.
Vice Presidents. G. Strout.
Secretary and Treasurer-Percival Bonney.
General Oommittee-H. B. Cleaves, 7. B.
Reed and @. P. Mattocks.
General Entertainment Committee-Clar.
ence Hale, Edward P. Payson and Joseph A.
Locke.
Messenger-W. A. Stillings.
The Greenleaf Law Library elected the fol-
lowing officers:
Presdent-Bion Bradbury.
Vice President-S. q. Strout
Clerk and Treasurer-Byon ID. Verril.
Trustees-S. o. Strout, James T. McCobb, T.
B. Reed.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-23
foreclosure OF Mortgage.

DUBLIC notice is hereby given that Charles E.
i Stevens, of Portland on the tWentythiId ddta Gay
corded in Cumberland Registry OF Deeds, Be Book 40
Of land situated IN Portland, in the county Of Cum
berland, described as tollows Beginning one nun
dred feet from the made by the northery line
of Clark street and the southerly line Of Summer
street; thence westerly by said line Of Summer
street ffty-one feet to land of Jeremiah Regan;
thence northery at right angles with Summer street
one hundred feet, to lana of persons unknown;
thence easterly by said land of persons unknown for
ty-fye feet, to land formerly Of Hasty; thence
southerly BY said Hasty land and land of Michael
Lynch one hundred feet. to the point begun at; to
secure the payment of twenty hundred dollars
and INTEREST according to the tenor of twelve prom
issory notes. that said mortgage was duly assigned
to Andrew Spring and Samuel Il. Spring, copartners
nnder the style of A. 8 S. e. SPRING; that the
period of foreclosure Of said mortgage by It's terms Is
been broken and by reason of said condition broken
the subscriber, as surviving partner OF said hrm oI
A 81 s. E. spring, hereby claims foreclosure OF SAID
mortgage according to the said terms in one year.
Ai0i SAMUEL E. SPRING,
Surviving Partner of firm OF A. s. s. e. Spring:
Portland, January l, 1878. Ja2Sdu
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-23

Course OF ENTERTAINMENT.-Aco course of
onular lectures and concerts is being arranged,
be given in India street church. Generals
chamberlain and Hall have been secured. Mr.
SckueIl will give one lecture. Chandler
Band with Mrs. Hawes will give one OF theli
oncerts. Another very pleasing vocal and in
trumental concert is promised. The cours
viii probably open with Barnabee and his iui
company in City Hall. Course tickets are
De only one dollar.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-23

A TEST CAsE.-Today the venders Of hop
lager must desist or be prosecuted for the ile-
gal sale of Intoxicating liquor The dealers
held meeting yesterday and it was decided
that one of their number who has recently gone
into business shall continue to sell, and if seiz-
ed the case will be contested in the courts on
the ground that hop lager is not Intoxicating
and cannot be seized. The case promises to
excite a great deal of attention.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-23

SHIPMENT OF GRAIN.-The Grand Trunk Of
ficials here find that instead of decreasing the
amount of grain here for shipment to Europe
is constantly increasing. There is now some
thing like $50 car loads in the yard waiting to
90 into the elevator In addition to this amount
there is a large number of loaded cars along
the road between here and Island Pond. There
are now two ships loading at the elevator and
six more have been chartered in addition to the
steamers which leave weekly. The fine iron
clipper ship Lake Michigan, of the Beaver line,
will load grain, as will the Lake Erie of the
same line. These are both large ships and will
take good cargoes