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The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27
Deathbed Reparation.
How General Dodge Made a Good Bar
gain in Middle Mining Stocks.
Virginia City Chroniele1.

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Appros of the rise in Mammoth, they tell a
capital story about General Dodge. Some time
ago A. G. Brown, well-known operator here,
bought 900 shares of Mammoth from General
Dodge at SO a share. This was when the COM
pany was first organized, about eight or nine
months ago, and SO was bed rock. The thing
hung fire for long time The Sierra and
Nevada excitement came along, and no body
gave Mammoth a second thought. 1t was not
on the board; it had no value, and you couldn't
really give it away. 1t went by the name Of
':Doge's pup" Assessments were levied regu-
larly. Brown talked long and loud, and the
street resounded with his curses. He swore
that Dodge had swindled him, and by the gods
he was going to get even with that warrior
some way, come veal, come woe.
The day before the news OF the strike in
Mammoth leaked out, Dodge, who was lying
low in Oakland, sent a telegram over to
Brown that he would like to see him at once.
Brown had heard that the General was at the
point of death, and feeling of sympathy
prompted him to respond at once, so he took
the next boat. Arriving at the Generals ele-
CANT home, he was shown up to the invalid's
chamber. Nobody was there but General
propped up by his pillows, looking the picture
| of ghastliness He was very feeble-his
breath came quick and short, his eyes were
| glittering, and his hands lay helpless beside
| him.
81 have sent for you, Mr. Brown" said the
General with much difficulty of speech, ito say
-that-that-I am very ill; and-I fear may
not get over it. With view to that con-
tingency-I-I-have been arranging my-bus-
mess affairs-[ Here the General was overcome
with weakness, and a pause of five minutes
ensued to enabled him to recuperats,] am
told-that you are not satisfied with the sale
made to you of that Mammoth. Now I
don't want-to of-the-world feeling
that 1 leave anybody-behind who believes
that I-have-ever wrongsd-him / surely
did not mean to wrong you'll believed the
stock-was worth the money, and believe-so
yet, but do not want anybody now-to think
that have got the better Of them. 1 am-very
ill. l don't know what-the Stock-is
worth, or if it is worth anything-but il you
like will call our trade off. Give me your
stock and 1 will give you your 5000 back"
Here the General sunk back utterly ex-
hausted.l
the conversation. In few words he ex-
pressed his sympathy for the General, and
then with the remark that, though he did it
with some reluctance, he would accept the
offer.
"Antoine," 'gasped General Dodge family
from the pillow to his Secretary, "give Mr.,
Brown check-and take his--stock." The
next morning at 9 o'clock everybody knew
shat big strike had been made in Mammoth,
and before night $40 was freely bid for the
ttock. To-day fifty shares-all that could be
got-were bought at S16 a share. General
Dodge is slowly recovering, and on Monday
was in his office.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27
Centaur
|. N | M EN- S

THE GREAT PAIN RELIEVING and
curative remedies have already worked their
way into every hamlet where the English lam
guage is spoken That the reputation of and
demand for such remedies as these are
should extend and increase could not be other
wise. THERE is NO PAIN, soreness or
swelling which they will not alleviate. There
are but exceptional cases of constitutional
humors and distorted joints, which they do not
cure, and none they will not benefit. They
are SOOTHING, absorbing and emollient.
They EXTRACT THE PAIN from and heal
burns and scalds without scars. For RHEU-
MATIC AFFECTIONS, pains in the back,
stiff joints wounds, strains and eruptions, they
act with ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY. These
preparations are of two kinds, the FAMILY
and the ANIMAL Liniments. Being univer-
sally adaotoa to tho external ailments of man
and beast, the name of the HALF-HORSE
and HALF-MAN Centaurs was naturally at
tached to them. They perform cures never be-
fore effected by any remedy. Undoubtedly
more Of them are sold than of all other lini-
ments ontments, oils, embrocations, plasters
and so-called pain-killers combined.
The WHITE Centaur Liniment cures Rheu-
matism, Sciatica, Lumbago and Tic doul-
ourux.
IT RELIEVES Neuralgia and all kinds of
pain.
IT HEALS wounds sores, gals and pos-
onous bites.
IT CURES Itch, Pimples and Salt Rheum.
1T SUBDUES Inflammation and pain.
IT CURES broken breasts and sore nipples.
BOILS, FELONS, ETC. are rendered near
ly painless
CONTRACTED CORDS and stiff joints are
limbered.
Mrs. L. KIRBY, 800 Eighth Avenue N. Y; Had
Rheumatism and ErysipeIas 2 years Cured;
Total COST one dollar.
R. F. SroBo, 165 W. 21st., N. Y; In1ammatory
amputation recommended Cured and leg saved
by two dollars worth of Centaur Liniment. Had
spent several hundred dollars with physicians, and
for other remedies.
JACOB BYRD, Bellfair, Va, hobbled on {: crufch
six years. Maturated sore leg Cured. Cost; SOC.
Mrs. CATHERINE LYNCH, South Boston, inAam-
matOry rheumatism; hands, feet and joints
drawn out of shape. Cured. Cost: one dollar
R. HANoE, 67 years old West Windsor, Eaton
Co. Mich; Rheumatism 10 years. Cured.
Cost: one dollar.
2. 7. BARNuM, the celebrated Snowman, says:
terms of the Centaur Lniments."
ssThe Yellow Centaur Liniment is the best
remedy ever in our stables We have used it upon
hundreds of horses.' Signed:
H. MARSH, Supt. Adams Express Co. stables, NY.
u. PULTZ, Supt. U. S. Express Co. stables, N Y.
N. S. OLIN, Supt. National Exp Co. stables, N Y.
p MoGRATH, ESQ., the great Kentucky horse and
mule breeder, says: Nothing to be compared with
it Ghee, Yellow LnimenD, has been used my
Stock
Ten thousand similar testimonials could be added.
There is no doubt no uncertainty as to what
the Centaur Liniments will do. They perform more
than is advertised for them every time They are
reliable, they are cheap, and they are everywhere
obtainable
The Centaur Co., 46 Dey ST., N: ".
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27
The IiberatOr.

Many years ago weekly paper was issued
in Boston the opening words of the first
number of which were: 81 am in earnest,
l will not equivocate. will not excuse,
will not retreat single inch, and will be
heard" That paper was The Liberator,
and its editor, who wrote those words, was
William Lloyd Garrison, now just gone to
his reward. Then he was hunted man.
The State of Georgia offered standing re-
ward of $4,000 for his capture-an offer that
to this day has not been withdrawn. The
people of Boston dragged him through it's
streets by halter about his neck He was
an outcast, shut out from political prefer
ment, from social intercourse, from the
goodwill of men. The country looked upon
him as an Ishmaelite. Even the anti-slav-
cry people condemned his zeal as excessive,
and jeered at his method as impracticable.
A few hours ago he died honored of all
men, affectionately esteemed by most, loved
by many. He had the rare happiness to see
the work he set about almost single handed
over forty years ago completed, and crowned
with the praises of the world. He lived to
see a mighty nation looking up to him as one
of its noblest, and hanging upon his words,
and guiding itself by his advice. The laurel
crowned him, and his tomb does not wait
the tardy justice of later generations for its
wreath.
The people equivocated, they excused, they
retreated, they would not speak lest they
should be heard. He was steadfast, and at
last they came to be of his mind, and the
monstrous evil he so long and so fercely
fought they swept away. There was a great
change in opinion in the years after the Lib
orator was established. But the change was
not in William Lloyd Garrison. In his case
the mountain came to the prophet The
good he did is certainly not inferred with his
bones, nor is it measured by the abolition of
slavery. The lesson his life teaches to all
coming men is the worth of earnest convic-
ton, of unremitting labor, and of infexible
determination in the cause of the right. ssssa
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27
Gleanings from the Mails.

1t is expected that Mr.. Moody, the Evange-
list, will labor in st. Louis next winter.
The liabilities of Archbishop Purcell are S3,-
697 ,651; assets 81 1S1 $50, of which nearly half
a million are worthless.
1t is expected that the shore end of the new
French cable will be laid before the end of
June.
A Texas paper says the demand for mad
stones is such, since the Legislature repealed
the dog law, that $500 is offered for one of
unquestioned virtue in GAINESVILLE.
Vice President Wheeler is troubled with
chronic sleeplessness, the disease that killed
Horace Greeley. The Vice President will not
return to Washington during the session.
The average salary of Methodist ministers in
fourteen Southern conferences is said to be
S575, and the average sum paid $43S In
Northern conferences the average is 500, and
the deficiency in payments about II per cent
The Marquis of Lorne is having two car
built for him in Troy at a cost of $4,000. One
is to be used as a sitting room, the other for
smoking. Their fittings are luxurious. and
they are made to run on any road.
The Rev. Henry A. Stimson, graduate Of
Yale in the class of 1865, who has been settled
for some time in Minneapolis, two Sundays
ago resigned. The church voted not 10 accent
The next Sunday he entered the pulpit and
told the people plainly that what allied them
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27
A Quaker Printers Proverbs,

Never send an article for publication with
out giving the editor thy name, for thy name-
often-times secures publication to worthless ar
tices.
Thou shouldst not rap at the door of print
ing office; for he that answereth the rap sneer-
eth in his sleeve and loseth time.
Never do thou loaf about, nor knock down
type, or the boys will love thee as they do the
shade trees-when thou leavest.
Thou shouldst never read the copy on the
printers's cases or the sharp and hooked con-
tainer thereof, or he may knock thee down.
Never Inquire of the editor for news, for be-
hold it is his business to give it to thee at the
appointed time without asking for it.
1t is not right that thou shouldst ask him
who is the author of article, for it is his du-
ty to keep such things unto himself
When thou dost enter his office; take heed
unto thyself that thou dost not look at what
concerns thee not, for that is not meet in the
sight of good breeding.
Neither examine thou the proof-sheet for IL
is not ready to meet thine eye that thou mayst
understand.
Thou shouldst not delude thyself with the
thought that thou hast saved few cents when
thou hast secured deadhead copy of his pa
per, for whilst the printer may smile and say
it's all right, he'll never forget thy meanness.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27

The law now declares gold and silver dol
lars equal. What need is there of another
law? Doesn't the government stamp do the
business? Or is all the Greenback reason
ing at fault? Do the infationists find it
easier to lead the horse to the water than to
make him drink?
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27

WHAT do the Greenbackers think of these
fellows in Congress who let the collection of
Federal taxes go on but seek to provide that
the money thus collected shall not be paid
out OF the Treasury? Isn't that contraction?
Isn't that reducing the volume of the cur
rency? Do the Greenbackers favor the with
drawal OF many millions of paper money
from circulation?
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27
r E : U N I O N
OF THE
VETERAN TEMPERANCE HOSTS
OF MAINE.

The undersigned, members of the Legislature OF
Maine session of 1851, and who voted for the pas
sage of the original Maine Liquor Law, propose to
June I'd, at 10 o'clock A. M, that being the 28th
Anniversary of the signing of the Law by Gov.
Hubbard cordially invite all their associates who
favored its passage in the Legislature, ad oil n.s
friends of prohibition everywhere, to meet will
them, and unite in suitable observance of the oc
casion.
Addresses may be expected by Hon. Neal Dow
Hon. A. P Morrill,, Hon. Lot. NJ. Morrill,, Hon. Sid
ney Perham, and others.
JAMES BELL.
JOHN BRIDGES, c,o4n,
DAVID GARLAND 'en"'ois'
THOMAS LTTTLEFIELD
j. M. BUZZELL, !
ALDEN CHASE, Representatives.
JOHN LARRABEE,)
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27

BUzzELL, the man arrested for numbering
his infant child, is magnanimous fellow
He says Il do not wish to shirk the entire
blame on the young lady," the mother Of
the child. That is very kind of him, and
doubtless he will get his reward from the
State
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27

SECRETARY SHERMAN's letter in regard
to the Presidential nomination is causing
considerable comment, and apparently ex-
citing apprehensions in the minds of his ri
walls. 1t appears to be straightforward let
ter, frank to the verge of temerity.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27

Col. J. E. BRYANT, the chairman of the
Republican State Committee of Georgia, be-
lieves that with thorough organization and
hard work, North Carolina and Florida can
be carried by the Republicans in 1880, and
that enough Congressional Districts in the
South can be secured to give the Republi-
cans control of the House. A consumma-
ton devoutly to be wished
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27
cAST0RIA

The great success of Pitchers Castoria is be-
cause ofits power to assimiIate the food in the
stomachs of children. Thus, sOur cure, vomiting
wind-colic and diarrhea are prevented. Castoria
contains neither mineral, morphine, nor alcohol
Unlike Castor Oil it is as pleasant to take as
honey, and unlike narcotic Syrups, it is harmless.
1t allays feverishness and is death to worms When
the child has health, the mother can rest
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27

THE Empire is one of the latest fash.
ions of capotes. 1t is worn by those who
long for the return of the tyrant Grant, as
the Bonapartist women in 1914 wore violets
as sign that they sought the return of Ma
poleon from Elba.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27

THE Washington correspondent of the
Boston Herald says the Democrats in Con-
gress are in the condition of man who has
got very bad tooth which needs to be
pulled, and who is continually postponing
the day for having it out. They are in a
situation where they will be compelled to
back down, but the thought of backing
down is revolving to them.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY %.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The and address of the writer are in
all Indispensable not necessarily for publica-
ton but guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
muncations that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27
A Republican State Convention
WILL BE HELD IN
NOROMBEGA HALL, BANGOR,

NOROMBEGA HALL, BANGOR,
Thursday, June 20, 1879, at II o'cpk A. M.
for the purpose of nominating a candidte for Gov
ernor, and for transacting whatever business may
properly come before it.
The basis of representation will be one delegate
for each city, town and plantation, and an addition
al delegate for every seventyve votes cast for the
Republican candidate for Governor in 1876. A
majority fraction will be entitled to delegate.
The State Committee will be in session the evening
preceding and at o'clock the morning of the Con-
venton, to receive the credentials of delegates.
In selecting the Delegates the Republicans are
urged to assemble in full numbers and to invoke the
aid and cooperation of all voters who are willing to
unite with them to the following ends
1. To maintain the power and prestige of the
Union against all attempts to subvert oppose its
just authority and to insist that the Government of
the United States shall be controlled by loyal
2. To discountenance and reprobate the treason
able and revolutionary course of the Democrats in
Congress, who threaten to cripple and destroy the
functions of the Government if consttutionally pre-
vented from enacting their partisan measures into
law.
3. To uphold the right of the United States to
enforce its own laws wherever they to operate,
and to frown down and put down the dangerous
'heresy of the States Right secessionsts who have
already plunged the country into one bloody war
and who are now attempting to control the Govern
ment of the Union with the same measures that
preceded the rebellion of 1861.
4. To insist upon free elections-not only free
from National military inference, which no de-
sres, but also free from the interference and vio-
lence of socaed State militia and the assassns who
with deadly weapons have seized the polls in many
of the Southern States, driving innocent and de-
fenceless voters from the ballot-box and making a
mockery of elections, which upon free suffrage
has been made distinct political issue by every
Democrat in the Senate and House voting against a
measure designed to prevent and suppress it.
5. To uphold the financial credit of the Govern
sound currency, equivalent to coin at all times and
in all places, and redeemable in coin. And to this
end to oppose all dstracting repudiating aud mis-
chevous efforts against the peace, welfare and in
dustrial prosperity of the People.
6. In these aims and purposes all citizens of
Maine are invited to unite, that the hands of the
President and of the Republican minority in both
branches of Congress may be strengthened in their
efforts to uphold the honor of the Government and
the just authority of National Law.
By order of the Republican State Committee.
GEORGE C. WING,) er,,
FRED n. DOW, Committee
May %, 1879 %. SMITH, Secretary,
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27

THE Detroit Post has come out of the
flames, and there is not even the smell of
fire on its garments now. Its new dress is
elegant and even foppish, but as always it
is in good fighting trim
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersigned by Stanley t.
Pullen, Editor All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer a favor upon US by demanding
credentials of every person claiming represent
journal.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27

THE Charleston Ne,os is a frank paper, as
well as Democratic one. 1t SAYS: ''There
is nothing improbable in the supposition
that ultimately the reconstruction acts will
be declared unconstitutional
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
CITY OF PORTLAND.

TyHE Committee ON Streets &c will pay 9Oc per
IL ton for 500 tons more or less of Cobble Paving
Stones delivered Gat's Wharf, said stones being
satisfactory to said Committee. Parties desiring
furnish the same will notify the undersigned, or
Street Commissioner.
BENJAMIN F. ANDREWS,
Chairman Committee ON Streets &c.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27

TINS yellow fever bill is menace to State
Rights Why don't the Democrats rally
against it and expose its tendencies to-
ward Capitalization?
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27

IT is suggested to Secretary Sherman that
he be careful how he writes letters. He
once lost the Speakership by writing letter,
but he gained a seat in the Senate.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27
CITY OF PORTLAND.

YE!HE Committee on Unimproved Real Estate Of
IL the City of Portland offer for sale lots on Con
gress, Portland, Grant and st John street.
Mechanics and laboring men desiring lots of mod
crate COST for building purposes obtain any and
all necessary information by inquiring of the Com
mittee.
GEORGE WALKER, Chairman,
ALBERT H. WAITE,
VIM. T. SMALL,
ASHBEL CHAPLIN, Committee
GEO. H. COYLE,
NJ. S. GIBSON
NATH'L HASKELL.
May 81, 1879 my22eod3W
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27

Isaac l. Hayes, the Arctic explorer, is going
out to San Francisco next month for the pur-
pose OF assisting in fitting out the Herald
Arctic exploring expedition.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27
TO the HarbOr Commissioners of
the City of Portland.

-FEyHE undersigned are desirous of building
IL wharf with a wan or dam and water gate,
the outlet of Barberry Creek the south side
of Fore River and ask the consent of your board
thereto. ID. w. CLARK, & co.
Portland, May 10, 1879.
PORTLAND, May 10, 1879
On the foregoing petition it is ordered that we
meet the petitioners and such others as are in
f Soa on se Nay May 2n 1 at O'clock % M NJ
Barberry Creek And it is further ordered that the
above petition together with this order thereon
be given by publication in two of the daily papers
published in Portland for seven days at least
previous to the hearing. G. II. FARLEY.
my20d7t Harbor Commissioner.
The Portland daily press., 1879-05-27
EDUCATIONAL.
Dartmouth College.
ANNUAL MEETINGS.
Portland Company.
Annual Meetin&,

VlHE Stockholders of the Portland Company are
Il hereby notified that the Annual Meeting of this
corporation will be held at the Office of the company
at o'clock in the afternoon, for the following pur
poses, viz:
1stTo act on the report of the Directors and Treas
urer.
2d--To choose Directors for the ensuing year.
3dTo if the Stockholders will restore to article
I'd of the Bylaws the following, viz: ''No bust
ness shall be transacted votes passed at any
meeting of the stockholders, excepting vote to
adjourn to some future time, unless there be pres
ent in person or by proxy, stockholders holding
and representing not less than seven hundred and
fifty shares in the capital stock.
4th-To act on any other business that may come be-
fore the meeting RUFUS d. BEAN,
Portland, May II, 1879. Clerk.
rv1R eodtd
, 1879-03-14
ANNUAL STATEMENT Of THE BRADsTREET
ArrMrb -


III rfew Of thc recent attention which has been
drawn to the financial condition of tho l,rad-
street Company, II Ia but fair to that Institution
that It's annual statement, Just ntcd IN New
llayou, the places ot It'll incorporation, should bs
published. The paid-up capital stock Is stated
at s373, 500, Ut whsrl. sl73,S00 Is suId to have
boen Issued In cancellation Ut Indebtedness cx-
'sttng In March, 1915, mud tho remaining s?00 00u
for ''good-Wlll" to tho Iratlstroet family which
amount has s!nce been utmost entirely absorbett
by the officers aud actlye managers Of tho busl-
ness.
I'lo direct liabilities Of the Company arc TO-
ported ut f214 ,0oo. but whether this includes
the indebtedness ue Tor subscriptions puld sinra
July n,!d Gnly thus partially worked out, IL nat
statetl. THIS liability ~ estimated Ut lsast ut
an,t to tlr cauital stock, $373, 800, swplis thu
total liabilities tn $737, 800.
To offset this indebtedness tho aAscts OF tho
Company nEu given ns follows: 1st. 1891 ,0OO
pcrsonai property Consisting of $2O, ,0o0 nai
for good VIII. rs aboyo stated; SlO00U0 original
cost OF printing natcrIal. composition. otc.,