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The Portland daily press., 1878-01-01

EXCITEMENT ON PEARL STREET.-Saturday
night lady residing on Pearl street was sit.
ting Id her parlor awaiting the return of her
lord from his place of business, when suddenly
there was heard fearful noise in the dining
room, which is located in the cellar kitchen.
There was tnot only smashing of glass but
something was heard upsetting things general
ly. Burglars and everything else of the sort
were imagined, but nothing definite could be as
certained, as the lady was too frightened to find
out the cause Of the trouble. At last the neigh
bors were aroused and some one of them mus
tered up courage enough to enter the disturbed
dining room. There was found small dirty
pig that had strayed from Sawyer's stable and
fallen through the low window. The owner of
the shoat was notified to take away his prop
erty, which he did after lively chase about
the room.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-01

BARGAINS. BARGAINs.-A splendid stock Of
Walnut Chamber Sets selling at greatly reduc-
ed prices. If you want a nice Walnut Cham
Der Set at very low price please give us call.
GEORGE A WHITNEY & Co.,
dec27-1Ws No 46 Exchange Street
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-01

REAL ESTATE TRANsFERs.-The following
are the real estate transfers recorded in this
county Saturday:
Cape Elizabeth-Geo. f. Pickett to John
Watson, lot of land for $1,000
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-01
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., 1878-01-01

LONG life and happiness insured by taking
DR.. S. D. Howe's Arabian Tonic Blood Puri-
fer. 1t will make you healthy, strong, vigor-
GUS, vitaize and. purify your blood.
Sold By ell druggists. dec25d2tw
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-01

THOSE DESTROYS of learning the latest styles
of plain and fancy dancing sehould notice M.
B. Gilbert's advertisement in another column.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-01

SIT holds current that 1 told you yesterday
night" that SLIPPERY ELM LOZENGES
cure coughs, SIC.
For sale by all Druggists.
CAswELL & Co.,
Corner Washington and Winter streets, Bos-
ton.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-01
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., 1878-01-01

READ Studley's announcement of Remnants.
dec29d3t
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-01

BANK DIvIDENDs.-The semi-annual bank
dividends which will be payable to morrow are
DC f,llopus.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-01
THE PR ESS.
TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 1.
TwR PRESS

May be obtained at the Periodical Depots of Fes-
sender Bros, Marquis, Brunei & Co., Andrews
Wentworth, Moses, N B. Kendrck, and Chisholm
Bros, Oh all trains that run out of the city,
At Biddeford, of Phisbury.
at Saco, of L. Hodgdon and 81. B. Kendrick.
AT WateTyille, of j. S. Carter.
at Bath, of j. .. Shaw.
at Lewiston. Of French Bros, and Stevens q Co
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-01

The POLICE RECORD. Marshal Bridges and
his force have done good years work and
have captured an unusually large number of
hard characters. Ia all they have made 246O
arrests, of which 1893 were for drunkenness.
Among the noted criminals arrested during the
year by the force ara Holbrook, the hotel beat
aud forger; Gray and Davis, the coast pirates
Hans Peterson, for robbing the stations on the
line of the Ogdensburg; Knight Brown and
Mrs. Lakin, for arson aud burglary at Bridg-
ton; Mattice, the jail-breaker and horse thief;
Eli Phillips, the veteran pirate and burglar,
Brown, the other horse-thief and jail breaker;
Files, for assault on the postm aster at Scar
boro: Patrick King, for outrageous assault on
Tillie Bastard; Callahan, the forger; Williams
and Clark, highway robbers; WATSON, the bur-
lar; and large list of thieves house-breakers
and burglars, more or less noted.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-01
Maine Eclectic Medical society.

THE Semi-Annual Meeting of the Maine Eclectic
Il Medical Society will be held at the johnson
House, Gardiner, on the second Wednesday of
January, the 9th 1878, at 10 a. m. Per order
dec25d2ws RICH'D MACE, NJ. D., Secretary.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-01

law VMHOio anu OOOuPdheS' AIoeos 1Aee
Jan1'ry John Foley York st. .......S 60 s go
2-Miss Wakefield, Mechanic st. so 30
6-Peleg Parker. Spring stu. 1872 122
6-Other parties, Spring st. 50 so
6-Fred K. Bncknam, Fore st.. 175 175
12-Thomas Wilds, Sherman st 262 1852
BE. N. Delano, Fore st. 1850 1850
13-Libby, Fore st...,.......... 475 ATS
21-Cox, Middle st............., 500 1893
Pitcher parties, Middle ST.. 1871 1871
2S-J. l.. Hayden, Brown stu. 1853 1855
28-Wm. H Anderson Brown st $50 $50
Feb. 1-P. MeGlinchy, Fore st. $50. 500 800
March 9-Wm. H. Dyer, Commerclst 637 637
16-Mrs. MusgraVe, rear Ham
May 2sLb bfy & & Bolton Fore St. " g 60
June H-David Young, Union Stu. 675 SIS
26-Wm. Haggett, corner Cum
berland AMI Grove st. 49,. 269 $50
July 2-N. w. Rice Il Others Union
pa F. Cox Son, Union St ss ssS sss ss
2-Chas. M. Thomas. Union st. 1888 1888
4-Reuben Higgins, Middle ST.. SO SO
4-Other parties, Middle ST.. 35 50
7-Eben True Portland st.... 100
ALEXANDER Spear, Portland
samuel j. Hezeiton, Port rt. NV '''
s-Mrs Hezelton Portland st.. II II
S-Mr. Hart, Portland st -. III III
14-Patrck Martin, rear of
Briggs st.......-........ 307 307
ia. Deering, rear Of Briggs
14rhcmas Leonard, rear arc; OF
14-MPs Mccaicfty rear Of 10 10
Briggs st. ....... .......-. 40 90
22-Hugh Doherty, Union st.... 10 10
Aug. lib. F. Chadbourne, Middle st 80 80
17-Chas. Baker, Middle st -. 20 20
Sept. S-Ezra RUSSELL Portland st.. $40 $40
8-Eben True, Portland st.... Is
S-Mrs. Danforth, Portland st. $50 $50
1S-Mr. Anderson Congress ST.. 81 81
18-J. W. Owen, Congress St.. APO 42O
28-Natural History Society, Elm 40 40
Oct. 6-Mrs. Chadbourne, Danforth
6-Other parties, Danforth ST.. 80
Nov. 3-E. d. Cannon, corner Cum
berland and Oak st. ....... 450 $50
3-Mfs. NJ j. Jones, corner
Cumberland and Oak sts. rs rs
4-George III. Cook, North st.. 141 141
T-H, P. Storer, Danforth st.. 275 275
S19,9e3 S19,2sS
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-01
THAT YOUNG MAN

The latest and best hit. Ask your book or news
dealers for him. Only 90 cents copy del1d3w
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-01
Rrief Jottinss.

TODAY BEING LEGAL HOLIDAY NO PAPER
WILL BE ISSUED FROM THIS OFFICE To.MoR-
ROW.
1873.
Happy New Year
Good Gay for Murphy movement.
The Grand Army Encampment meets at
Biddeford the sd inst.
Better leave off borrowing the PRESS to-day
and subscribe for it.
The calendars issued by Hall L. Davis and
Loring, Short & Harmon are the finest yet.
The city quit smoking last March The citi-
zens are going to to-day.
The retail boot and shoe stores have decided
to close their stores at Z clock Saturdays
from January LIST to April 1st, 1873.
The last of the popular assemblies for the
benefit of the L S U S. will come off at Army
& Navy Hall this evening.
It's just year since you 'swore off," Per-
haps you will find it necessary to swear off
again to-day.
The colored people danced the old year out
and the new year in at P o. S. Of A. Hall on
Plum street
If all the good resolves that will be made to-
day were kept the Millennium would begin d.
rectly
Bosworth Post G. A. R., will have camp
fire at the close of the Post meeting Friday
evening.
Asking man if he has got summons is
not equivalent to wishing him a happy new
year.
There were q intentions of marriage record
ed during the past month, and 1872 during the
year 1877.
The clothing aud furnishing goods dealers of
this city will close their stores hereafter at Z p
m, Saturdays excepted.
That watching the old year out and the new
year in with the clock stopped was rather tedi-
Gus.
The Cumberland Centre Farmers Club voted
to hold their next annual fair Tuesday and
Wednesday, Oct. LIST and I'd, 1878.
Meetings will be held every evening during
the first week of the year at the Bethel church
and all aasdial1s-i@ssissl- ~ attend and en-
joy them.
Rev. Mr. Vail and wife were riding at the
Cape, Saturday afternoon, when he horse ran
away and the carriage was overturned. Mrs.
Vail was slightly hurt but Mr.. Vail vas seri-
ously injured.
Our colcred citizens will celebrate the ami
versary of the Emancipation Proclamation
this evening A meeting will be held at
Mountfort street church, commencing at
O'Clock. Good speakers will address the as
sembly.
There is lively interest manifested among
our people in the lecture by the looming man,
che Rev. Joseph Cook" and from present indi-
cations he will be greeted by large audience
at City Hall on Thursday evening. His lecture
in other cities has been immensely popular
drawing nYarflnWino hnuses NIGHT after ninht
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-01
PORTLAND POST OFFICE.
Once Hours.
Arrival and Departure Of Mail

From 500 a m to $50 m, Sundays excepted.
Sundays open for Carriers and General Delivery
from to 10 m.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-01

CAUTIoNARY SIGNALs.-On and after Janu-
airy 1, 1873, an additional cautionary storm sig
nal will be displayed, as occasion may require,
at all stations of the signal service. The sig
nal will be displayed at and on the regular
place and staff, and will consist of white flag
with square black centre, shown above red
flag with square black centre by day, or a
white light shown above red light by night.
This signal will be known as the ''Cautiopary
OH-shore Signal" and will indicate, when
shown, that while the storm disturbance is
considered at the Office of the Chief Signal
Officer as not yet passed for the port or place
at which the signal is displayed, and the wind
may yet be high, and there may be danger, the
winds are expected to blow from a northern or
western direction, or 'off-shore, at or near the
port or place where the signal may be.
The display.of this signal will then follow,
and must be distinguished from the display of
the usual "Cautionary Signal" square red
flag with square black centre by day, or a
red light shown at night-which retaipsswhen-
ever shown alone, its usual meaning. The dis.
play of either signal is always cautionary.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-01

TO-DAY BEING LEGAL HOLIDAY NO PAPER
WILL BE ISSUED FROM THIS OFFICE To'MoR-
ROW.
1878.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-12
THE NEXT HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, November l0-Thc Dem:
ocrats are greatly detected on accounted
the losses sustained in the late election,
and they make no attempt TO conceal tlie
abprehensions Of their inability to control
tie organization Of the House in the
Forty-sixth Congress. Prior to the elec-
ton they had been, calculating upon a
clear majority Of upwards Of twenty Dut
they are ot-certain now that they VIII
have clear majority at all. The loss Of
two members in North Carolina (Waddell
and Yates) and one in Maryland (peterr),
and the failure to defeat Jorgensen in the
Petersburg District, in Virginia, are
especially disheartening TO those who
expected that the South would have a
solid Democratic representation. The
best. they can do in the way OF a boast
now is that, allowing for all mishaps and
losses, they will have majority Of three
with which to effect the organization oi
the House. This, they admit, is drawing
Il downito oayery fine point, lbuttheir most
liberal figuring does not encourage tilem
10 hope tormuch more than this. AT. all
events, they foresee trouble anda rough
road to travel. The conduct ot q lew oi
their members during the last session
stands as a warning that it is difficult, with
a majority ofcvcn twenty, to carry through
all Of the pet schemes which the leaders
may foist upon the House, s,,
Last session committee after committee
got black eyes in their efforts 70 manage
narty measures. Tho Committees on hp'
preparations, on banking and Currency,
and on Ways and Means, each experienc'
cd defeats which taught tho party leaders
that there were few members who would
moi bc whipped into line, and who dared
10 vote with the opposition under some
circumstances. Some Of tho more san.
puine Republicans express the belief that
their marty will be able TO control the or.
ranization OF the House. While no effort
10 capture tho House will he spared, the
Republicans generally have but little real
They do, expect, however. with their own
Increased strength and the demorali4ation
and fear on the other side, TO run their oP'
ponents o lively race. -, <
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-12
WASHINGTON.
silver-causes of It's Decrease In value

Riiver-Causes OF Its Decrense In Value.
WASHINGTON, November II u The an
nual report OF the Directors OF the Mint
has been printed. After full details oil
purchases and coinage. and statements re-
garding the production OF gold and silver,
It closes with tho following statement in
regard to the conrse OF silver bullion:
"At the date OF the passage OF the act
authorizing the coinage OF dollars OF 4l2!
grains the price Of bar silver was about
fifty.five pence per ounce, British stand
ard, From that date, February 2S! last,
the price gradually declined until 1t reach'
ed 4o4 pence on the 18th of October The
price ut date OF this report is 50l pence.
From theforegoing twill be seen the ex.
pectation entertained by many, that the
remonctization OF the silver dollar would
be followed by an appreciation in value Of
silver, has not MS yet been realized.
The causes OF the decline in value during
the present calendar year have been very
large decrease In demand for export to In.
diaand China; the continued closure OF
tho Latin monetary union, and OF the
Netherlands, against the coinage OF legal
tender silver coins, the Use OF irredccma-
bic paper currency by Austria and Russia,
and the readiness OF the German Govern
mcnt to meet anyNfair market with free
supplies, making u sale recently in Lon
don OF 100000 pounds as low as 5la pence
per ounce. 1t will, OF course, be readily
understood that as long us the supply Of
silver is in excess OF the demand, there
can be no permanent rise in value. An
increased demand OF any magnitude
can only arise for India and China,
or in event OF resumption Of coinage OF
legal tender silver coins by France,
Belgium, and the NetlierlandsH While
this complicated, uncertain, and unsatis-
factory condition OF affairs with the relative
value of gold and silver continues, 1t will
require that the course to be pursued by
the United States should be very cautious
in respect 70 the issue Of legal tender silver
coins, in which silver is rated SO much
above its market value, il gold is TO be re.
tanned as the principal money OF payment
and Of commerce. It should be added in
this connection that while silver is the
monetary standard Of the Austrian, Hun
garian, and Russian empires, their more
recent public loans have been made upon
a gold basis, which will require,their taritl
duties 10 be collected in'that, metal For
eign exchanges are likewise Nsettied on a
gold basis" ,,,,1~@y
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-12
LOUISIANA FRAUDS.
HOW Ex.G0y.J. MADISON WEIS WAS
CHEATED OUT OF HIS ELECTION.


Republican Newspaper Ofiice Gutted by q
Mob-A BoIting Republican SWindieti
sOut OF the Eiection-BaIIot Boxes sStoleia
and Ballots Destroyed-Frauds In New
OrIeans-soy. Nicholl's Between Two
Fires.
New ORLEANS, November l0.-The
friends OF Ex. Gov. Wells Republican Con-
gressional candidate in the Fourth Louisi
ana District, show cause of grieyous COM
plaint,F The district gives a registered col
ored majority, presumably Republican, for
1000. 1t returned McClary by 5000 in
1870. Gerge L. Smith, present Collector,
was returned by 10000 in 1873. Wells
had excluded the carpet baggers, and was
to have his walk over the track. He has
unQuestionably had il. On the night Of
November 3, the office OF Wells organ,
We, ,Ie People, III Alexandria, was entered
bya crowd. and fairly kguttcd, the press
broken, the type scattered about the street,
and cases thrown into the river. The
Democratic candidate for Mayor is charged
as leading the crowd. Wells friends say
there was wholesale intimidations. The
old gentleman obtained, Ms reported, the
sum. total of available strength in the
Fourth Congressional District the whole OF
six votes.
The friends OF Herbert, National candi-
date in the Third District, also have their
say OF Irregularities. The papers publish
for instance 500 majority for ACklen in the
Parish OF Iberia. The returns show that
Merchant, boiling Republican, had some
l,4OO, Acklen 500, and Herbert 800 votes.
Some s, 500 votes, Us claimed, were thrown
out, mostly because OF the claim that the
ward was not printed on the. back OF the
ticket.
In st. Marys, Thursday following the
election, parties broke into the Court
House, stole the election returns, boxes
and ballots, and destroyed them by fire.
Herbert will certainly contest the seat.
In the city the contest on behalf OF the
citizens is earnest enough. AiIidavits are
being taken by the hundred, mostly re-
garding frauds us practiced by the mana
gers OF the election. Many Of them, prop.
erly supported, would seem to seriously
involve the office OF the United States
Marshal In refusing, when properly called
upon, to make arrests. Gov. Nichols is
understood as seriously embarrassed in
the premises, and rs hcsitating in the mat.
ter of commissions. He is reported Us
pledged on the one hand to the Citizens
Commissioners to the effect that proofs
being presented OF the case as claimed, the
commissions for the offices OF Criminal
Sheriff and Coroner should be withheld.
IIe'is said again, on the. other, as pledged
to lieutenant Governor Wiltz, that the
commissions shall issue. Citizen repre-
sentatives say that the Governor is be.
tween two fires. He does not wish to
appear as indorsing fraud. lie Is a candi.
date for either recollection or for the United
States Senate US successor TO Kellogg, and
may not ignore the demands ofthe ma
chine managers.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-12
r,,. r,nxr,,,.tc.. or Ten Years.

While the Bankrupt law WAS IN iorce
there were lOS,OG bankruptcies in the
United States. The Boston COmmtrei@
Bul,,,m has reviewed and analysed these
figures, and shows some interesting iacts'
Relatively to population, Massachusetts,
had tho most bankruptcies lone TO every
iSII @ and MARYLAND had the tewest Zone 70
every ayS. 0O4 Of the populationl. Virginia
ranks next to Massachusetts, and Calitor
m;a Ma ;s third, Conneclicu. is 10th In q list
ot H. 40, States and Territories. The list oi
more than one hundred thousand bank
rmmtcies @ looks immense, but there are at
icast seven hundred thousand business
men mem IN the country, and on the other
hSnd @ there are among the bankrIpts Gt
iSast % ten pcr cent, who bave failed more
tSan % once, and also 4 good many not IN
sctiye @ business bankrupt by endorsement
or other outside connection. II 49, there.
fore about iaIr conclusion that one N
Sina OF the business men OF the country
has failej In the. past ten years. ns -
hSd 3 enough, butit is even below the gea, gen
srsl raj ruIe that ono in every men lailsi
which has been accepted ny s.etlSuc!9"s
-Harj0d C0uvGph
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-12

PHILADELPHIA, November ll.-Flour--D Dull;
superfne 81 Ooas 90; extra 8 0oa3 50; Min.
nesota family q 26a4 IS; high grades % Soa
] SO. Wheat-Dull; No. Cred 81 03 Iial 0ssI;
amber 81 o5al o6; white 81 05al Of; No. "
Chicago 9ic. Corn-Dull; yellow 4sA49c;
mixed old 46a47c; new 40 sSa465sc. Oats:
Dull; white western 2Ga3O; western mixed
aee sss ss''in Paks ssSe as s'os
Beef-India mess Sls %; hams smoked sha
a911c; pickled 6Na7lse: green 5a511c. Lard
Dull prime steam 6hc. Butter-Dull; New
York and Bradford county, Pa, extra Ola
23c; Western Reserve 20a22c. Eggs-Steady: /:
western 25a26c Cheese-Aiarket overstocked
and tending downward; western 1a9c. Petro-
leum-Dull; refined 9c; crude 75Sc. Whisky
Firm; western at$l lok.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-12
supreme Court Decisions.

WAsHiNdroS, November ll.-So. a.
Ainsworth R. spoford, appellant, VS.. J. B.
Kirk ct al. Appeal from the Supreme
Court OF the District Of Columbia. The
principal question involved In the case Is
the validity and operative effect OF an
assignment OF pending claim against
the United States; whether such assign.
ment made before the claim has been
allowed and before warrant has been
issued for Its payment has any validity
either In law or equity. The Court holds
that the accepted orders under which the
appellant claims gave him no interest in
the claim Of the drawer against the United
States and no lien upon funds arising out
Of such claim. His bill was therefore
rightfully dismissed In the lower court,
and the Supreme Court dismissed the mp.
peal.
No. 53.-J. NJ. PettiSrew, surviving
partner, &C., plaintiff in error, vs. the
United States. In error to the Circuit
Court Of the United states.for the West
ern District OF Tennessee. Judgment OF
the court below reversed and new trial
granted.
No. 5-The Northwestern Fertilizing
Co., plaintiff in error for the village Of
Hyde Park, ct al, in error TO the Supreme
Court. The plaintiff in error In this cause,
the Northwestern Fertilizing Co., was in
corporated by an act OF the legislature, and
authorized to establish on theground which
Is now near the limits OF Hyde Park, and
maintain for the term OF fifty years chGmi-
cal and other works for the reduction Of
offal TO fertilizing compounds. The estab-
lishment, II Is alleged, soon became so Of
fensiveas 10 be a nuisance. In lS69the leg
islature revised the charter Of the village
OF Hyde Park, and expressly authorized II !
"to abate nuisances which are, or may |
be injurious to the public health" In ac-
cordance with this revised charter the |
municipality sought, by ordinance, to
prevent the carrying OF otal through the
village. and in 1873, after due notice, pro.
ceeded to arrest and fine the Fertil:zing
Co.'s employees for violation thereof. A
bill was then filed by the company, pray
ing for an injunction and general relief on
the ground that it was protected by its
charter from the operation OF the munici-
pal ordinance complained. The Supreme
Court Of the State, on appeal, dismissed
the bill on this general state Of facts. The
plaintiffs in error appeal to the Supreme
Court OF the United States. This Court
holds that the existence OF the nuisance is
uncontroverted, and that the police power
OF the State, which belonged TO II ut the
adoption OF the Federal Constitution and
which it still possesses, is adequate to give
effectual remedy since it extends to the |
entire property and business within
its local jurisdiction and regulation, and
the abatement OF nuisances, is its ordinary
functions. The decree OF the Supreme
Court OF Illinois is therefore affirmed.
Justice Swayne delivered the opinion Of
the Court.
Justice Miller concurred in the judgment
but dissented from opinion.
Justice Strong dissented.
Justice Field did not sit at the argument
and took no part in the decision.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-12
nnckIng Lnnuatles.

CoLuMBus, November 1.-THE local
papers here have for some days charged
that the female attendants at the Central
I.unatic Asylum have been guilty OF cruel
treatment TO the patients contided to their
care. An investigation by the asylum au'
thorities has shown that for some months
certain attendants have been In the h abit
OF ducking the patients for violating the
rules, and rs this Is in violation Of the Asy-
lum treatment, ten female attendants, res.
idents OF this city, have been discharged,
and the investigation is still going on.
Superintendent Firestone declares that
he has only knownof this system OF duck
ing for few days, and intends discharg-
ing nil attendants who have engaged In
the cruel practice.