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WANTS.
Clerk Wanted

A YOUNG MAN about 1S years Of age in an office.
n Must be a gooJ peuman quick at figures and
wiling to work. Address, with leferences,
mh4tf * Y. o." Press Office
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COPARTNERSHIP.
Dissolution.

TyHE partnership heretofore existing between the
Il undersigned in the Boot and Shoe business,
under he firm name of ROBERTS s. BURBANK,
is this day dissolved by mutual consent
Said business TO be carried at the same place,
52S Cong ess Streei, by said Roberts N bis own
name. ALFRED ROBERTS,.
WARREN BURBANK,
Dated at Portland this 18th day of February 1879.
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A PLEASANT front room, with hot and cold
"A water, two large closets, at No TO Congress
itreet, will be let to man and his wife, oc23dtf
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PLEASANT ROOMS TO LIT.

QUITE OF rooms on second floor; plenty of sun
~ light, air and water. Heat and gas furnished.
Also one room on third floor. References exchanged
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THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS,
Published every day Sundays exceptsdl by the
PORTLAND LISHING CO.

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TERMS: Eight Dollars YEA. ro o. all subscribers
Seven Dollars Year If paid in advance.
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-15

was silver, and $5,S33,734 was gold; but
the imports of silver at New York, with
one week still lacking, have been SILL
$50, 49,, and of gold 81, 201976. Hence,
the store Of both gold and silver has
been increased during the year, SO far
as it has been affected by the foreign
trade Of New York. And it is known
that the result of the whole foreign trade
of the country has been substantially
the same; the movement of precious
metals has been unimportant, but has
slightly increased, on the whole, the ma
TONS store of such commodities. The
enormous excess of exports over i'm
ports Of merchandise has been met, if
TAT all, by the return of bonds and the
canceling of Indebtedness abroad. IF
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-15
Women in the SeragIiO.

Some of the true tales which are told
by the author Of Lies Femmes en- Tur-
quie" are as marvellous as any Of the
"Thousand-and One-Nights" series. The
mother of Abdul Medjid, for example.
was a maid-of-all-work in the sultan's
seraglio. It was her business to warm
the baths in the palace. One day the
Sultan Mohammed met her as he was
going to his bath, and caprice burst
like lightning through his soul. With
out ceremony the servant girl received
from him the lofty distinction Of kalia.
It is more than probable that after a
few minutes reflection the sultan re-
GREETED his precipitation, but he had
given his word, and the result was that
the maid-of-all-work gave birth to a
prince, and was proclaimed Sultan Va
Tide. "What a wonderful jump!" ex-
claims the author, from the wash-tub
to the throne" The account which he
draws Of life in, the seraglio is most
painful one. Discipline is still main
tanned by corporal punishment. The
practice of striking young girls on the
soles of their feet has been abandoned,
but blows are given elsewhere by the
eunuchs who execute the sentences, and
rods are substituted for the stick. All
the young women in the nalace-and
there are a thousand women there,
wives, favorites, relations, and servants,
and there are as many more on the re-
tired list in the old seraglio and in tn e
courts of the princesses, all being de-
pendent upon the civil budget-are
compelled to dress in light clothing,
half decollete being the rule, and in
winter are constantly exposed to colds
and lung diseases. Whenever the sui
tan draws his last breath, Or is dethron-
ed, his wives, favorltes, and all their
walting-women have to pack up and be
OFT within tWenty-tour hours. =.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-15
A FAST LIFE.
The Record of Lieut.. Tiffany, the Young
Officer Who Deserted From Fort
New York World.

-, - New York World s-.,.
Lieut.. Tiffany. of the 18th United
States infantry, who recently deserted
at Fort Custer, and for whose arrest an
order has been issued, is a native of
Baltimore, a son of George Tiffany, a
wellknown citizen formerly of Rose
Hill, suburban villa. Mrs. Tiffany,
mother of Lieut.. Tiffany, is now residing
here, having resumed her maiden name
after her divorce from. her husband,
some years ago. The latter has since
remarked, and is now residing abroad,
it is thought in Paris. The family is
wealthy and of high social standing.
Young Tiffany in his youth was raised
III an extravagant manner; thus he
never knew the value of money. Shortly
before the war he went to Europe, and
after making the tour of the continent,
settled in Paris, where he led fast life
When the war broke out he returned
to this country and running the block
AIDE joined Capt. CIark's confederate
company Of Maryland guards, which
rendered valuable service during the
war in northeast Virginia. Tiffany went
to Richmond on furlough and never re-
turned. ltwas ascertained that he had
gone back to Europe. .
Alter the war he returned to Balti-
more and lived recklessly. He wan
dered about the country from New York
to the Mississippi, and when west caused
notice of his death to be published IN
daily paper. Some time after gem
tleman from Baltimore recognized him
III thesperson of the first sergeant of q
company of United States soldiers in
New Orleans. He stated that he had
published the death notice in order that
he might start a new life under an as
sumed name. IT,. -...........l, o.. Jr9s
His position was known to his friends
and the result was that he was promot-
ed to heutenancy. While west last
summer he clandestinely married Miss
Barrett, of Baltimore, at the Palmer
house. A dispatch from Bismarck,
which announces his desertion while
attending court martial at Fort Keogh
and states that he was driven to this
step by the threatened disclosure of
forged accounts, gives all that is known
of his doings since and furnishes a ma
tur finale to a wild and extravaganza
career, t5. -s..I4 T.. "a. .H
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-15
The Two Obstinate Deacons.

Burial places have not been unfre-
quent causes of contention. The pres
ent discussion about the cemetery re
minds US of one that occurred in this
state many years ago. On the question
of the location of burying ground, one
of the churces was thrown into a violent
contention and the two deacons were
arrayed on opposite sides. One morn
ing the pastor meeting Deacon Jones,
said: deacon Smith says if the bury
ing ground is located on the hill he will
never be buried there as long as he lives"
Deacon Jones, not seeing the joke, re-
piled: "Does he? well, if the lord spares
my life will. "-Bridgeport Cnaa,. Stand
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shall sign the certificate, and it shall be

shall sign the certificate, and it shall be
subscribed by the witness, Or witnesses,
The certificate within three days shall
be forWarded-with certificate Of iden-
LITIGATION Of the minister or other per-
son by a magistrate Of the county-to
the secretary of state ofthe state of New
'4ork, to be recorded by him; and the
person performing the ceremony shall
deliver to either party to the marriage
VINO snail require. tia duplicate of the
Clergymen would find the solemniza-
ton of marriage under such restrictions
as these a more troublesome matter
than 1t now is. Some of them might
hesitate sometimes to undertake the
work. Certainly it would notfpay to I'M
dertake it in consideration of an en-
.velope containing the Enclosure Il will
see you in a few days" which seems to
have been the 'meagre compensation
cf'the Rev. Mr.. Virgin on recent oc-
casion. Some such regulations as these,
however, are proper and necess airy,
and ifthey should be adopted marriage
might not be easy, but it would be
safer 80 20. - '3 10 -"' 1913
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-15
The Notorious Vanderbilt Will.

a New York dispatch of January
4th says: A petition was filed
to-day, IN TIE surrogates court, by
Cornelius j. Vanderbilt, in which COM
plants were made against, VIM. H.
Vanderbilt and other executors of the
Vanderbilt will. The petition prays
the court to issue citation requiring ex-
ecutOrs to show cause why they should
not be superseded and that they
may be enjoined from further
acting IN the premises until the matter
IN controversy shall be disposed Of
The petition charges, among other
things, that William II. Van
-derbilt is specializing in stocks ON a gi-
gantic scale, and to a greater extent
than has ever been known. and that to
carry on such speculations he has used
and Is using the assets of such estate to
very large extent, as collaterals
on loans, or otherwise. and has
borrowed and is owing over $1S,OOO,OOO
for specializing purposes; that he has
lost IN such speculations several mil
lions of dollars: that he is Of an ex-
cltable and reckless temperament and
IS endeavoring to sustain the will, ex-
pending large and unnecessary sums of
money to procure and intimidate wit
nesses, and has declared that to sustain
the will he would spend the whole estate
in litigation; that he is not only wild
and reckless in his financial operations,
but is enlarging his railroad interests by
paying more than the interests pur-
chased are worth, and using the assets
of such estate for this purpose, greatly
to its hazard, that he is
contracting a large debt to the
railroad corporations in which
he is president, by withdrawing for his
own benefit large sums Of money from
them, to which their creditors or stock
holders are entitled; that such money
IS withheld by him and appropriated to
to his own use by various con-
troversies; that the aggregate sum
thus perverted is very large,
and is recklessly invested and does not
increase the value of the estate, while
subjecting him to large liabilities which
may be enforced against him at any
time, and that his habits, associations,
speculations and expenses are such as
to create a belief that the property he
controls will ultima tely be wasted.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-15
Business of New York for 1878.

Speaking of the business of New York
city for the year just closed, the Tribune
of that city, in its review article, saws:
The imports at~New York for the last
year have been only $2S7 100000, but
this decrease is wholly accounted for
by the fall IN prices of imported goods.
Thus, the London Economist Of Deem
Der Is. in comparing British imports
and exports, observes that During No
yember the raw materials which we
imported for manufacturing purposes
were, as a whole, about ten per cent.
cheaper than in November, 1877" and
that the decrease exhibited in the value
of imported articles of food was 20 per
cent, while IN respect to the exports it
says, :" 1t Is still apparent from various
items that we have been doing more
work for less money" Nearly the same
observations apply to the traffic of Great
Britain IN previous months. The year
has been one of such general decline
in prices that a decrease of fully 20 per
cent. In the value of imports, it is prob
able, would have resulted, had the guam
titles of each article imported remained
the same as in 1877. But the decrease
in value of imports at New York has
been less than $30,00O,O00, or 81 per
cent. On the other hand, there has
been an increase of $51 100000 in val
ue of experts from this port, with re-
turns for one week still hacking. This
is an increase of III per cent, and yet
the decline in prices of exported pro-
ducts has been not far from 10 per cent.
Apparently the traffic of this port. Is
nearly one-third larger in respect to
quantities exported than it has been in
any previous year. The specie move
ment has been small. Exports of spe-
cie amount to only $12,389, 257 during
the year thus far, of which 1866, 523
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-15

TUESDAY, Jan. Senate. The senate
met pursuant to time set at holiday ad-
journm A large number of peti-
tons were presented to enforce anti
polygamy laws. Bills were introduced:
to authorize the taxation of outstand-
ing legal tenders; to appropriate $780,,
900 for a tire-proof building for a nation
al museum. After executive session,
adjourned. @ a
TUESDAY, Jan. T-House.- Harrison
offered a resolution providing for a Sc
lect committee to examine charges
against Judge Blodgett, of the northern
Illinois district. Bills were introduced:
to include newspapers, periodicals and
proof sheets in mail matter of the Sd
class: for the admission of Dakota as a
state: to extend the time to" preemp-
tories on public lands who havesufered
by prairie fires: the deaths Of 3. b.
Douglass, of Virginia, and A. S. VIII
liams, of Michigan, were then an
nounced, and the house, in respect to
their memory, adjourned +2@H.ty
WEDNESDAY, Jan. S-Senate.- Mr..
Grover, arising to a personal explana-
ton regarding the recent publication
thatthe atefunds-ofaO Oregon amount
ing to about $97 900 had been expended
and not accounted for, during his adj
ADMINISTRATION as governor, he denied the
charges seriatjna, and read the laws and
records to show that all the money had
been properly expended. Having re
ceived official information of the death
of Representative Hartridge, a COM
mittee consisting of Gordon, Booth and
Beck, was appointed to accompany the
remains to Georgia. Adjourned.
+ WEDNESDAY, Jan. S-House.- Official
notice of the death of Representative
Hartridge was taken. Messrs. Cook,
Frye. Cox, Cabell, Stone, Davidson and
Hanna were appointed a committee to
accompany the remains to Georgia.
Adjourned. - - "
THURSDAY, Jan. 9-Sendte.- Nothing
of Importance was done in TIE senate
and it adjourned soon after being called
to order to attend the funeral services
of Representative Hartridge of Georgia
THURSDAY, Jan. 9-House. Funeral
services were held in memory of Rep
resentatiye Hartridge. The senate,
the supreme judges, the president and
cabinet and foreign diplomats were
present. After the body had been es.
cOrted to the depot the house adj ourned
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-15
THE PACIFIC RAILROADS.
Sharp Criticism by the Goyernment.Di-
3io rect0rs in their Annual Report: g"

The government directors of the
Pacific railways have sent their an
nual report to the. secretary of the
interior. They are of the opinion that
the Union Pacific, in view Of the
extremely liberal aids it has received.
from the government, and the bril2
liancy of its success as a commercial
enterprise should be judged by the
most severe standards known among
the railroads of the country. Measured
by this standard they report many de,
fciencies apparent. At the same TIM @
the property is being brought up with
steadiness though slow to fair degree
of average excellence. The failures to
replace with steel rails, the worn out
iron rails is sharply criticised and the
directors say although the policy now
pursued by the company IN regard to
the material condition Of the property
is careful and sufficiently safe, it is by
no means liberal nor such as the country
has a right to expect or the good to insist
upon. The course of the company, insits
business toward the public, is in some
respects considered open to much adj
verse criticism on the ground Of illiber-
atty, but, nevertheless, the present
tariffs do not appear to be extortionate.
The directors, in their report, think the
enactment of the recent funding act
has direct tendency to retard and
prevent the adoption of more liberal
but less Immediately profitable policy
by the company, the government .hav-
ing become one Of the principal benei-,
Charles in the present system of man
agement by eXacting a proportion of
the proceeds. They report that con
solidation of the Union Pacific with its
connecting branch lines is not now de-
sirable in the public interest, but they
recommend that the companies be
compelled to submit their differences
on the subject of protra citing to the de-
cision ofsome impartial board of arbi-
traitors. In conclusion the directors
indorse the recommendation Of the
secretary of legation, which shall ena-
Bile the government to code to the rail-.
road company, all sections of grazing
on desert lands on one side of the road
and receive from it all similar sections
on the other, in order that each
party, may dispose of land in large
tracts in which alone they are desirable
or susceptible of profitable use by the
purchaser, The policy as respects COM
pletlon and renewal of the road which
the company apparently has pursued
and is now pursuing, might perhaps, if
Judged by the the test of strict business
principles in the shrewd management
of practical monopoly, be deemed d,
fairly liberal one. The property enact
ed Of deteriorating is being brought up
with steadiness, though slowly, to a
fair degree Of average excellence
1t is still, however, far short of what
with its original endowment and large
present earnings it ought to be, and very
far short, in almost every respect, Of
that high standard of excellence, both
in scope. and detail, to which those fa-
miliar with the great trunk lines Of the
country are now accustomed. ,...
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How Many Tax Payers. i
!; st. Louis Republican. -

There are as many taxpayers in fthe
United States as there are inhabitants.
In 1870 the total population was 49,
1871; at present it is estimated at
43,O00,OO0. So there are 43, 100000 tax
payers in the country, for all pay taxes
indirectly who consume any of the ex-
cised articles, spirits, beer and tobacco,
or any i'm ported commodity, such as
sugar, tea, coffee, silk or wooden goods
on which a tariff is collected. The
money in the treasury on the
first Of December, 1878, was $210068,-
622, or q, little less than five dollars a
head for the whole population.
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THE REGULATION OF MARRIAGE.
A Proposed Act in New York-.A Rigor.
-'7 ! .." GUS Measure. 4eii tI".l
New York Evening Post.

A prop osed act submitted to the state
bar association by Mr.. E. L. Gerry, of
this city, provides safeguards against
the consequences of the too easy
method Of marriage to which we re-
ferred the other day. 1t declares that
marriages shall be solemnized only by
ministers of the gospel Or priests, may
ors and recorders of cities, judges OF
county courts, police justices, Justices
of the peace, justices and judges of
courts of record, and that there shall
be beside at least one witness of the
ceremony; and it prescribes these rules
for their guidance to the matter, which
we cOndense from the draft of the pro-
posed act:
cit shall be the duty of the minister
Or other person authorized to perform
such ceremony, before doing so, to as
certain by examination under oath, to
be administered by HIM, and separate
and apart from each other, or each of
the persons concerned and of any other
persons, o. the names, ages, and resi-.
dences of the parties to the proposed
marriage and Of their parents, if living;
~ whether either party is related to
the other, and how and whether the
marriage is with the free will and con-
sent of each party; 81 whether either
OF them has been married or divorced,
and if so, the name of the previous
husband or wife, the time of death or
divorce, and the ground of divorce;
~ name and residence of the witness,
Or names and residences Of two wit
nesses If there is more than one. Such
examination shall be reduced to writing,
and subscribed by the persons exam
med and by the minister Or other per-
former of the ceremony. A person
who shall wilfully make a false state
ments under this oath shall, upon con
yictio1 be adjudged guilty of wilful and
corrupt perjury, and shall be imprison-
/ ed in "a statetprison for a tern not ex-
eeeding ten years. Every minister or
other person who shall solemnize a mar
riage, where either of the parties, within
his knowledge shall be under duress or
within.the age of legal consent, or an
idiot Or lunatic. or to which, within his
knowledge, any legal impeachment ex-
lists, or shall wilfully violate any of the
foregoing provisions, shall be deemed
guilty OF mlsdemeanor, punishable
by fine or imprisonment, or both. The
minister or other person performing the
ceremony shall attach to the examina-
ton written certificate specifying the
names, residences, color and nationality
Of the persons married, names and resi-
dences Of the witnesses or wit
bness, o the time and place =. of
the marriage, and certifying further
that the persons married were
known to the minister or other person
performing the ceremony, or satisfac-
torily proved, by the oath of the parties
themselves, or a person known to him,
to be the persons described in such GER
tificate, and that they were of sufficient
age to contract marriage, and that after
due. inquiry made there appeared no
lawful impeachment to such marriage,
and he thereupon solemnized the same
in accordance with the laws of this state.
The person performing the ceremony
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uncle kept a gun always at hand to
shoot him if he entered the. house. A
few months ago a babywas born to her,
and it was this child that was carried
off, the nephew being the kidnapper.
The lawsuits are for divorce, for the Gus
tOdy Of the baby, and for assault.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-15
Business of the Chicago & Northwestern
Chicaoo Trihune
Philadelphia Times.


Some statistics in regard to the bust
ness of the Chicago & Northwestern
Railway company are interesting as
showing the growth of that mammoth
corporation. The company gives en-
ployment to 5000 men, It paidits con-
ductors, Engagement and brakemen
$3.50, 1863. 40 last year. To its engineers
and firemen, 100000. The track. re.
pairs cost 81, 100000 annually. Fuel
bills per annum amount to $500, 900 in
round numbers. Station agents iand
clerks receive about $500, 900 in the ag-
gregate. q For repairs on engines and
cars last year. the company paid 1885,
600. It owns and operates 2,158 miles,
OF road that cost, with, the equipment.
about SIC, 100000, It carried last year
nearly 100000 passengers, and the
total earnings were over $12,000,000.
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"A BOY ran into a church in Addison
county, Vt.,nand told a woman that
her baby had been kidnapped. She
screamed, and the commotion that fol-
lowed broke up the services. The ill.,
cident brought into publicity scan-
dai, and gave rise to several lawsuits.
The woman was, married, FIVE years pre-
vious4y, to a young farmer and the
uncle and they wife fell in Glove with
each other, turned the husband out of
doors, and had kind of marriage cere-
mony performed between, themselves.
The nephew sorrowed for his wife, and
would gladly have taken her back, but
she refused to speak to him, and the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-15

In, the name of our dark-skinned
brother, we protest against this filling
up Of Sahara. If that is done, where
IS Africa to get her desert?