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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-28

The management of the Emma Abbott opera
company announce production of the recent
OHenbachian success, la File du Tambour
Major" in English during the present season
1t is said that a tenor with marvellous voice
has been discovered by M. Vaucorbell, direc-
tor OF the Paris Opera. All that is known of
this rare bird is that he was railroad en-
ploye.
1t appears that Miss Minnie Hank will not
come to America the coming season, engage
ments of this artist being announced in vari-
GUS continental cities during the winter
months.
Following are the members of the company
engaged to appear at the Park Theatre, New
York, in Mr. Percys new play, ga Bafled
Beauty: Rose Eytinge, Ellie Milton. Jose
Baker, Gabriel Du Saudi, Emily Fisher, Mark
Pendleton, Barton Hill, Harry Courtaine. JOS
Grismer, I. f. Brennand, J. Sanville, j.
Cleary and l.. G. Eastman.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-28
York County S. j. Court.

State vs.. Frederick Sherburne. appellant. Com
plant for sale of gallon of cider to George Del
ano of Sanford, June 20, 1880. Defense is that
this gallon was taken from barrel of cider which
had previously been purchased in partnership by
respondent and Delano. Verdict not guilty.
Emery, Co. Atty. Wilson for respondent.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-28
Rub the Gums Well

with SOZODONT when they become spongy
or detached from the necks of the teeth. Let
them bleed freely and so recover their tone
and health. This SOZODONT is the best
remedial agent for diseased gums and teeth.
Try and learn.
Sep. % ThST&w
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-28

Samuel S. Jones VS.. Isaac P Emerson ct ais
Rescfapt by Virgin ITO save the penalty of his
BOND by performing its last condition. poor debtor
must reasonably "deliver himself into the custody
of the jailer and be received into JAIL or deliver
himself to the jailer at the Jail in such manner as
TO custody in the jail. To make it the duty of the
Jaler to receive debtor the latter should only
seasonaby otter to deliver himself, but at the same
time TO deliver to the jailer copy of the bond, or
of the execution and return thereon, at the jail.
Motion and exceptions sustained.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-28
CONTINENTAL DRUM CORPS
ATTENTION.

There will be NEE M for rehearsal, III URSDAY
EVENING, Sept Both, at 71a O'Clock. Every
member is requested to be present with drum.
Per order, FRANK F. KINDS
Major and Instructor.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-28
Attention. Garfield Artillery,

There Will be a meeting of the Artillery THIS
(Tuesday) EVENING, at the Armory Ward Room
Ward 3. at O'Clock for drill and to tranaact bust
ness OF importance. A full attendance is requested.
Per order
j. H B. MORRILL,. CaIit.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-28
Surname Judicial Court

The following decisions have been received from
the law court:
WALDO COUNTY.
Inhabitants of Belfast VS.. W. II. Fogler. assignee
Hescript by Virgin, J.-St. 1879, C. 154 so, re-
curing city taxes to be paid in full' is applicable
TO an insolvents estate in which dividend has b en-
made until after that statute took effect although
proceedings in insolvency were commenced prior to
the enactment of the statute.
Judgment for the plaintiff for SgS 56
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-28

WoRsTED Embroideries in great variety, in
GLIDING Slipper Patterns, Ottomans, Foot
Rests, Towel Racks, &c, at III. l. Nelson &
Co.'S, Al and 443 Congress street. se25d3t
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-28

New Puffings, Tuckings and Ruffiings from
to 20 cents per yard; also the Polka dot Rib
bons in choice shades at H. 1. Nelson & Co. s,
Harrington block. se25d3t
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-28
Attention, Irish RepubIicanS.

There will be Special Meeting of the Irish Re-
publican Club at the Irish Republican Headquar-
tiers THIS EVENING, at 7.3o O'Clock. Every
member is requested to be present.
JAMES Il. FLANAGAN Secretary
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-28
CITY AND VICINITY.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TO-DAY.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Maine General Hospital.
To Let-W. W. Carr.
A Card-G. NJ. Bosworth.
j LIZ Story Cottage For Rent-F. G. Patterson.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-28

HEADQUARTERS for Flower Pots at
KENDALL & WHITNEY's
Sep25d7t
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MY PARTNER.

On Friday night Mr.. Barley Campbell's play
My Partner" will be produced for the first
time in this city at the New Portland Theatre.
The following appreciative estimate of it's
merits, from the pen of the critic of the Chi
cago Tribune, will be read with much inter
est
'The scope of the play, the mode of it's treat
ment, the constructive skill, the clearly drawn
and we'll contrasted characters exhibited in
MY Partner have never before been equaled
by its author. The story, said to be of the dra-
matist's own invention, is exceedingly simple
in form, but very ingeniously treated so as to
afford great diversity of situation, and every
situation possesses strong hold upon the SYM
pathies of an audience. 1t is a purely Ameri-
can play. Unlike some others that have pre-
coded My Partner. whose stories have been
laid in the Far West, it is less idyllic than
realistic. 1t represents types of pioneer life
rather than love passages among the forests
and mountains of the Sierras, and these types
OF pioneer life, skillfully handled, have been
lifted from the vulgarity of actuality into
winch SO many writer's plunge, who attempt to
handle similar types and incidents laid in SINH
lar scenes. The author has endeavored, and
has succeeded, in throwing around the play
certain poetic glamour which ELECTS only ad-
miration for his art. His characters are kept
constantly in action, and neither the eye nor
the ear grow weary. There is strong and
bright vein of comedylrunning through the en-
tire play, which happily relieves the sombre
incidents. The lines sometimes sparkle with
wit, at others glow with sentiment that is
pleasant and wholesome, but all is terse,
natural and ever in keeping with the exigen-
cies of the situation, and fitted to the charac-
tiers from whose lips they proceed. And the
play affords admirable scope for acting'
Tickets will be ready tomorrow at the box
Office
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-28
Attention Pioneers.

There viii be meeting and drill of the Pioneers
Tuesday Evening, Sept. 2Sth, at 73O at Lancaste r
Hall. Let every member be present as business of
importance will come before the company.
Per order
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-28

W. l.. NOBLE, Clerk
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-28

A HOUSE containing twelve rooms, arranged for
"A families, now being put in thorough repair.
and will be ready in few days Being central would
make good house for boarding Rent low. Also
two small rents on Munjoy Hill. Apply to W. W.
CARR, No. 1877 Newbury st. sep2S diff
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-04-30
How Diamonds are Bought.

Buying diamonds for retail is said to
be delicate and difficult task. The
buyer sits dow n at table with large
sheet of white paper spread before him.
On the paper are poured the contents of
certain packages received by the whole
sale dealer. The keen eye of The buyer,
an expert, of course, picks out at once
the shallow, flawed, and all defective
stones, which are definitely rejected,
and swept into a bag. The :.cceot ted
stones must next be paired, and to this
end tin plate, mounted on four feet,
and pierced with holes of different size,
is employed. On this the diamonds are
laid, and shifted TO and fro till each
diamond has been fitted into a proper
tionate hole. Then the gems I'M
dergo a second and Gnal examination,
the buyer examining them most rig
orously, and rejecting some which may
at first escaped his attention. Any
irregularity of form, lack of briliancy
dizziness of water, or yellowness of tint
is sufficient to condemn them. The
matched stones are then put up in pairs
in paper or small cases, and the Others
are sold to inferior jewellers. In Paris,
the latter are readily purchased and set
in the flowers, stars, crosses and other
ornaments which make such display
in the windows of the Palais royal. The
French, as a rule, like shCwy things
and are less fastidious in diamonds than
Americans are. They are more fol-
general effect than purity or perfection
and often sell inferior gems which will
not bear resetting.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-04-30
CONGRESSIONAL. SUMMARY
Senate.

Mr.. Bayard reported adversely on the bill
to repeal the law prohibiting farmers from
selling leaf tobacco directly to consumers
without a special tax.
On Mr.. Bayard's motion the House amend
men to the New York exhibition bill were
concurred in.
Mr. Edmunds reported from the Judiciary
committee regarding the alleged discrimina-
tion against the United STATES by the Union
Pacific railways in freight rates that il such
discrimination exists the ordinary remedy by
suit at law is open to the government, and
that no legislative steps are advisable.
The bill appropriating 100000 for monu
ment at Yorktown and $4,000 for celebra-
ton of the centennial of the surrender was
opposed by Mr.. Conzling on the ground that
such expenses should be borne by the persons
who participated in the celebration.
A message from the President was received
concerning the awards made by the late
United States and Mexican commission. Re-
I ferred.
A petition for the incorporation of the
|, Dominican and United States navigation COM
pany, to augment trade with Dominica, was
referred.
The bill to change the method in allowing
indemnity locations or scrip for confirmed
unsatished private land claims was indefinitely
postponed,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-04-30

This fish is a species of mussel, the
MytilqGS lahophGguS. 1t works much
mischief on the bulls of ships, and on
this account it is regarded by ship own
ers as an enemy, yet q Westminster re-
viewer, quoted by Professor Simmons,
points ut another action of this fish
more than equivalent on the side of ad-
vantage. "Were the fragments oil
wrecks and masses of stray timber, that
would choke harbors and clog the
waves, permittedto remain undesUroyed,
the loss of life and injury to property
that would result would soon far ex-
coed all the damage done and dangers
caused by the teredo. This active shell
fish is one of the police of Neptune-a
scavenger and cleanser of the sea. 1t
attacks every stray mass of floating and
sunken timber with which it comes in
contract, and soon reduces it to HARM
lessness and dust. For one ship sunk
by it, a hundred are really saved; and
while we deprecate the mischiefand dis
tress of which it has been the uncon-
scious cause, we are bound to acknowl-
edge that, without its operation, there
would be infinitely more treasure buried
in the abysses of the deep, and more
venturous mariners doomed to watery
graves"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-04-30
A Successful Female Detective.

For the past three months Nellie Nc
PhearsOn, who has for some time been
in the employ of the st. Joseph detec-
tive agency, has travelled through the
West and Northwest on business con-
nected with the agency here, and her
success as a "spotter shows her to be
remarkably shrewd woman. She is
about thirty-two years old, tall and
slender, with Clark hair, piercing black
eyes and altogether very stylish and
attractive. Her latest exploit termin-
ated in Chicago, a day or two ago, when
she succeeded in getting the clinchcrs
on one of the deepest-dyed villains in
the West, and the leader and accomplice
of gang of counterfeiters which have
infested this section for the past two
years.
Some months since the managers of
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, the
Chicago and Northern railroads become
cognizant of the fact that a great many
bogus local tickets had been set aflOat
along their lines, and on application
Detective Murray, of Chicago was au-
thOrized to work up the job, and, if pos
sible, bring the guilty parties to justice.
He reported from time to time that no
satisfactory trail of the counterfeiters
could be struck, and finally Nellie Nc
Phearson was delegated to assist him in
the work From the outset she was
suspicious of the detective himself, and
for three months she watched him like
hawk, though pretending to fall des-
perately' in love with him, and more
than anxious that they should succeed
in their undertaking, in order that they
might raise stake" get married and
settle down. Sharp as he was the wo-
man fooled him. Last week the two
spent several days in St. Joseph, and
while Murray was working" certain
parts of the city, or pretending to he
rather, Nellie was closeted in the Office
of her employers reporting progress,
which to say the least was ANYTHING
but favorable to the detective her
pretended lover, Mr. Murray. From
st. Joseph they went to Chicago, where
a few days secret investigation placed
her in possession OF q perfect whirlwind
of evidence, and convinced her that
detective Murray was the very man
who had set afoat the bogus railroad
tickets. Then she set the trap, gave
the detective an official surprise in his
room at the hotel, and as a result he
now plays checkers with his nose in a
Chicago jail.-&. Joseph (Mo.) NewS.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-04-30
Fraudulent Trout,

Among the present fictions is the gen
eral belief that from now through the
season Fulton market will dis play on
marble slabs, on ice, and even alive in
tanks, genuine brook trout.
These spotted beauties are popularity
supposed to be drawn by experts from
their lurking places in small swift
streams on Long Island, OF up in New
England, or down in Pennsylvania, or
far away in the Adirondacks. But the
mass of them are taken by much milder
not to say meaner, methods. And the
most of them, considered as brook trout,
and sold as such at one dollar a pound,
are simply fish frauds. There is moth
ing wild, or gamy, or ROCKY, or trouty
about them. They are an artificial
pond production, hand raised, liver fed,
fat, flabby and almost tasteless, and
their tameness, as Selkirk puts it, is so
| shocking that the boy who perambu-
lates the pond edge with his painful of
cold chopped liver can lift out the fish
with his hands and throw them into
the bucket or basket, to be carried to
market.
These tame and wholly artificial
trout, thus bred and fed and fattened,
| bLO hClUllCl 1871, uOl lush, hui SOUu IGu
| herring, and the bigger and fatter they
are, the worse they are, the biggest and
best ranking in insipidity with the
common pond sucker. From the pond
to market, from market to gridiron
from gridiron to table, and from table
| to stomach, all the way through, and all
the way down, they are unmitigated
| frauds.
What some people are very fond of
calling culture "is alike fatal to the
favorite brook fish and to the Boston fe-
male. While we highly approve of fish
culture in general as means of pro-
ducine cheaply a greater abundance
OF solid TODD, of its sort. it is folly to
suppose that trout so raised will retain
the wild, gamy flavor and delicacy that
distinguish the real and natural brook
trout The literally artificial specimens
differ from the genuine fish as the seed
ling monstrosities do from wild stra W
berries. The preponderance of pulp and
water can never compensate for the lost
sweetness and flavor. When nature
feeds, it furnishes the natural flavor.
Quail and partridge eggs Matched under
a hen, with the birds brought up in
barnyard fashion, with barnyard feed,
come to the table with only barnyard
flavor. On the other hand, when hen
has hid away her nest in the woods, and
her chickens have raised themselves on
wild buds and berries, when subse
| quently shot and cooked, they have been
found to possess positive game flavor.
Even preserved game, as in England,
yearly degenerates, as it becomes tanner
The venison becomes more and more
muttony, and the grouse greasier and
less gamy. These preserves rank with
real wild wood shooting pretty much as
the housewives preserves rank with
fresh fruit.
People who imagine that they are cpl
cures are welcome to pay a dollar a
pound for artifcially bred and fed pond
fish, but if they fancy they are eating
the delicate, gamy, genuine brook fish,
their error is as wild as the trout are
tame.-Nea0 York Sun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-04-30
Peruvian Temples of the Sun,

Otthe early history of the Peruvians
we have but little knowledge, owing to
that barbarian policy exercised by the
followers of Cortez and Pizarro, in de-
stroying everything belonging to the
tribes which they conquered. Like the
Mexicans, the Peruvians had advanced
IN art, science and learning, under the
administration of successive wise rulers,
and their state archives contained his
tories of their country, from the dawn
OF civilization among them, to the period
of the conquest. But the superstitious
Spaniards committed these works to the
flames, because of their heather origin,
and we are obliged to depend almost ex-
cluslvely on the truth of tradition for
the knowledge we possess of the history
OF this people during the Inca dynasty.
The most magnificent of all the Peru
Wan temples was that of the sun at
Cuzzo. The mode of worship in this
temple was SINH ar to that of Heliopolis
In Egypt, where this great luminarv
was adored. His golden image occu-
pied large portion of one side OF the in
terror of the temple, and before this the
worshipers Frustrated themselves with
rich offerings in their hands, which
were received by the attendant priests.
Two or three virgins, selected from the
first families in their kingdom, were in
constant attendance, whose duty it was
to ma Ike obIations of wine to the deity,
and chant hymns of praise to the great
Father of Light. Like other aborig-
ines of this continent, the Peruvians
were nomadic tribes and gained a sub
sistence by hunting and fishing. Super
stltlous in the extrome, their objects of
the Egyptians.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-04-30
A MouId.be King.KlIer,s End.

The execution, at Madrid, of Otero
Gonzales, nineteen years old, for at
tempting to assassinate the King OF
Spain, is described by the New York
Herald thus: The prisoner was attired
in black and violet rooe, a round cap,
a scapularium on his shoulders, his tet-
tered hands grasping an image of the
Virgin. Several of the priests and
brotherhood entered the prison van
with Otero, while others headed the
procession, with a cruciix borne aloft.
The crowd, which was still composed
chiefly of women, pressed around the
escort, and when it arrived at the
Plaza, where the scaffold was erected,
it could not have numbered less than
ten thousand. In front of the gibbet,
which stood on a low platform, was
the bench upon which the convict sits.
Death is caused by the pressure of an
iron bar, which causes instant strangu-
lation. Two executioners from Valla-
dolid had preceded the arrival-of the
regicide. The ground was guarded by
a strong force of cavalry, infantry and
gendarmes with fixed baycnets. The
morning was beautiful and the sun
gilded the wooded mountains in the
distance. When the regicide assembled
the scaffold he was deadly pale and his
hands trembled. The troops formed a
large square round the scaffOld. The
execuliOners seated the regicide on the
bench and covered his head. At four
teen minutes to nine the signal was
given and the prisoner was garroted, life
seeming to be almost instantaneously
extinguished.
The second attempt on the life of
King Alfonso was made on the 30th
of December last. The day was unusu-
ally mild and the streets of Madrid were
crowded with vehicles and spectators.
The king and queen had been out since
three o'clock in a small phaeton drawn
by pair of rather fiery horses which
ing. Toward dusk the king drove back
by the Puerta del Sol and down the
Gale Mayor, to debouch by the Armory
square, at the principal entrance of the
palace. Just as he neared the armory
his animals grew uneasy, and he pushed
on to enter by the Puerta del Principe.
Behind him were two servants in plain
royal liveries, and ahead single out
rider. Slackening the pace of his horses,
the king wheeled them to enter I'M
der the portico SLOWLY, on account
of the bystanders. Just as the
horses had come abreast of the large
sentry box and while the sentinel was
presenting arms, man sprang
out from the narrow space between
the box and the wall of the
palace, and leaning on the carriage,
fired his first shot at the king. His
majesty stopped slightly, and, gathering
his reins firmly, dashed the carriage
under the portico as the queen uttered a
cry, clasping her partners arm as a
second bullet whizzed past, singing the
hair at the back of the head of one of
the servants behind the queen. Then,
in his turn, as he pulled up, King Alfonso
leaned down to see if his youthful bride
was hurt. Though shocked and alarm ed
her majesty was able to alight, and he
slowly assisted her UP the great stair
case. The would-be assassin, who was
Immediately seized and ironed, proved
to be youth of nineteen named Con
zales.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-04-30
The Biggest Lie.

Bishop Selwyn was benevolent and
kindly spoken man as well as great
and famous one. He interested himself
much in the poor, especially in miners.
One day, coming on company of the
latter, he heard them talking in very
animated way, so loudly that he said to
them: "My friends, something seems to
interest you all very much; l heard
Your voices quite in the distance; may
inquire what it lisp" To which they re-
Piled: You see that copper tea-kettlq
therer we found it, and were just say
ing that the one who could tell the big
gest lie should have it." ooh" said
bishop, 81 am sorry for that; l hope
you will never again tell lies. IT'S a
fearful habit, and so unmanly. Why, |
never told lie in my life" Wheleupon,
the four miners shouted in q breath
"Give the governor the kettle!" all OF
them thinking his assertion 1.-THE big
gest lie they had ever heard.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1880-04-30
A Search for Thirty Years.

Light has at last been thrown on a
mystery that has been ineXplicable for
over thirty years. The developments
are of startling nature and concern a
man named Griffith, sexton of the First
Presbyterian church, Allegheny, Penn,
who disappeared about that time. He
was addicted to habits Of intempeTance,
and it was supposed had run away
from his family and gone to parts un-
known. After these many years it has
been revealed that he was murdered.
The strange story, which comes from
what is considered a reliable source, is
as follows. Two butchers, when going
to Pittsburg with their meat in the dead
hour of the night, in passing an old grave
yard on Point of Hill, in Allegheny,
saw a dim light in it. They approached
quietly and saw Griffith in the act of
lifting a body out of a grave which he
had opened. One of them took in his
hand a piece of board and struck him n
blow, the edge hitting him on the head,
splitting the skull. He fell dead on the
body he was stealing. Being alarmed
at what they had done, they concluded
to fill up the grave on the two, holding
that the murder would never be known.
In course of time one of the butchers
left for some other parts and there died.
The other became dissipated, and once
while under the influence of liquor stated
these facts to some friends, who SON
cluded to keep the matter secret, as the
occurrence took place many years ago,
and nothing but trouble could be made
out of it at this late date. This man
died a few years ago, the friends keeping
the secret until the present time.