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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-06

ALEXANDRIA NOTES.-THE James Fossett. a
Well-known citizen of Virginia, fell dead yester-
day morning ON the platform at the Virginia
Wa had hp d. a. VI HSarS ui G
century, and was one of the first conductors ap-
pointed upon the Orange and Alexandra rail
road, and held for some time position as one
OF the United States custom house officers. He
was one OF the Oldest MaSons in Virginia, and
was tn his 18th year at the time Of his death. -.
Mr. Charles Kersey, engineer of the tug boat
Belle Haven, while passing through Washing
tons Reach yesterday morning. killed a genuine
White swan OF the largest size.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-06

IF SUCCESS be the true test of merit, It is Ger
tain1y' settled fact that '!BVo,rp's Bronchial
I1'ocheS have no equal for the prompt relief OF
Coughs, Colds and Threat troubles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-06

SALES OF REAL EsTATE.--J. T. Coldwell, real
estate broker and auctioneer, has sold for
eugene and Nathaniel Carllsi. trustee, lot 81
square PSI. Improved BY a three-story brick
qweltng, No. 1924 New York avenue, TO David
L. MorriS0n, esq, for S5GI5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-06
ODD FELLOWS, HALL.

odd FELLOWS HALL.
Every Night This Week Except Wednesday.
Matinees Tuesday and Saturday
AI.F BURNETT, the Great Humorist;
Miss HELEN NASH, the Celebrated Dramatic
Reader:
]. W. sHARDLEY, the Wonderful Concertinist
Admission, 25 cents: Children, Il cents; Reserved
seats, 90 cents Manees, % cents to all parts of the
house.
Doors open at Z; commence ats. nov3-6t
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-03
The Rates of Postage,

Postal cards, one cent each, 60 without further
charge to all parts of the United States and Canadas
with additional onecent stamp they 60 to all parts
Of Europe
All letters, to all parts of the United States and
Canada, three cents per half-ounce.
local, or 'drop" letters, that u.s. for the city or
town where deposited, cents if delivered by car
rers, and cent where there is no carrier system.
Newspapers, daily, semi weekly, tri weekly and
weeklies regularly issued and sent to regular sub
scrbers cents per pound. payable at the office OF
puDilcatlon, newspapers and magazines published
less frequently than once week, cents per pound.
and handbis, cent for each two ounces or f1acton
thereof All other miscellaneous matter, Including
unsealed circulars book manuscripts, proof-sheets,
roots, an merchandise not exceeding four pounds in
weight, 1 mt for each ounce or fraction thereof,
The following are the postal rates with Europe:
The rates for letters for the hafounce or frac
tion thereof and those for newspapers for four
ounces or fraction thereof
To Great Britain and Ireland, letters cont ;
newspapers cents; France, letters cents, news
papers cents; Spain, letters cents, newspapers
cepts; all parts of Germany, including Austria,
letters 5 cents, newspapers Q cents; Denmark,
letters cents newspapers cents; Italy, letters
cents, newspapers Q cents; Russia, letters cents
newspapers cents; Norway, letters cents, news
papers cents; Sweden, letters cents, newspapers
cents; Turkey, European and Asiatic, letters S
newspapers cents.
For Asiatic countries, the half-ounce limit for
letters, and the four ounces for newspapers, still
holding good, the rates are:-
TO Australia, letters via San Francisco fexcept TO
New South Wales) cents via SOUTHAMPTON 15 cents
via Brndisi 10 cents. newspapers, via San Francscs
cents va southampton cents,via Brindsi cents,
emma etters wa San francisco 10 CENTS via South.
2, and cents, by the respective routes: British
India. Italian mail. letters, 10 cents, newspapers
England 10 cents, via Brndis 81 cents newsnanars'
Wis Brindisi cents. 0'A'''
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-03
HALLOWELL

WEDNESDAY, April 2.
There lwere over one thousand tickets sold
TOR Augusta, at this station during the month
of March.
The Chatterbox Society, composed of the
younger members of the UniversaIist Sunday
School, will give an entertainment at their
vestry on Friday evening next, on which &C.
casion drama will be presented. Admission
10 cents.
There is some trouble and no little feeling
between the Classical School executive COM
mittee and the city fathers.
The first meeting of the county convention
of Reform Clubs, which is to bs held two days
was held at City Hall last evening, the house
packed. The meeting was called to order BY
+. A. A. Heath, Secretary Of the County con-
vention. Mr.. George W. Blanchard was
called to the choir. Prayer was offered by
Rev. Caleb Fuller. 1t was moved and
seconded that committee be chosen to Law
out the business which would come before the
convention the next day. The following were
appointed: Pratt Of Clinton, Berry of Gardi.
ner and Dudley Of Hallowell. 1t was then
moved and seconded that committee be ap.
pointed on the location for next season, and
resulted in the choice of the following persons:
Richardson of Clinton, Berry of Gardiner,
Libby of Hallowel Moved and seconded that
all business be postponed until the next day.
1t was vote. Speeches were made by Spear
Of aallowell, Buffam of Gardiner. Richardson
OF Clinton, Berry Of Gardiner, LeLacheur of
Biddeford, Pratt of Clinton, White of HALO
well, R9well Of Hallowell, Dudley of Halo
well; all being loudly applauded. The
Secretary read the order of meetings for the
next day, which the Committee begged leave to
meeting; from 10 TO ~, reports of committees s;
from TO p. ~, praise meeting; to 5, bust
ness meeting. In the evening there are TO be
speeches from Wolfe, LeLacheur and others
from home and abroad. The benediction was
then pronounced, and the convention adjourned
until 8 clock on Thursday morning
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-03
PORTLAND POST OFFICE.
Office Hours.

DMce Hours.
From800 a. m to $50 p m, Sundays excepted.
sundays open for Carriers and General Delivery
PORTLAND, ME-, Feb. IT, 1879.
Arrival and Departure of Mails.
Boston and intermediate offices. Arrive at 1920
and 114O p m. Close at SIS m, 1910 2,45 and 800
p. m.
Boston and the West. Arrive at 5.20pm.
intermediate Or Way Mails via Boston and Maine
Railway. Arrive at 1920 and $40 Close at 8.16
Great Southern and Westerh. Arrive at 1920
p M, and 11.4o p. m. Close at s.15 a. M, 1910,
As and 500,
Bangor and connecting routes. Arrive at leo D.
m. Close at 30 a. m.
Augusta and connecting routes. Arrive at $50 a.
a. and LOO m. Close at IL 80 m. and AS D. M
m. Close at 7.15 m.
Lewiston and Auburn. Arrive at 2.05 and $50
a. m, and LOO p. m. Close at $50 and 11,3O a. m
Castine, Deer Isle Sedgwick, s. W. Harbor, Mt.
1esert g1nesgert Machias Machasport, East Ma
cnias, Millbridge and Bar Harbor, via each steam
Passport, via each steamer. Arrive at 900 q m.
Close at 4.45 D. m.
ing OF steamers. Close at 8.15 a. m.
+Sx9Rnress Augusta; Bangor and the East. Arrive
Arrive at LOO .. m. Close at 11.30 a. m.
Skownegan also closes at 900 pm.
Canada and intermediate offices, via G. 7. 3. Ar
rive at LOO p. En- Close at 12.45 p. m.
Nova Scotia and Prince Edwards Island, Close
al 11.30 a. m; and p. m.
q syaRtOn w., and ntermediate offices, via P. &
o. r. R. Arrive lib a. m. Close 200 p. m.
R. R. K. Arrive 1.2O m. Close 1910 D. m.
Rochester, n. H., and intermediate offices, via P,
R. r. r; Close 90 an.
and 800 p. m. Collections at 100 and IL 90 a. M.
and 215 and 500 p. m.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-03
MAINE CITIES,
lettings by Press Correspondents.
saCo AND HrDDEFoRD,

WEDNESDAY, April 2.
The deputies seized barrel of ale at
Thomas B,yers' saloon on the top of Deans
Hill, Maine street, Biddeford, last evening.
Judgment was rendered against him by the
court this "wednesday morning, and the case
goes up on appeal
If people will persist in getting on and off
the trains while in motion they must expect
sooner or later to pay the penalty. Francis
York, Ex-Street Commissioner of Biddeford,
tried it to his sorrow few days ago. He got
upon the 4 0S p NJ, u train, mstaking it for
the down train due at Biddeford about the
same time. Tke train had started and was
well out of the depot when he found his mis-
take and stepped off. He was pretty badly
Jared by the fall and wrenched his leg pretty
severely, but no bones were broken.
new and elegant seat called Regulator"
has been put upon the steamer Saco, in place
Of the old one which the driver says was never
comfortable nor large enough. 1t was made
by Justin Lord and painted green to cores
pond with the running work, with the figure
81" In gilt letters on each side, neatly cushion
ed vita enameled grain leather We notice
also upon the wall in their engine house new
patent eight.day clock of beautiful design
purchased within day or two by the Company.
IL cost $11.50.
W. W. Rice, Esq, of Thomastop, Ex- Warden
of State Prison, has purchased the old Seal
Rock House at Ferry Beach and is putting up
beautiful summer cottage on the old site.
At the walking match in City III Ill, Bidde-
ford, com mencing at o'clock this aft er-
noon the contestants at $40 O'Clock stood as
follows: Berry had scored 10 miles in one
hour, twenty-five minutes and five seconds
Hamilton miles in one hour and twenty-three
minutes; Dearborn s miles in one hour and
fifteen minutes; Cowan 10 miles in one hour
and twenty-five minutes; Simpson miles in
one hour and thirteen minutes; Coffin 10 miles
in one hour and twenty-six minutes. All were
looking fresh and in apparent good condition
| No rest had been taken up to the time Of
making this report. Very good attendance.
| VIM. Falvy has torn away the old ell at
tached to his house next to the bridge or
| Gooch Island and is erecting q two stery
| building with a store on first floor and tene'
ment overhead.
| The charity entertainment given by the
| children of the Unitarian Society at tn ell
| vestry in Saco yesterday afternoon was vel
| attended, and we'll appreciated by the paren Il
| of the participants. The object of the ents r
| tainment was to raise funds to bay materia
| with which to complete a'quilt NOW in proce 81
| of manufacture by the ladies ofAthe society, t
| be devoted TO charitable purposes.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-03
SNAKES AS LIFE DEsTROYERs,

The loss of life in India due to the ravages of
venomous snakes is almost incredible. Yet the
disease which is as willy and deadly as the
deadliest India reptile, is winding its coil
around thousands of people while the victims
are unconscious of its presence. 1t has long
been hobby with Incompetent physicians to
assume that consumption is incurable after the
70 nation of tubercles has begun; and in every
case they fail to effect cure,-of course tuber
cles had begun to form and they were incura-
BILE. The records of medical science disproye
any such theory. On the contrary, in cases of
lung disease which had been cured and the
patients lived forty and fifty years in robust
health, post-mortem examinations showed
large cicatrices (scars) where the tuberoles had
been formed and removed. The tubercles are
removed BY absorption into the blood. An eff
icient Alternative, DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery, must be used to cleanse the blood of
the scrofulous impurities. For tuberculsr con-
sumption is only form of scrofulous disease.
Golden Medical Discovery is sovereign r. me-
dy for oil forms of scrofulous disease, or kings
evil, such as tumors. white swellings, fever
sores, scrofulous sore eyes, as we'll as for other
blood and skin diseases.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-03
AUGUSTA.

"WEDNESDAY, April 2.
One arrest yesterday.
Six car. loads of cotton were received BY the
Sprague Manufacturing Company yesterday.
We are informed that Belfast is to have a
walking match, Saturday, April 5.h, for a
purse of $50; $25 to the first, SIS to the second
and $40 to the third. Augusta will be repre-
sented.
The police made raid on P. G. Clement
yesterday and succeeded 10 finding nearly a
quart of liquor.
Both of the afternoon passenger trains were
delayed one hour and fifteen minutes Oh &C.
count of the accident at Beverly.
Last Monday evening few of the Augusta
bloods met at Mr.. Allied Reeds livery stable
to enjoy clam boil. As soon as the bivalyes
were sufficiently cooked the boys gathered
around the kettle and the party that caught the
most clans was the best fellow They all in.
dulged moderately in clam water, and the even
ing was passed in very pleasant manner.
A large boiler, Containing 4527 gallons OF oil,
was received by the Augusta Gas Co. yester-
day. The boiler occupies the whole of fiat
car and the oil is conveyed to a reservoir at
the gas works BY means of pipe nearly two
inches in diameter, extending from the termin-
alton of the railroad tack at the foot of Lam
rel street TO the gas works. The oil is used in
making gas.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-03
RAILROADS.
BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD
SPRING ARRANGEMENT

On and After Monday, Feb
Elssseoeses177 ruary ~, 1879, trains will
=Zsss=sl LEAVE PORTLAND FOB
S@GBOsTONa a. s.46. 9. m, LOO, 800 D.
M, arriving al Boston at l.30, 80, 800 D. M Re-
turning leave Boston at 730 m, $780, $3.50 p. m,
arriving at Portland IL. 10, $40, 500, p. m.
For Scarborough Beach, Pine Point, Old
Orchard Reach, sacol Biddeford and
kennebunk at s.45 a. m, 100, $50, 8 45 D. m,
For Wells, No. Berwick, salmon Falls,
GreaI Falls, Dover, Newmarket, Exc
ter, Hayerhill, North Andover, Law.
renee, Andover and Lowell q. 8.45 q, N.
100, $50 o. m.
For Rochester, Pennington and Alton
Bay az $40 a. M, 80 D. IN.
FOR VI anchestef aud Concord (yia Lawrence)
at s4o q. IA. (via Newmarket Junction,) at $50
D. m.
The 90 train from Portland connects with all
sound Line Steamers for New York, the
South aud the West.
The $50 rain frem Portland connects with all
Rail lines for New York.
Through Ticketsl 10 all Psfuts south
and West q lowest rates.
Trains on Boston q Maine road connect with
all steamers running between Portland and Ban
gor, Rockland, Mt. Desert, MaChias EasLport,
Calais, st. John and Halifax. Also, connect with
Grand Trunk trains at Grand Trunk Station and
Maine Central and Portland q Cgdensburq trains al
Transfer Station.
All trains stop at Exeter ten minutes for refresh
ments. First Glars Dining Rooms at Portland,
Transfer Station, Exeter. Lawrence and Boston.
JAS. 7. FURBER. Gen. SUIT.
5. II. STEVENS. Gen. Agent, Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-03
TEMPLARS OF HONOR,

at IeWpt0TS dntS, NO. lUU ErchIngc SfcSts
CoUNcIL-Maine, first and third Monday In each
month.
TEMPLE--Forest City, No. 1, every Wednesday
evening.
PORTLAND FRATERNITY-No. Al Free st. Block
Every evening.
FoRIsT CITY CoMMANDERY No. 16 convepes at
p. o. S. Of A. Hall, Plum St., on first Thursday Of
each month.
BoswoRTH POST G. A. R.-Meeting every Friday
evening in Mechanics Hall, corner OF Congress and
Casco streets.
PORTLAND SOCIETY oF NATURAL. HIST 2
At their library room, City Hall, on the first and
third Monday evenings of each month.
sovEREIeEs OF INpUsTRY-Dirigo Council, No 4
O'Clock.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARs-
Arcana, MONDAY, Congress Hall, 42O3 Congress
Hal. '' - ''p POI A''''
PAYsoy LITERARY Soo1ErY-Meetings every
Monday evening. at Mercantile Library Book, Far
riDgtou Block, Congress street.
PORTLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY AND READING
RooM-Oren and free to all from 10 a. m. to 9p.
m, City Building.
PvaTLAND TEMPERANCE REFORM CLUB-Head-
quarters corner of Congress and Temple streets
lay evenings at u O'Clock.
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN AssocIATIoN-Oppo.
lite Preble House, Congress Street, open day aEd
Saturday evenings at "a O'Clock.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs-Bramhal Lodge, No.
Thursday evenings Munjoy Lodge, No 6, Monday
heir Hall, Clapp's Block, Market Square. Section
1s1 Endowment Rank, fourth Thursday in each
month.
PORTLAND TEMPERANCE UNIoN-Congress Hail.
Business meetings Thursday evenings; public meet
ings Sunday evenings, at o'clock.
PORTLAND TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, No. 7b-
Second Saturday Of each month.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-03
STATE OF MAINE,

CUMBERLAND, SIS. March 9th, A. D, 1879.
lHlS IS to give notice that on the twenty sixth day
Il OF March, A d. 1879, Warrant in Insolvency
was issued by Nathan Ceaves, Judge of the Court
the estate Of Ambrose II. Fe;senden OF Portland in
said county, adjudged to be an insolvent Debtor on
his own petition. flied on the twenty sixth day of
March, A. D. 1879 to which date interest on claims is
to be computed; That the payment of any debts to
or by said Debtor and the delivery transfer of any
property by him are forbidden by law That meet
ing Of the Creditors of said Debtor to prove their
debts and choose more assignees of his estate
will be held at Court of Insolvency to be holden at
me Probate Court room in sad Portland, on MON
o'clock in the forenoon.
Given under my hand the date first above written.
f. r. BROWN,
Deputy Sheriff. as Messenger of the Court of Insol.
vency for said County OF Cumberland.
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The Portland daily press., 1879-04-03
TIHOMASTON.

THoMAsTON, April 2.
Thomas Martin has purchased building
from j. 81. Jacobs and will haul the same to
his lot on Fish street. to be converted into a
dwelling.
Capt Caleb Levensaler has been sick at his
residence for the past few days.
Capt. John Crawford of ship Andrew John
son, and Capt. James Mcclellan, late of bark
Fannie j Mcclellan, are in town.
K. ID. COunce, Esq was taken suddenly ill
while attending our town meeting and has
been confined to his house ever SINCE
The concert given last evening at Union Hall
was largely attended.
Edward O'Brion has received a cargo Of ship
knaoo
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-03
AGRICULTURAL.
How Grea. Hogs are Fattened.

Carter and Southland have reduced the
business of pork raising to science. The
former, intent upon taking the palm, started
off with thirty-nine hogs. Upon twenty
seven of these he bases his hope of success.
OF the original number several have been
killed. In January three of them came SO
very near choking to death that the farmer
grew frightened and slaughtered them.
They weighed 1893, SIT and 1888 pounds re-
spectively. The hogs entered for the prize
have had the very best of care, There are
Just two events in the lives of such hogs
sleeping and eating. They are too fat even
to waddle. They never wake up, except to
eat, and that process over they again stretch
out upon clean straw in their separate peLs.
These particular hogs of Mr.. Carers were
too lazy even to feed themselves, and, indeed
even it they were not, they could not see
their food. For weeks they had been in total
blindness. Like the average hog of no par
ticular distinction they all had eyes, but
three inches and a half of genuine fat kept
them closed completely. The feeding process
is one of interest to both hog and spectator.
The farm hand rolls up boiled meal into
round balls and forces it into their hogship's
mouths. The hogs grunt and swallow and
keep it up until they are perfectly gorged.
They are kept in stuffed condition on the
best of meal, and all that is asked of them is
to grow fat. Southland has not killed yet.
He began the year with twenty-nine hogs, all
Jersey reds, but his pens now contain but
twenty-three. There they we're, lying around
grunting and putting, aud with shouts point
ing upward in search of air. Their eyes
could not be seen, and it took strong fingers
to pry away the masses OF fat so that the
hidden organs of sight could be opened out.
The blind, helpless masses were shaken by
loud breathing, and occasionally would give
vent to snort, but they seemed entirely
unable to get upon their feet.-Burlington
N. j. Letter to the Philadelphia Times.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-03
STATE OF MAINE.

CUMBERLAND, IS. March 9th, A. d. 1879.
ssNHIS is to give notice. that on the twenty-fth day
i Of March, A. D. 1879, Warrant in Insolvency
was issued by Nathan Ceaves Judge of the Court of
Insolvency for said County OF Cumberland, against
the estate of Benjamin T. Libby of Scarborough in
said County, adudged to be an lnsovent debtor his
own petition, filed the twentyfourth day of March,
A. D. 1879, to which date interest on claims is to be
computed; that the payment of any debts to or by
said debtor. and the delivery or transfer of any
property by him are forbidden by law; that meet
debts and choose one assgnees Of his estate
will be held at Court of Insolvency to be holden at
the Probate Court Room in Portland in said County,
on MONDAY, the twenty first day of April, A. d.
1879, at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
Given under my hand the date first above written.
Z. r. BROWN,
Deputy Sheriff. as Messenger of the Court of Insol-
vency for said County of Cumberland.
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A Rich Yield.

On three acres of land, from three bushels
and three pecks of seed, received sixty-six
bushels of very superior grain called the
white spring wheat, and between seven and
eight tons of straw. This, and from first
experiment too. suggests strongly what
in the direction of bread raising in the
State of Maine, advancing the farmers
material interests and keeping intelgently
employed some of the great number who feel
obliged to leave us annually for distant locai-
ties. SAMUEL HALL, West Falmouth.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-03
The w heat CrOp.

A Chicago special says that the reports
from all points show that the winter wheat
crop is in favorable condition, and that the
yield is estimated at 100000 bushels last
year. 1t is believed that 20 per cent more
of spring wheat will be sown to cover pos
sible failure ola small percentage-say about
five per cent. of blighted berries last year.
The statement that wheat has been SER
iously blasted, SO that it cannot terminate,
has been practically disproved at Milwaukee
by the sprouting of kernels of rejected wheat,
not one kernel falling to so thoroughly germi-
nate that farmers in that vicinity are pur-
chasing the low grades for seed instead
of the higher priced.
The Portland daily press., 1879-04-03

NOTICE is hereby given, that the subscriber has
IN been duly APPOINTED aud taken upon himself the
trust of Administrator of the Estate of
WILLIAM s. MURRAY, late of Brunswick,
in the County of Cumberland, deceased, and given
bonds the law directs. All persons having de,
mands upon the Estate of said deceased are required
to exhibit the same and all persons indebted TO SAD
estate are called upon to make payment to
CHARLES s. PERKINS, of Portland, Admir-.
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The Portland daily press., 1879-04-03
IN BANKRUPTCY.

IN BANK RUPTCY.-District Court of the
of Ma haniel o. Cram, Bankrupt.
This is TO give notice that petition has been pre-
sented to the Court this twenty-sixth day of March,
by Nathaniel D. Cram of Portland, Bankrupt
praying that he may be decreed to have full dis.
charge from all his debts provable under the Bank
rupt Act, and upon reading said Petition,
1t Is ordered by the Court that hearing be had
upon the same, on the second day OF june, A. d.
1879 before the Court in Portland in said District
at 10 o'clock A. M, and that notice thereof be pub
lished in the Portland Advertiser and the Portland
Press newspapers printed in said District once week
for three successive and in the weekly Adj
yeriser and Press the last publication to be thirty
days at least before the day Of hearing and that all
creditors who have proved their debts and other per-
sons in interest," may appear at said time nd place.
and show cause if any they have, why the prayer OF
said Petition should not be granted.
WIN. P. PREBLE,
Clerk of District Court, for said District.
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