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The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28
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Postal cards, one cent each, go without further
with additional onecent stamp they to all parts
Of Europe.
All letters, to all parts of the United States and
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weight, cent for each ounce or fraction thereof.
The following are the postal rates with Europe;
The rates for letters for the hafounce or fac-
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To Great Britain and Ireland, letters cent
newspapers 2 cents; France, letters cents, news
papers cents; Span letters cents, newspapers
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cents, newspapers cents; Russia, letters D cents
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cents; Japan. letters via San Francisco cents, v
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The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28

Remember that the Republican caucuses to-
night begin at q O'Clock.
Hsl-past seven is the hour for the Reputli.
can caucuses tonight
VIII the ward clerks send a foil list of the
ward tickets to this office asearly as convenient
this evening.
The Allan mail steamer Nova Scotian fron,
Liverpool arrived at Halifax Tuesday night,
and the Scandinavian from Halifax arrived out
Wednesday morning.
The Beaver Line Steamship Company is
about starting three more steamers to assist
them in carrying freight ostween this port and
Europe next season.
Mr.. Alexander Houston, an old and respect.
ed citizen, died last evening at an advanced
age. He was tinman by trade, and mem
Der of Maine Lodge of Odd Fellows.
A pair of horses attached to Fernad &
Sawyer's excursion wagon took fright out in
Deering while waiting for party Tuesday
night, and ran to the stable in this city without
doing any damage.
A supper an entertainment was given at
Casco street church last evening After the
supper music was furnished by the Messrs
Jones Brothers aud Blackstone interspersed
with readings by Miss Valentine of Dsering.
which.were greeted by frequent applause. 1t
was very successful and enjoyable affair
The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28
The Revival Meetings.

Last evenings meetiags had the usual large
attendance, but the order of exercises were
slightly changed. After singing several hymns
Mr. Needham offered prayer, and Mr.. Cato
sang 'Jesus of Nazareth passeth by"
The speaker then based his remarks upon the
4th chapter of % Chri1tbians, his aim being to
show the various phases of moral blindness
with which the sinner is affected. Christ is
the only true light of the world
Mr.. Cato sang "The Great Physician is pass
ing" after which Rev. Messrs. Anderson,
Gardiner and McWhinnie took up the thema
presented by Mr.. Needham, each Of whom
gave verg earnest and forcible exhortatious to
sinner to come to Christ
The meetings for today are as usual with the
addition of girls meeting to be holden at the
Chestnut street church this afternoon at quar-
ter to five o'clock.
The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28
GOrham.

Hon. j. w. Corthell, State Superintendent of
Common Schools, addressed very large audi
ence at the Congregational church in Gorham,
on Tuesday evening, on "The Elements of Ed
ucation." The audience were very much in
terested in the practical and eloquent remarks
of the speaker, and appeared to be convinced
that the progress which was going on in new
methods of teaching were working satisfactory
results in popular education. He explained
the workings of Normal Schools, and the great
advantages that would follow the location of
the new Normal School in Gorham. That the
entire state would be greatly benefited thereby,
but that the town would reap peculiar benefits,
for which they could we'll pay the necessary
and required assessment. The Gorham band
was present and enlivened the occasion with
good music.
The meeting was enthusiastic and after ad-
journment the citizens generally waited to be
introduced to the State Superintendent, who
was ready to answer any questions to the salts
faction of each enquirer. 1t is understood that
the Board of Trustees of the Normal Schools
will meet at Gorham on the 26th of March fol-
| the purpose of examining and deciding on the
| conditions to be complied with In order to To-
| cate the Normal School at Gorham. The town
| will then probably be ready to meet and re-
spond to what is required. The town PROPOSES
to raise in its corporate capacity $4,000, and
what else may be necessary will b raised by
private subscriptions
The sheet and pillow case ball at Grange
Hall, Tuesday evening, was not very well pat
ronized. The large number of masked dancers
amounted to three, although there were thos
who were not masked. The music by one Of
Chambers quadrille bands, was very nice, bu
the company generally was not as select as hal
| been seen before.
There is to b public exhibition given b
the scholars of the town schools in the schoo
house Friday evening. The schools are to clos
this week, and all are invited to the exhibition
The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28
STATE NEWS
xENNEpEo COUNTY,.

KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Theodore Knight of Pittston hung himself
Sunday night. He was 81 years old and leaves
q wife and daughter.
All the stockholders of South China Trotting
Park Association have been sued in the March
term of the S. j. Court for the payment of
debts OF the association, amounting to some-
thing over $4,000. The number sued is over
one hundred.
HANCOCK COUNTY.
1t is understood that the Blue Hill Copper
Mining Co. have contracted with smelters in
New York to furnish 100 tons of ore per month
at the rate of So per unit for all ore running
higher than per cent
PENOBSCOT COUNTY.
An old lady named Curtis, living in Stetson.
with an old coat over her head, went past the
barn door Friday evening while a young man
named Kmball was feeding the cattle. He
thought it was tramp, and plunged the pitch
fork into the old lady's side. one tine pene-
trating the lung and inflicting fatal injuries.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Capt. John Leighton Of Millbridge met with
serious accident Sunday. While driving his
two.horse team down hill an iron broke,
which let heavily loaded sled Gown preci-
pics some fifteen feet. Capt. Leighton had an
ankle badly injured, and one of the horses had
three.ribs broken, and the wonder is that the
injury was not more severe.
The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28
PORTLAND POST OFFICE.
OMce Hours


From SEQ m to $50 m, Sundays excepted.
from Q to 10 m.
PORTLAND, Me-, Dec. 20, 1877.
Arrival snd Departure of Mails.
Boston and intermediate Offices. Arrive at 1920
+. N. Close at SIS q. m, and 2.45 and 800 p. m.
Boston and the West. Arrive at $40 m.
Intermediate or Way Mails via Boston and maine
Railway Arrive at 1920 and 500 m. Close at slb
a Ia and 2.45 pm.
Great Southern and Western. Arrive at 1920 p.
m. Close at s.15 m, 245 and 800 m.
Bangor, Mattawamkeag, and connecting routes
Arrive at 3.l5 p. m. Close at II. 30 a. M.
Augusta and connecting routes. Arrive at 9.00
N and 8 Is p. N. Close at ii 80 m and 800 p m.
Morning Northwestern by G. T. r. Arrive at 1886
am. Close at 7.15 m.
Lewiston and Auburn. Arrive at 2.15 and 800
=. M, and BIS N. Close at $50 and ll.3o a. M
and 500 pm.
Rochester n. H., and intermediate Offices. Arrive
at 30 p. IN. Close at 100 a m and 200 p m.
North Conway and other Offices on the p. q y. +
r. Arrive at 11.30 m and 800 m. Close at l0.O(
a m and 2.15 p M.
CastiDe, Deer Isle, Sedgwick S. W. Harbor, Mt
Desert, JoEespert, Machias, MachasDort, East Ma
chias, Millbridge and Bar Harbor, via each steam
er. Arrive at a. m. Close at Up. m.
Eastport, via each steamer. Arrive at 600 m
Close at SEQ p N.
Foreign Mails via New York, day prevlousro sa,i
ng OF steamers. Close at S.15 a. m.
Express, Augusta, Bangor and the East. Arriv
at 2.15 a. m. Close at 900 p m.
Skowhegan intermediate Offices and the north
Arrive at 3.15 m. Close at 11.3O m.
Skowhegan also closes at 800 m.
Canada and intermediate offices, via G. T. b. ar
rive al 2.30 p. N. Close at 100 m.
Nova Scotia and Prince Edwards Island Clos
al 1l.30 q. m. and p. m.
The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28
GEN. Halls Lecture Last Eve.ius

The second entertainment in the Peoples
course came off at India street church last eve
| ming There was good attendance to hear a
lecture by General James A. Hall of Damaris.
| Gotta, his subject being, "Unwrtten Politics
| from 1852 to 1872
The speaker commenced by using the words
of Cromwell to the yonng artist, "Paint me as
am" So. said he, in dealing with the politi-
cal matters Of our country, let US paint them as
they are, and not continually shout our praises
and boast of being the grandest government on
earth, while we never allude to our wrongs
Let US not claim to be a land of justice, free
dom and equality until all our citizens are en-
joyiRg those blessings.
The General deals With the past quartar of
century of American politics, and claims that
the nation has well nigh been destroyed once as
the result of political agitation, growing out of
the evil tendencies that entered into the forma-
ton of the government through compromise.
The war destroyed the peculiar institution
about which we bad for nearly hundred
years been compro -aising, but 10 reconstructing
we failed to appreciate the situation, and unrest
still curses the land, while business interests
are afraid to move.
Our. greatest need to-day is rest from politi-
cal agitation. Garfield to ID us not long since,
our danger was in Congress. Gen. Banks
said on the floor Of the House, "We squander
more money in one week de bate than lG would
require to support the army whole gear. The
Indianapolis Journal told US 'fthat all through
the northwest, business was reviving until
Congress assembled in October, when it came
to standstill." Let us have rest, elect Off
GERS for longer terms have less legislative ses-
sions, less eDactments, aud more respect for
law.
Eight, ten, twelve years ago was the time to
talk about rebels in Congress, not now, after
we have stupidity psrdoned aud restored them
to full citizenship The ballot is not appre-
ciated, being largely regarded as merchandise,
and money rot unfrequently carries impor-
tant contests and elects men to positions The
masses are to blame for not acting individually
and independently, instead of voting as they
are told, or paid for voting.
The school house and the church must rescue
as it we are to be saved, and the masses must
be educated, even by compulsion. Confucius
was better statesman, Minos, Solop, Lycnrgus
and SerVus Tnllius, better Lawmakers than
this country ever produced, and from them we
may learn much.
A warm tribute was paid to our army, aud
censure poured upon those who are not willing
the troops should occupy any position, save the
lungles of TIE frontier, or the sickly lagoon of
Texas. The lecture is fearless handling Of
the subject, being in no way personal; and as
the speaker says, he presents these criticisms
for the purpose of waking up the masses to DO
litical action, individuality
The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28


PATRIOTIC ORDER Sons OF AMERIcA-Camps NJ
] and convenes over the Eastern Express Office
Plum street. No. on Wednesday evening; No,
on fiIst and third Saturdays of each month; No Oh
Tuesday evening, at Arcana Hall; No. at Scheo
House, Turner'S Island, Cape Elizabeth, Friday
Evening.
BoswoRTH Posi- G. A. B.-Meeting every Friday
evening in Mechanics Hall, corner of Congress and
Casco streets.
PORTLAND TEMPERANCE REFORM CLUB-Head
quarters corner Of Congress and Temple streets
Open day and evening. Business meeting Tues
lay evenings at "a O'Clock.
PORTLAND TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, No. 75-
second Saturday of each month.
PORTLAND SOCIETY OF NATURAL HIST Y
AT theif library room, City Hail. the first and
third Monday evenings OF each month.
SovEREIGNs OF ISDUsTRY-Dirigo Council, No.
meets every Friday evening, at Arcana Hall, at "a
O'Clock.
MERCANTILE LIBRARY Farringtor
Block. Second Monday in each month. Delivery
of books daily. to 8, day and evening.
PAYsoN LITERARY SoCIETY-Meetiugs every
Monday evening, Browns Block, cor. Brown and
Congress streets, at u o'clock.
PORTLAND PUEBLO LIBRARY AND READING
RooM-Open and tree to all from 10 a. M to p
m. City Building.
BRAMHALL LODGE. No. 8, K. OF P.-Meets
Tuesday evening, each week, Pythian Hall, Clapp's
Block, Congress Street.
Arcana, Monday, Congress Hall, 42OA Congress
ST. Mission, Wednesday, Williams Block, Copgr ass
street; Mystic, Thursday, at Sons of Temperance
Hall.
PORTLAND TEMPERANCE UNION Congress Hall
Business meetings Thursday evenings; public meet
ings Sunday evenings, att O'Clock.
JUVENILE TEMPLARs-Perham Temple, No. "a
at Congress hall. every Wednesday evening at Z
O'Clock. Temperance concerts first Sunday in every
month.
PORTLAND ARMY AND NAVY UNION Corne
Congress and Brown streets. Fist Tuesday in each
month.
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN AssoCIATIoN-Oppo-
site Preble House. Congress Street, open day and
evening. Unicn Gospel Meeting every Saturday
evening.
PORTLAND FRATERNITy-No. Al Free ST. Block
Every evening
The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28

SCHOOL CoMMlTTE.-The School Committee
held a special meeting last evening. There
were present Messrs. Smaller, Hill, Gray Chad
wick, Stanley and Burgess. In absence of the
Mayor DR.. Smaller was called to the chair.
Monthly bills to the amount offS5 ,9OS "a were
approved, including the monthly pay roll,
amou nting to So. 1850.
Mr.. Albro E. Chase was unanimously elected
Principal Of the High School.
The usual annual reports were then submit
ted. The general report was made by DIR.
Smaller. The report of the committee on the
deaf school and various departmental reports
were submitted to the Superintendent and Dr.
Smaller, with power to incorporate such por-
tious Of the reports as they deem proper in the
annual report of theSchool Committee,
The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28

FEBRUARY CIVIL TERM, 1873, sVMoNDs,

rhBhUAhf CIVIL TERM, 1910, o1MONDS, D.
PRESIDING.
WEDNEsDAy.-Edwin Clements ct ais. VS.. George
f. Foster. Action upon guaranty to pay thu
amount OF an award by referee to whom was sub
mittea all accounts between Edwin Clement s. Co.
and Robert Blair. Testimony closed. Arguments tt
be made Thursday morning.
Putnam for plaintiffs
Peabody-Strout & Gage for defendant.
About hirty-fve people were naturalzed.
The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28
Municipal Court.

BEFORE JUDGE KNIGHT.
WEDNEsDAY.-John Sullivan, Jr., and Michael
o'Donnen. Transporting liquor through the city.
Fined $50 each with costs. Appealed.
Haskell, Co. Atty. Swasey.
Michael Bennett Search and seizure. Fined $50
with COSTS Appealed. Frank.
John j. Hawkins. Search and seizure. Fined 500
with costs and three months imprisonment in county
Jail. Appealed. Swasey,
The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28

REAL ESTATE TRANsFERs.-The following
are the real estate transfers recorded in this
county yesterday.
Cape Elizabeth-James Gorham to Peter
Gorhsm land for $780,
Falmouth-Town of Falmouth to Louisa f.
Adams, land for $1,000.
Freeport-George W. Deunison to Ephraim
Field, land for $500.
Everett E. Morton to Ephraim Field, land
for $500.
The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28
Windham.

Windham.
The Republicans of Windham, at full eau
Gus yesterday afternoon, made the following
nominations:
Moderator-Chas R. Goodell.
Clerk-Fred S. Hawkes..
Selectmen, Assessors. &o-Chss. r. Good
ell, Thomas L. Allen. Frank Fl. Body.
S. S. Committse-Orlando M. Lord.
Ageut-Chas. Rogers.
Treasurer-Fred. s. Hawkes..
Collector-Edwin A. BODICE
Authorization T. Aver
The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28

THOSE who have been deceived by the in
competent empires that have attempted to en-
tighten the world upon the delicate matters re-
lating to the generative organs, should resort to
the works published by the peabody Medical
Institute" Boston, as tie source of true infor-
nation. Those who are suffering as though
without hope from the errors of youth-those
whose vitality has been impaired by exposures
or by intense application to business, should
not fail to peruse 'Ths Science of Life. or Self
Preservation" Those afflicted with nervous
debility in any form should read the work on
"Dseases of the Nerves and Nervous Mala-
dies These works, written by the Chief Con-
sultiug Physician of the Peabody Institute -
Boston, have attained an enormous circulation,
and done incaculable good, in appreciation Of
which the National Medical Association have
just presented the author with one of the larg-
est, most costly and elaborate-gold medalsever
made. See advertisement iu another column.
feb2S-d&w1t
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Iotdi 49,.
N0fir;f,J
Total.
GAS AGENTS REPORT.

The gas agent, r. Greeley, reports that the
amount of gas sold in the year ending Decem-
Der 81, 1877. was A, $780, 900 cubic feet 1905 feet
of gas main were laid during the same period.
The number of street lanterns, Jan. I. 1878,
was 4S9, about "A of which are the Boulevard
pattern. The city continues to own 100 shares
of the capital stock of the Gas Light Compa-
ny. The following is the semi-annual state
mont nf tho couuarv Iopuoru 1870.
The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28
Stated Meetings.

The regular meetings of the City Council take
place the first Monday evening of each month.
The School Committee meet the fourth Monday
evening of each month.
The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28

Col INGERsOLL's LEcTURE.-Co. Robert
G. IDgersoll will lecture at City Hall March
9th, upon Skulls or the Liberty of Man, NO.
man and Child" The tickets are for sale at
Stockbridge's
The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28

FINE POULTRY.-Yesterday we noticed in
transit from the yards of O. A. Sweet, Esq. of
Buffalo to Mr.. Ed. B. Osgood OF Cumberland
who is about embarkiDg in the poultry bust
ness fine dark brahma cockerel, sire Nero,
winner of the first at Chicago, 1878, and first at
Indianapolis, 1873, and siuce sold to E. L.
Lamb, Esq. of Chicago for 500. Mr. Osgood
has in his yard six pullets that were selected by
Mr.. Swest..at the late exhibition of the Maine
Poultry Association and intends to see what he
can do to improve the farm poultry stock of his
state, which interest has been long neglected
ESQ some thnk) by its leading farmers paper.
The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28
/. o. o. f.
Al Odd Fellops' Hall, FGrrin gtoa Bio,

Street.
RELIEF AssocIATloN-Tlrd Tuesday In the
month.
LoDGEs-Maine on Monday evenings; Ancieny
Brothers, on Thursday evenings; Ligona, on Friday
8, on Wednesday evening; Ivy, d. Off, second and
fourth Saturday of each month.
Observation-Disclosures first and third Wed
nesday; Eastern Star, second and fourth Wednes-
day; Portland first and third Friday; Falmouth
No. II, first and third Tuesdays.
BENEFIT AssoCIATIoN-Board of Directors meet
first Monday evening of each month. Association
meetsfrst Monday evening of January, April, July
and October.
The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28
TEMPLARS OF HONOR

at Templars' hall, No. 100 Exchange Street.
CoUNcIL-Maine, first and third Monday in each
month.
TEMpLE-Forest City. No. 1. every Wednesday
evening.
The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28

A BIG SALE.-The tickets for the two robin
Hood performances at Music Hail. Saturday,
went like hot cakes yesterday. Those who
wish to attend should lose no time in calling at
the box Office Standing room will be sold at a
premium on the day of the performance.
The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28
City Reports.
CHIEF ENGINEERS REPORT

CHIEF ENGINEERS REPORT.
From the report of the Chief Engineer of the
Fire Department we learn that during the past
year there have been Sc fires, 81 alarms have
been given in the city and 8 fires have been ex-
tinguished without an alarm. There have been
no alarms for fires out of the city. The loss by
the fires is estimated at $167Oo, while there
was SIG, 4SO paid in insurance, leaving ba. 1920
for excess of loss over insurance. This is a
most wonderful showing, and Chief Littlefeld
and his department are worthy of much COM
mendation for the fne result. Two thousand
feet Of new hose and a hose carriage for steam.
or Machigonne has been purchased the past
year, and two new alarm boxes Nos. Sc and 6.
Five new MIGRANTS have bsen set the past year.
The present force numbers ITO men, In closing,
the Engineer recommends the necessity of pro-
viding Steamers Nos. 2 and with circulat-
ing heaters for generating steam, SO that the
engineers can have from ten to fifteen pounds
of steam at all times in case of fire at each end
of the city where there is no hydrant pressure
As 1t now is the engineers are often obliged to
wait from five to ten minutes after reaching the
fire before they get to work.
The following is detailed list of the fires the
past year, with the loss and insurance:
ms.
March Q, 1877, Box 43, VIM. H. Dyer.
Commercial street,. .........,.......,,S 637 637
The Portland daily press., 1878-02-28

1T Masonic Rail, No. 95 Exchange Street.
YORK RITES.

ut Masonic Rail, No. 90 E1change Street.
YORK RITES.
BLUE LopGE-Ancient Land Mark, first Wednes-
day; Portland, second Wednesday; Atlantic, third
Wednesday.
CHAPTERS Greenleaf R. A. c., first Monday; Mt.
Vernon, X. A. c., third Monday.
CoUNcIL-Portland c. r. & s. Masters second
Monday.
COMMANDMENTS OF X. T.-Portland, fourth Mon
day; st. Adams, second Thursday.
GRAND BoDIEs-Grand Lodge, first Tuesday in
May; Grand Chapter, first Tuesday evening in NAV;
Grand Council, Wednesday p. M; Grand Com.
nandery, Wednesday evening,
MASONIC RELIEF ACKNOWLEDGMENT Wednes-
day in every month.
PORTLAND SCHOOL OF MASONIC INSTRUCTION.
Second and fourth Tuesday OF each month.
ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITES,
LoDGE-Yates Grand Lodge Of Perfection, first
Friday.
CoUScrL-Portland Council P. OF j. second Fri
day.
cHAPTER-Dunlap Chapter Rose Croix de H.
Friday.
CoSsIsroRY-M Maine Consstcry, S, P. R. S., fourth
Friday in March, June, September and December.