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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-11-13
Tbe @arkets.
BOSTON PRODUCE MARKET.

SATURDAY, Nov. q.
FLoUR-The market rules quiet ard there has
been only moderate demand Tor any grade. There
Is a 6rmer tone to prices on 81. Louis and south
ern Illinois hours and there Is not so much urgency
the part of receivers to sell at the lowest prices
SLpers are quiet at t3a3 Is per bbi low
Western extras at $685. "a 0Oper Dbl. Wisconsi
extras, including faacy bakers brands, tia5 rs
Ohio, Indiana and Michigan nours, ~ 5Oa5 90; ST.
Louis vnd Illinois nours at s5ao SO, with q few
popular brands selling at a little higher figure
Winter wheat patents sell at esa7 so, with one or
two brands at ~ 10. Fancy Minnesotas range
from % SO for a common to Ia SO for a choice one
and one or two popular brands sell still higher
The above quotations Tor lots from receivers
hands. Jobbers' prices would be 25a5Oc per Dbl
CORN-1here is a limited demand and the mar.
ket 10 quiet at 50S asa for steamer and mixed corn
and 50 per bush for yellow.
OATS-There 10 no change to note In prices and
we quote Nos and whites at 30lI a3lo, and mix.
ed would range from 3Oa32c No | and extra white
sell at 36aiisc per bush.
MILL FEED-The market is firm for Shorts Al
s tl5 GOALS 80 on spot; Feed sells at els 80, and
M nanTs At sls SSa2o 90 per ton
and the sales continue to be confined TO small lots
Tsere are some jobbins demand at prices ranging
IRON Sii La per bel for Western and city clear,
city and Western steam ami Kettle rendered.
Smoked Hams are 10 moderate demand at 90 40 c
extra mess, and sia 50 per Dbl for plates. We W.
quote: PORK e. a. prime a, % 80 a 10 per Dbl mess
c ses,o % wsi!s5p Gssr At On soa
per Dbl; Lard at. es 7lc per ID for Or
city, and saIHc fr Western. Napbey,s
kettle rendered leaf lard at loo for 10 pals
&c for Id do, 9sc Tor lbs, aSc for 10 lbs, AMI
l0i4 G for ID cups. Fairbanks' kettle rendered
leaf lard at 9slc for 10 pals, esc for Id do, o.
for 10 ID do l0c for 10 cups l01c per 10 for ints
SIN ked Hams at 91ss 0: per III Tor city, and I0Isc
ior western Extra mess beef at 81 0lai2 90 plates
At el2 50 and mess at % 50aIO o. per bDI.
BU1TER-Fine and choice lots of fall made
butter that just right In favor and texture sci
fairly at soasSc. We quote choice creameries al
2ia26c; line to good do Vt Isaac; choice New York
and Vermont fall maize butter ut 2Oa23c; choice
diaries and summer and fail butter at l6alsc; com.
mos an medium diaries ut l2si6c; Western iadle.
packed butter at i0ai5c; store packed at 7al0 per
ID. Jobbers' prices are two or three cents higher
than the above quotations.
CHEESE-The sales of late made mild cheese
have been at 90 for the best factories. and some
fancy cheese 10 held a Ii tie above this figure
The demand for early cheese 10 limited as prices
oil the best makes are 30 low that most buyers will
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purchase morning else. We quote fine late made
factory cheese "a ,9c good do at IA use; early
IN ade cheese sells AT Iaec Tor the best, and 5a6c
for common to fair.
EGGs-rhe market is short of fresh eggs, and
prices are firm at !ta15c Tor Northern. 4 | and
Eastern, and 2ia23c for Western; lined eggs sell
at i6alsc per doz.
BEA >s-There are quite liberal receipts, and
the market Is well supplied with pea and medium
beans. There Is steady demand at 81 SOal "
per bush Tor good to prms pea beans, the latter
price for Il choice hand.picked; mediums are In
steady request at 3 10ti 30 per bush, and yellow
eyes are urn AZ 4. 90 per bush. Jobber prizes
are l0c per bush higher than the above quota
ions
APPLES AND CRANE eRRIES-There is no
market is duh at 75casl 20 for winter aud fall
fruit. Cranberries are quiet and the sales are
light a. - ,9t' 90 per ooi i4r Conntry anu APE,
ate demand for Potatoes, Tor consumption, but
shippers are quiet. We qiole Eastern Rose Al
ssagOc per bush, and Northe m al s3as5c per bush
Prolidcs sell at same price rs Rose; Jacksons
sell at Is soc per bush; Sweet potatoes sell a
81 75a2 25 rer bpl Tor Norfolks aud Jerseys. On
ions sell at : 90 per Dbl
POULTkl-There ID a good supply of turkeys
ard chickens in the market. which are selling al
l5al6c tor choice, IL il4c for fair 10 od and loa
lie 10 old turkeys and inferior lots oi chickens
Fowls sell all the way from l2al4c per Id, as u
quality
there is a limited demand for al grades. We quote
choice coarse hay at $i5al5 per ton nne aud me
dunn do al ga, and interior lots at sl0ali per ton
straw is selling at lals per ton.
SUG AR-Raw Is quiet and st ady, with limit
ed inquiry and no sales reported. We
quote fair and good refining at 7sa7<c per Id
Refined is firm and in steady good demand
at previous prices. We quote powdered
at 5ssr; graduated at "a a exc; coufec
TONERS A at 9ts = standard at Sc; extra a
$40; extra yellow at 11saT'sc and golden yellow
At So per 10. Wholesale grocers ask ha4t
per 10 above these prices.
COTrON-rhe market is dull and unchanged
without sales OF note. We qnote IN ddlng, "a
90 ;; 10 middling, ga a9'sc good ordinary, So
SIC, aud ordinary "a ssc per Id, including upan'
anu gulf.
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Chicago Produce Market.

CHICAGO, November II, 1878.
FLOUR-Exra spring 500a3.O0: western $50
Southern 5.25.
WHEAT No. Red Winter d.; No. sek
-a-cash; s74 December; No. 3 Chicago Spring,
- sO5I cash; - November; 81 IA December
No. 3. 7Oz rejected A91s.
CORN Sales, 30Aa305s cash; - Nov.
3Oxa3ok Dec; rejected. 27Ha-.
OATS-l9h8-k cash; 4 November
Dec. 1873; rejected, IL.
RYE-4I.
BARLEY -s6kasO cash; s9-as9A November
96; December IS.
PORK-Cash 75-a6.70-; November 65a67,. !;
December So; JAM.
LARD-Cash 5.75-a5 80; Nov. O.0O-aOO; Dec
5.S0a5. so; Jan. SIX.
BULK MEATS shoulders az 10, short rib
sides 41laO; short clear rib 4aa-; clear sides
4ha--.
WHISKEY-1o6.
FREIGHTs-Corn to Buffalo ~ cents wheat
az cents.
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District Court Of the United states,
District of Maine,
In the matter of
Henry Il. Morton,
pauk r1lpt

II
Henry e. Morton, :
THIs is to. give. notice that petition was
presented to the court the eighteenth day
OF September last, by Henry Y. Morton OF
winthrop, ia said District, Bankrupt, praying
that he NAV be decreed to have full discharge from
all his debts, provable under the Bankrupt Act;
on which Petition a hearing was ordered to be had
on the first Monday of December, 1878. at 10 A.
NJ, before the Court in Portland In said District.
and notice thereof TO be published in the Daily
Kennebec Journal and Daily Portland Advertiser,
once a week for three successive weeks and once
in the Weekly kennebec Journal and Weekly
Portland ADVERTISED, the last publication to DO
thirty days before ssitl day OF hearioR, which no.
tce has not been pnbishedas ordered; and thai
now on this Arst dag Of Nov smber 1873, on
reading said Petition, 1T Is ORDERED by the
court that u hearing he bad upon the same on the
first Monday of January, A. d, 1879, before the
court In Portland. in said District at 10 O'Clock A.
NJ, and that notice thereof be published
in the said Daily Kennebec Journal, and the
Daily Portland Advertiser, newspapers
printed in said District, once a week for
three successive weeks, and once in the Week.
ly Kennebec journal, and the Weekly
Portland Advertiser. the last publication to be
thirty days at least before the day of hearing and
that all creditors who have proved their debts and
other persons in interest. NAV appear at said time
and place, and show cause. II any they have. why
the prayer of said petition should not be granted.
WIN. r. PREBLE,
Clerk of District Court for said District.
tnovl2 l9.28&wnov8
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The letter of Secretary Evarts in regard
to the Fishery Award at Halifax is pub
lished in full. 1t is very lengthy and i'm
portant. The whole question of the sub
ject in controversy at Halifax. the value
of the fishery privileges, the constitution
of the Commission and the validity OF the
award are discussed at length. Mr..
Evarts invites a full expression of the
views of the British government in the
matter
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The New York Times exposes one of
the methods by which democratic MAORI
ties were obtained In South Carolina. lis
sue-paper ballots were distributed to the
de nocrats in all the republican counties.
The Times describes one of these ballots
and the manner in which 1t was used and
how it operated as follows: at is printed
on very thin paper, Of the kind ordinarily
known as "onion skim" is about an inch
and quarter wide and two inches long
II contains 80 lines OF fine prnt-the name
Of the county, the titles of IS offices, and
the names Of 10 candidates, printed in
very pale ink. No enc seeing it would
doubt that it was meant to cheat with. and
40 q matter Of fact, it was a very useful in
strument of fraud. In many districts II
gave the democrats majorities greater than
the whole number of voters. In others. a
pretense OF rectifcation was made by hay.
ing blindfolded man draw out the ex.
cessive ballots. He naturally had no trou
BILE In grasping the large and thick ticket,
OF the republicans, leaving the tissue pa
per to be counted. In RicLlin county
where. in 1876. there was a republican
majority of 1900, and where the repub,i.
cans voted this year more solidly than they
did then, the democrats have majority of
$500. more than the number of democrats
in the county. The NATIVE and best,
arc 20 jubiIant over their suacess that thew
take no trouble to conceal the means by
which 1t was got"
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ROYALS 6MS&R
Absolutely Pure.
Absolutely Pure.


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New York Money Market.
EVENING REPORT.

New York. Move nber IL. 1875
Money loaned ara IA Sn call, and closed al s.
per cent.
Sterling iS1Aasl = tor 80 days, 4s5&as6- 10
demand.
Gold opened at l01t and olostd at 1905.
Carrying rates, nab per cent. Borrowing rate
la2.
Clearings, 30, 81 .000 Custon receipts, 1854 90
Treasury disbursed ais 00J interest, SOS. TOO FOL
bonds.
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Commissioners Notice.

THE undersigned Commissioners appointed nv
i the Judge Of Probate, Tor kennebec County
to receive and examine the claims OF creditors
aga inst the estate of Louisa Forbes late of Au.
gusta. deceased represented ins0lvent. give no
tice that six months from the 18th day of October
1873. allowed for said creditors to present aud
prove their claims. and that they will be In session
for the purpose Of receiving said claims and proof
ut the ofice Of e. W. Whtehouse, at 10 O'Clock, In
the forenoon Of each dav, Saturday the 18th day
Of December, and on Saturday the i2th day Of
April next.
SAMUEL TiTcoMB, Commissioners.
3wlss ~
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Boston Stock List.

BOSTON, November IL, 1878.
30 ston 4 Maine Railroad, lO6-al06-
Eastern Railroad, l2hal3h
Portland, saco 4 Portsmouth Railroad, sea-
Boston Maine Railroad, { ew bonds) ll8-a-
Eastern Railroad NEW bonds) 7l%a7.
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xLvTH Congress. xLvITH Con
Gapata Houaa Sapsta 4

'Including Ind. Davis, of Illinois.)
In this table, California, which elects Con-
gressmen next September, is counted as the dele
CATION now stands--2 republicans and 2 demo-
Gratis. The republicans expect to regain the lid
district which was taken from them by the demo
cratic House of Representatives. IL this is done,
the democratic majority over ell in the next Con-
gress will be reduced to |.
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The Next Congress.

A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY OF ABOUT THREE
OVER ALL IN THE HOUSE.
The filling Of the three vacancies in tho XLVth
Congress makes no changes in the strength
Of the two parties. The republicans lost
the With Louisiana district, but carried Nebraska
and gained the XVIth New York district. The
changes in Congress indicated by the following
table:
xLvTH Congress. xLvITH Congress.
Sepata Honae Sapata Honsa
New-York tribune., 1878-03-02
Sold by druggists.
Abandoned at Sea.

At all ships OF kind another are floating about
abandoned by officers and what seems hope
less condition. Some dismaneis mere huks some are
swimming upwards some are waerIOggcd, but being w
den timber will sink. but driven hiher and
hither the wind and direct so people afcted
with catarT. bronchitis and consumption abandoned by
physicians and friends ncurae yet thousands Of such arg
annually restored tn perfect health by the OF Dr sage9
Catarh Remedy and d. PIERCRs Golden Medical Discovery
The Catarrh Remedy is unequaed soothing and healing
local application while the Discovery puries and enIchos
the blood impar tone and ygor 10 the whole system
NIDALIA, La, April IL 1877.
Dr. PRgcEDB,R SIR suffered for Twelve wit that
offensive and lOahsOme OF all diseases-cataIrh. lily
smell completely destroyed procured
ply Dr. Catarh Remedy yOu7 Golden Med cal
discovery which used according to directions, and
pete and permanent speedily effected take plea
recommending them 10 all afflicted.
Ever thankfully yours, CLARA f. HUNT.
WADING RIVER Burlington Co, y. j.. Feb 2S 1871.
Dr. PERCE-DEAR Your Golden Medical Discovery 10
medicine for coughs colds aud consumption ever
knew. 1t has saved my life. Respectfully yours,
HELEN Is. McASSEY.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-02

light Of large and audiences These actors
VIII be remembered, played similar parts the farce
OF Our Boarding House" That piece slipped out OF
thei hands This appears to have been fashioned
To supply is place repeating and lettering OF Its
effects The purpose has been accomplished. "Our
Bachelors is decidedly the best piece Of the two for
no other reason than Its freedom from the element
OF mclodrama. tho cumsily ambitious attempt 10
make Iics serious. which s ridiculous In the earlier
production. Mr Crane Is well fitted Jorier and he
occasional touch Of deft admirable bur!esquc. The
defect u the part piece Of farce that II involves
an element OF haefuluess. Jorer must be IN earnest
IN order 10 give sort OF consistency the piece and
being IN earnest he Is detestabe But Mr. Crane man
ages 70 make him tributary q much laughter
by capital makeup aud great vim Of comic action,
bdng acted hN Mr. Robson. IA clear canCatuTc, ardrd
VITA the squ, ak aud rising infections, tue gnnnns
nacc- The aspects OF puzzled NacuOnsness and bland
iducl aud Hll the funny little for which Mr. Rob
sons actin ~ notable. BGHgie l. ami1blt cOmpla
cent aVe ~ Yet hesitdu WOotr. ana he blunders
INTO -crup-s With perfectly PckWckan ease and bland
ness orr Bachelors" thus acted. is theatrical frOc:
and uIbc several kindred skijs which have Of late
sumCd Oi prominence, u s not impure Lat us set
this li its credit II IL froth, Int u Is not hat Vile
ieyY which CLEANS around the dccaruc puircScncc Of
French theatrical morals II l. altogether preferable 10
"Iuk Dpmiuos," Champagne ana Oy-tcrs,' and even
the much CiDv "Iurhiddcu lrut" Iae strenuous
tide Of farce which has lately been setting ui-ou
stag is dong good and may end by dong II much
luru. tending 10 make that entirely dcspi.Cd which
i- viewed with sufficient contempt already But II We
must have farce, II Is comfort To have II clean.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-02

other warls francisco has been sowing tne WIN h
co. many months ono OF theso days II may "ap tue
whirl~ind.
The Eddy brothers, who were arrested III
.ibanv on "A charge of disordcrly conduct were dis
charged on Wednesday the ground that there was no
,g proof that the case under the statute In re-
,fion 10 mountcbanks The magistrate added. however
mat ssycn residents had made Complaints against them
and that they were liable under city ordinance Tor
charging an admission fee without license. He warned
them that u they failed to procure license any person
who chose 90 do 80, could have them arrested The
notnt raised, ~ will be observed, - similar 20
nat bout which the interest centred IN the slade
prosecution IN Eng and There has been some Gu
rious testimony admitted IN the course OF tie
examination; such. Tor instance, rs The statement
Of Dr. Dltson, 60 the effect that spirits have
tho force of viii operating from TIE elements In The
Atmosphere; that what rs seen IA the cabinet Is not
,pirt nor vision nor shadow bat form and mstcrnl o
,bf suf which Doe handled touched. aud taken ho'd
Of aud that ho had scen go the r.arcrs The sphlom
of his father in Elder r. ". Evans IN several com
,unr1t.n- O. the press, has denounced thf pfurecl
nc /. man woman he asks, who processes 70 act
a.. medium II communication between human beings
in .uI of The body necessarily muuui' h9hh anu
I'M. sor. who must take out liccu@rt VII VA" c'N
,nnr.tnts," he continues tel me tngt have never
hold rational iut,rcUurte with a Wttofialfcd tuNih
be.ngi 30 spirfnasn is no more than s'lvn',
Ute re .srHuhy Ip thuu.Huds i religion, and tey
have the sana rights ~ % Net thudi~t'
New-York tribune., 1878-03-02

that bis sheep stray in among his goats.
In one instance they do and by merely leaving
this one gap in his stone wall Mr. Eaton Is in dan
ger OF losing his whole flock Having narrowed up
our souls with the wrongs we have suffered and
the perils which menace, from our corrupt Clvll
Service, Mr.. Eaton coolly remarks that, 81 We have
always had great proportion of worthy men in the
public service" We have have wei Then, why
this tempest in a teapot We have about $4,000
Federal oilce-holders in all - great proportion
Of these are worthy men, admits Mr. Eaton. To
have used plain language about the rest, says Mr..
Eaton--the plain language of " a stern sense ol
duty, and resolute purpose" he calls 1t, but what
ever he calls it, it was only wordsworth nave
gwen history the chance to record not General
Grants surrender, but 1" an ultimate victory over
the spcilsnen not less iu glory than those he had
won upon fields of bloodw As it is, history will have
to take up with the next best thing and record that
ultimate victory over against the name of Dorman
Il. Eaton. On fields of blood. General Grant still
carries tho day. Mr.. Eaton does not attempt to
wrest from him the Sword Of Appomattox. But
before the angry cohorts of Congress and Custom
House, with hostile qulls brist!ng above their
erect ears. even that stern heart Gualled. IL was
Mr.. Dorman b. Eaton whose " courageous spirit
TOUCHED 1t QUITO use q village vernacular. Ii
was Mr.. Dornan B. Eaton who took up the
sword say rather tho mightier pen - that
had fallen from President Grants nervcless
hand. Ii is Mr. Dorman b. Eaton who sounds once
the slogan of battle, and tramp tramp! across
the land we go, splash splash across the sea, and
down among the dead men, and in among the hire
llngs wherever we see his white plumes shine amid
the ranks of war; to carry out the stern resolve or
great people "to let 1t be understood that they in-
tended that those whose duty it might be. should
make themselves qualified" This is. to be sure,
hardly what Disraei would call a good cry" be-
ing scarcely more clear and scarcely less cunber-
some than the prm deacons request that the church
contribution for the day should be turned over to a
certain poor sick woman OF the flock, on the ground
that " Miss Member had become charitable" In
deed If Mr.. Eaton had only told us in the beginning
what he tells us near the end, that q great proper
ton" of our public officers are, and always have
BEEN worthy men, it would as if Pitt ana
Burke and Clay and Webster and tho Italian states
men. and all the saints and martyrs. might have
been allowed 10 remain in their quiet graves, and An
ingenious people might have found some way q" to
lc; ii be understood that they intended that those
whose duty it might be should make themselves
qualified" without making such enormous draughls
on Mr. Eaton's courageous spirit. or suffering Cen
eral Grants military fame TO be dmmed by the
brilliant cortiscations of Reform Brother so near
the Throne. GAIL HAMILTON.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-02
NAsBY HAS NEW FINANCIAL SCHEME
Prom TIE Toic % M ad,
W. yyp want l. "A money that we kin Uit lOl,

uy-that everl l,odV an st All ne ~ my
lection maxim l, her dollars is ltjccud by tuuWise
grucrislun wch dun recognize thcf nciIciOrS, why
tn hcv ,utnin wien is ~ once sub-ianshcl and
Kin made plenty. Nv pan - tuis: Give every cor
pora-hen the rite To lshOo is ~ ucn money RI IL wants
To- based uOn the hth nv the COpOfashcn "ich ishOOs
For instance. the corpCrdshcn NV CoIfcGit Roads
isOOs scrip 10 st sic m amount ~ II chooses. and
distrbs IL pro rata among It's cltllns That scrip shc
Dc cre ten for every thing and any rcOOsln to
take shr De nmcjity taken ont and hung some sch
lcg-ashcu th1 wood br necessary 10 inspire cOnil-
dcnce Tho cfieck wood hc miraculous. 1hcb wood
all nev money, AMI Good pay the blOad bOndhOldcrs
without trouble. We shOOd hcy monty with wich 10
stimulate enterprise ana give The spirit NV progress
wch belongs the Amerin character fun scope 10 run
aud be giOred Then Good bid railroads aud facto-
re, and dist tleTcs anc 20 on IN way that wood aston
i-h the efcte governments NV the Ola World Then
wood there CONS period prosperity onto us that
wood make up the depTcshn the last TOUR yecrs;
aud things wood be- smooth agin.
New-York tribune., 1878-03-02
VENEZUFLAS APPLICATION.
r"--''
WHAT AMERICA DOES ABOUT THE AWARDS BEING
WATCHED WITH INTEREST BY OTHER POWERS.
iBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUsE.l

WHAT AMERICA DOES ABOUT THE AWARDS BhiNu
WATCHED WITH INTEREST BY OTHER PoWEiS'
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUsE.I
WAsIuNGToN, March 1.-The House Committee
on Foreign Affairs has ceased taking testimony in the
matter Of the alleged fraud growing ont OF the set
Element of the Venezuelan awards, and the Hon.
Wm. A. Pyle, representing the Government oil
Venezuela. has to-day finished his argument upon
the subject Mr. Pyle said the decision OF the com
mittce would be q very important one, as 1t womb
iAvolvc questions growing out of international law
and treaties. The representatives, OF other UoV-
ernments here are watching with interest
the action Of the committee. Mr. Pyle charged
that the American Commissions and the MINI
ister TO Caracas, with Others, entered into
conspiracy and corrupt bargain whereby they
agreed Ia share the profits derived from Illegal ana
unjust decisions of the commission, and from irall-
nlGnt claims. He urged that the decisions of the
Commission he set aside and that Il new commits
sion b. formed, promising that FcneZucia W"uhi
enter into il with other view than to arrive at
lust settlement Sle is understood to have been
ready to pay the awards made by the late commits
sion. but, owing to the above dcYelOpments' mas
asked rcOpcning of the whole matter.