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Maine Historical Society.

The spring meeting of the Maine Historical
Society will be held at the Common Council
Chamber, City Building, today. There will be
three sessions, beginning at 10 a. M, 3p m.
and 8 p. m. Gov. Washburn's paper on the
Northeastern Boundary will be read in the
morning; Judge Godfreys tribute to the mem
DRY of the late Edward Kent in the afternoon;
and Mr.. VIM. Goods paper on Sir William
Phips and his biographers, in the evening.
Other papers will possibly be presented, and
some interesting discussion is anticipated upon
Mr.. r. X. Sewall's ingenious theory concern
ing the location Of the lost City of Norombega.
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IHyHEl AND CEMENT

Land and CaIcined Plaster for sale by
=. ID. WNEIDDEN N Coz,
ap1d6m IL Union Wharf,
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CITY AND VICINITY.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TO-DAY.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TO-DAY.
ENTERTAINMENT COLUMN.
Lancaster Hall-SX Days Tournament.
TO-Night-Pinafore,
MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES.
Ginger Aperient.
q. l.. Bailey-Fishing Tackle.
To build up-Holman Liver Pad Co.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Administrators Sale of Real Estate.
To Let-House.
Charles H. Frost-Bank and Safe LocksmithH
Drug Store for Sale.
Dissolution-W. II. Pennell & Co.
Great Bargain.
Studley-Great Mark Down.
City of acknowledgements.
AUCTION COLUMN.
Administrators Sale-F. o. Bailey g. Co.
Marble Works-F. o. Bailey & Co.
Horse and Carriage Mart.
Fine Plants-F o. Bailey & Co.
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THE DESTRUCTIVE PROGRESS of that insdi-
GUS foe to life and health, Scrofula, may be ar
rested by the aid of SCovILL's BLOOD AND
LIVER SYRUP, a botanic depurent which rds the
system of every trace of scrofulous or syphilitic
poison and cures eruptive and other diseases
indicative of a tainted condition of the blood.
sAmong the maladies which it remedies are
white swelling, salt rheum, carbuncles, bilious
ness the diseases incident to women govt and
rheumatism
Oxygenated Bitters cure Dyspepsia
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MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.
LAURENT-coRELL1 P1NAFoRE co.

LAURENT-CoRELLI PINAFoRE co.
The Laurent-Corelli company will appear
at City Hall tomorrow and Saturday in 'Pina-
FORE" The performance will commence with
Trial by Jury. In Pinafore the deck
scene will be set fore and aft. The Newport
r. I. News says: "On Friday evening Lau-
rents Fifth Avenue Opera Company gave two
excellent performances, viz: ''Trial by Jury"
and Pinafore was the finest ever seen in New
port, and those who were present last night
state that "Pinafore' was never better played
in any of the larger cities. There were over
80 in the company. The singing and acting
were first class, and SO enthusiastic was the
audience that the management decided to give
another performance tonight 1t was strong
company" Tickets for sale at Stockbridge's
BOSTON PINAFoRE co.
The Boston Pinafore Company after most
successful trip to the Provinces, and through
the state of Maine returned to Portland YES
terday and gave matinee and evening perfor-
nance at City Hall. The company appeared
in the uniforms manufactured on the royal
man-of-war while lying in Halifax harbor, and
introduced several wrinkles in naval etiquette
that added greatly to the performance. Misses
Wiley, Corey and Bickford were all cordially
greeted and received bouquets. Messrs. Bart
lett, Gilbert ana Haskell, were all as SatlSfac-
tory as before and received encores. The even
ing's entertainment closed with Trial by Jury,
given in much better style than before. To-
night all the gallery Seats except the first row,
will be but % cents, and the school-room scene
from lie Petit Due will take the place of Trial
by jury
DUPREZ AND BENEDICT.
1t is SO long since Portland has seen a Min
strel Company that so well known and we'll es-
tablished troupe as that Of Duprez and Bene-
dict cannot fail to draw crowded houses to-
morrow and Saturday night. There will be
splendid quintette, two sets of end men, a fine
orchestra and brass band, and the comedians
attached to the company are said to be very
funny.
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
McFarren's new oratorio will fill Union
Hall tonight at its first presentation in this
country, by the Haydn Society. The event is
one not soon to be forgotten in musical circles.
All the parts have been very judiciously dis
tributed.
An error of types in yesterdays PRESS made
1t appear that a season ticket to the Haydn AS
ISOLATION will admit ten persons instead of taoo
to all rehearsals and performances for year.
The Haydns are liberal, but not so far gone in
unreasoning benevolence as to sell for S. fami-
ly tickets based upon the requirements of Sir
Joseph Porter, X. CAB.
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PORTLAND SUsPENDER COMPANY. - The
Portland Suspender Co. (Randall & Bradley
Who have been proposing to move their estab-
lIshment to Boston, have concluded to remain
in Portland, and have leased the chambers
over Chadbourne, Kendall & Co. s. corner of
Middle and Market streets, where they will
have more than double the room afforded bv
their present quarters in Plum street. This is
gratifying, as they employ fifty people. Their
trade is almost all with New York and the
west.
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Miss Sherman's Tournament.

Miss Sherman makes an announcement in an
other column which will be of interest to those
interested in pedestrianism. She has arranged
for a walking tournament at Lancaster Hall
next week which will exceed in variety any
thing hitherto attempted in this direction in
the Western Hemisphere. Neither race, color
nor previous condition OF servitude will bar any
one out of this tournament, but our colored
citizens as well as the white folks are to be
given a chance
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Republican Caucus i'm ward 3.

The Republicans in Ward are requested to meet
at their ward room on SATURDAY evening, May H.
at 712 O'Clock to nominate candidate for Alderman
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late
Alderman in said Ward to be supported at the polls
on the ensuing Monday, the 10th.
Per order city committee.
GEO. F. GOULD, WIN. II. PLUAIMER,
Secretary. Chairman
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NOTES.

New JERUSALEM CHURCH.-At a meeting
of the New Jerusalem Society, held Tuesday
night, the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
Church Committee. p. Baxter, Dr. C. III.
Burr, DIR. N. Shannon, Benz. Kingsbury Jr.,
w. S. Lowell and G. H. Lamson.
Clerk-D p. Perkins
Treasurer and Collector-George NJ. Thomas.
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A CHANCE FOR A Enthusiastically, at
253 Middle street, makes some announcements
in our columns this morning that it will be
well for our readers to peruse. He offers
great variety of all kinds of dress goods, hos
iery and gloves, in great variety at an immense
reduction on the usual prices, and parasols
cheaper than the cheapest
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United States Circuit Court

BEFORE JUDGE LOWELL.
WEDNEsDAY.-Elisha w. Shaw ct al, assignee in
bankruptcy of Joseph F. Clement, VS.. The Scottish
Commercial Insurance Company. Arguments fin
ished and Judge Lowell will charge the jury this
Thursday morning
Strout g. Holmes-L. Barker.
Baker & Baker
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EXTENSIVE STOCK OF
Assignee's Sale of Real Estate.


DY authority from the Insolvent Court for Cum
- berland County, shall sell by public auction
ON the premises, Thursday the 22d day of May, un-
less disposed of by private sale the following
real estate situated in Portland in said County, be-
longing to the estate of Alexander ID. Whidden
Insolvent Debtor, and assigned to me in accordance
with the provisions of Section 80 of the Insolvent
Law of Maine, viz:
The two story wooden house and lot No. 297
Spring Street, located in of the finest sections
Of the City, said house containing ~ finished
rooms, supplied with Sebago Gas and all modern
improvements. viii be sold at three o'clock p. NJ.
The sale will be of all right title and interest which
the said Whidden had in and to said property at the
time said assignment was made, and all the right
title and interest therein, which l have by virtue
thereof subject to all membranes. Terms cash
upon delivery of Deed Deposit of 500 required
at time of SALE Property may be seen at any hour
up to the time of sale.
T. A. JOSSELYN,
Assignee of A. ID. Whidden.
Portland, May IL, 1879.
II. d. BAILEY az CO., Auctioneers.
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They cure all diseases of the Stomach, Bow
els, Blood, Liver, Nerves. Kidneys and Urin-
airy Organs, and $500 will be paid for a case
they Will not cure OF help Or for anything I'm
it, See "Truts" or Proverbs" another col
umn.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-15

A New lot of elegant Black Silk Fringes
and Marabouts just received from New York
by Carlton Kimball. Ladies remember that
you can buy these goods at his Store, 495 Con-
gress street, at less price than at any other
place. my14d2t
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Sun UMBRELLAS in Ivory, Pearl, Horn and
Plain Handles. A full assortment at the
lowest market prices. Carlton Kimball 495
Congress street. myl4d2t
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$500 REWARD

CHILDREN'S HOSIERY in new and beautiful
designs at low prices at Carlton Kimball's, 495
Congress street. my14d2t
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DR. o. FITZGERALD will visit Portland again
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May Is, 16
and II, for three days only, at Falmouth Ho-
tel. May 12d1w
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Administrators Sale.

10y virtue of license from the Judge of Probate
ID L will sell by public auction at the auction
rooms of f. o. Bailey & Co., No. 30 Exchange ST.,
Portland, on THURSDAY, May %, 1879, at 10
O'Clock A. NJ, the library of the late Ammi II.
umes of miscellaneous literature. Also a few oil
paintings and engravings.
d. w. FESSENDEN, Administrator
#. o. BAILEY a. co., AuctiOneers.
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G. L. BAILEY has the best assortment of
fine Fishing Tackle. As Exchange street.
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\ LARGE BUSINESS IN UoGs.-We under
stand that in one year single packer sold
Portland wholesale grocers, chiefly, 4749
tierces, 5,0S1 half barrels, 4S3 tubs, and 9S6
cases pail lard, G,803 barrels clear pork, 1913
barrels backs, and $3.50 barrels hams, all Of the
value of 1922 ,S6S16. - E-la7
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GINGER APERIENT for Sour Stomach. Price
80 cents
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CENTENNIAL Spring Mineral water delivered
in any part of the city at 10 cents per gallon.
FRANK w. BUXTON,
Cor. Chestnut and Oxford SITS.
my7dtf Agent for Portland
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AsSIGNEEs, SALE.
Household Furniture by Auction

NN TUESDAY, May goth, at o A. NJ, we shall
" sell at House No. 1O4 Bracket Street, Parlor
Furniture, Chamber Sets, Marble Top Tables, Mat
tresses Feather Beds, Toilet Ware, Curtains Mir
rors, 2 and 3-ply Carpets, Dining Table, Chairs,
Sofa, Lounge, Crockery, Glass and Silver-plated
Ware, Magee Range, together with the entire
Kitchen Furniture
F.O. BAILEY 81 co., Auctioneers.
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For local intelligence from Biddeford,
Saco, Bath, Augusta, Hallowel, Rockland
and Lewiston see fourth page.
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To BUILD up and renovate the system,
regulate the liver, purify the alood and prevent
spring fevers, wear Holman Liver Pad.
Cheaper than medicine, more effective than
drugs and never injurious. Lady in attendance
at the office afternoons
HOLMAN LIVER PAD Co.,
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Marble Works BY Auction.

ON WEDNESDAY, May 28th, at IL o'clock, we
" shall sell at the marble works No. Preble
street. all the manufactured work of said establish
ment, consisting of Marble Monuments, Tablets,
Gravestones Mantel Frames, Shelves &c. Sale pos
tive and without reserve.
#. o. BAILEY n CO., AucfiOneers.
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COMPENSATORY ART,

L. 4. PINGREE, No. 90 High ST.,
(OId No. - Portland, Me-. Manufacturer of Art-
fetal Limbs and Surgical Apparatus Chronological
Operating Table and Chairs, Double Bass N1ols,
'Cellos, Niolas and Nioins made and repaired. Also
Spirit Levels Patterns, Models, and all jobs requr
ing skill and experience at prices adapted to the
times. my2d&wlm
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Agents for the Celebrated Concord Harness
Saturday, May 18th, at 10 A. W.,

Bay Horse years, weighs $50 lbs good roader
and good worker kind and safe for any one to drive
has been used in this city for express business sold
for no fault.
Second hand Harness.
Second hand Express Wagon.
Roam Mare, 8 years old, sound and kind, good
driver, safe for any one to drive.
Second Hand Harness.
Second hand Extension Top Carriage.
Bay Horse, years, weighs 1000 lbs, good road
ster, and can trot quite fast.
Bay Mare 8 years old weighs 100 lbs, kind and
a good roader, good family Horse and safe for any
to drive.
New and Second hand Carriages, Harnesses, &c.
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PENNINGTON TO LEWISTON.

WEDNESDAY, May II.
Farmers planting.
Lakes and rivers are unusually high and
intervales are oyerfowed.
A large quantity of logs are in the river near
Livermore Falls.
Jay ledge of granite is producing $50 car
loads per month. This granite has a great
demand
Many & Sons, the Lewiston contractors,
arrived to-day on prospecting tour over the
site of the proposed narrow gauge railroad to
Phillips. Operations will commence about
June l. and the road will be completed by
November l. The rails are to be laid only two
feet apart and the road bed is to be six feet
wide. A portion of the rolling stock has ar
rived. Engineer John Read, Esq, with his
assistant, John A. Nash, is busy on the sur
vey.
The Baptist church at Wayne burned this
morning between and 8 O'Clock. No insur-
ance. Probable work of incendiary Loss
estimated at 600.
Jason Woodman, a well-known and re-
spected merchant of North Leeds was taken
to Augusta to-day to De placed in the insane
asylum. Mr.. Woodman was postmaster. He
has fine family, who have the sympathies of
the entire community in this affliction.
a child of Mr.. Kitchen of Calais, fell 20 feet
into the dry dock. No bones We're broken, but
the shock was SO great as to cause nausea suffi-
cient to eXpel from the stomach of the little
girl immense quantities of orange peel, picked
up off the street and eaten through the day. A
physician called stated it would have been i'm
possible to have saved the child after it had
partaken so freely of orange peel, had it not
been for the remarkable fall.
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DISSOLUTION.
CHARLES H. FROST.

<AtN1 n En-, AS
Exchange Street.-Bank and Safe Locks of every
make cleaned and repaired For any other work in
my line, including Clock Ups" easing of doors
cleaning and polishing, bolt work &c apply as above
l also furnish and attach Combination Locks to old
safe and vault DOORS Orders for locks or repairs from
out of town promptly attended to. Refer by permits
sion to the several bank officers here Hotel store and
mousse locks repaired ana keys lifted. my15d1w*
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Loss OF a PORTLAND observation-disclosures
was received in this city yesterday of the loss
of the schooner Baltic, $500 tons burden, own
ed by Burnham & Morrill,. The vessel was
commanded by Capt Greenlaw of Deer Isle,
and had a crew of four men. The vessel was
wrecked on the Nova Scotia coast. The crew
was saved. The vessel was valued at about
$1,000
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Accidents.

We regret to hear that Mrs. Dingley, mother
of Samuel Dingley, ESQ., met with an accident
at Sebago Lake Tuesday, by which she broke
limb.
A man, whose name we did not learn, was
riding in a wagon with two companions, Tues
day, and WAS thrown from the vehicle and bad
ly hurt. His companions picked him up, put
him in the wagon and drove off.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-01-18

TOT INC rove his peOp!e bear MIN
Time or death can nc,cr destroy.
BALTIMORE, MD, january, 1879.
Three members of Congress have
died this season.
Jefferson Davis is the last survi.
vor Of Franklin picrce's Cabinc,.
d. Ut. is the latest slang and
means DO you tumble
Ex- Governor Rice of Massachu-
sets, is going to Europe next
month.
The peach trees in Southern Hi
nois we're greatly injured by the re.
cent cold snap.
Or. r. Chalmers Dow, &C the
Nashville (Tenn.) Medical College
died on Tuesday last
A gold mine has been discovered
in a stree, in Aluria, Cal. am,! The
town is to be dug Up.
The ice on the flats about New
York harbor is said to have been
fatal to q great many oysters.
a hundred thousand cords OF shoe
pegs arc annually consumed in
American factories and shops.
w. w. Armstrong, of the Clevc
land Plaindcaler, Is the latest Dem.
ocratic candidate for Governor Of
Ohio.
Gen. Longstrect having sur!cited
on licking Yankees, is now licking
stamps as Postmaster at Cainesvillc,
Gin.
buffalo Bill has made $4,000 on
the stage, and has bought $500 head
Of cattle in Kansas, where lie will
live.
There were 2,G3S miles of railway
constructed in the United States last
year, mostly in the Middle and
Northern States.
The loss Of property sustained in
consequence Of the negro rebellion
III the island Of Santa Cruz il sci
down as &941,1SG.
The life Of Hon. Julian Hartrid pe
of Georgia, who died on Wednesday
was insured for $4,000, which is all
he left his family.
Boston dispatches report that the
annual statements of the New Enr-
land mills arc unsatisfactory. Divi-
bends Will De passed in many cases.
The first American wheat ever
sent to spain from this country ar
lived there Il few weeks AFRO. Tho
cargo consisted OF $1,000 bushels,
Temperance societies have lately
bccn formed a; Hanover and Coffin.
gen with II view OF reducing the ION.
sumption Of beer TO moderate pro
portions.
business must be dull in Memphis
The Dcmocra. says that doctors OF
mat place are palientlcss, the law.
ytrs bricilcss, and the editors item.
less.
a vast metropolis, the tombs Of
which are dug in the rock, and con.
tain idols and funeral objects, has
been discovered in The vlciniiy Of
Nanpiiia, Greece.
Ming Humbert, Of Italy, is rcpor.
ted to be in wretCned health: he h,.
been threatened for years with nsslii-
cation OF the liver. His eyes nrc
more prominent than ever, and ne
has a harsh dry cough.
Rev. John MaAi', who married n
lady III Cnion,uwn, Pa, last summer
and deserted her at the Howard
House, baltimore, has been iirurcin.
recently i'll some d~;scrcliiablc linun.
cal operations in Eas T. Tennessee.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-01-18
Gut OF Danger.

Suggested by Tie cheering accounts
noticed i'll the Columbia Rcyi@t,r OF
tho recovery Of Governor Hampton
from the effects ofhis recent accident.
"Out of dangcrw God hath harken'd
To n nations carnes: call;
To the prayers which have assembled
FROM the burdcncd hearts Of all
He hath turned aside the missile
Aimed by Death, relentless foe,
And our brave beloved Hampton
Hath escaped the fatal blow.
All we've trcmblcd, too well knowing
That Death loves Il shining mark"
And we've watched III brea,hless silence
Liie's uncertain giimmering spark.
But the fame, though once it nickcrcd,
Brigh:cns with Il stcadicr glow,
And our hearts that sank within us
Now .'.'h gratitude o'crilow.
For we feel thai God hath spared him
To our Senate, to our land,
And that Hell lo7ing kindness
Stayed the greu, Dcstroycr's hand.
"Out Of dangar!' How the ,idings
Filled the nations heart with joy,
For the love his people bear him
Time or death can nc,cr destroy.
B~ALTlMoEE, Mo., january, 1879.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-01-18
Notice. 20 CREDITORS.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ORANGEBURi.
In the Common Pleas.
ieorGe Eo.ivcr Admir- of y T. y.;.Lo.

George Bo!ivcr. Admir- of y. +. Zei.ler.
Against
Emma a. Iciglcr, and others.
Pursuant to an order of The Court Of
Common Pleas made in The above 81, ted
cause at October Term 1873, notice il here
by given 10 all persons claiming 10 be
creditors Of the state Of ID + Xripl.r
deceased, to present and prove their r.s,cc.
nv" demands before me, at my office before
the 10th day OF December 1873.
W. VI. liUTSON.
Mater.
Ma STEERS Office "lanscburg Nov Is 1878.
hoFi' I'm
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-01-18

In the Common Pleas.
l'anl i. Spiscncr, Admi'or ofJ. X.
P%au'lins and Caroline raulIing-plan;iH
John ". Sellers. Ex'or, Ct oi-~Dcfcnd'nt.
Pursuant 10 an Order OF the Coir, Of
Common Pleas made in the above entitled
cause. at October Term 1873, notice is here.
by given To all persons claiming To be
creditors Of the Estate Of Join Il PaulIinp
deceased, to present and establish their
respective demands before me, nj nv otlic,
withintwo months from The first publication
OF this notice.
W. ". IIUTSON,
Master.
Masters Office, orangcburg c. II. Noyem
Der 10Th 1873.
nov - om