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The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17

No 2 Chicago Spring at l los4 al / cash: l 1919
for May; oiHs for June: No 3 do 99c Corn un-
settled and generally lower, closing tirmer at 1915
td35sse cash; 357s038c for MAY: sec for June;
35I2e July. Oats firm at 291sc cash; zoe bid for
May; 29Hsc June. Rye steady 7l1sc Barley firm
at Use Pork strong and higher at 8 80 for cash.
5000 92lafor May: 10 021g@l0 O5 for ,June
10 1z1s July. Lard is unsettled and generally low
er, closing firm 6 771aG06 80 cash and May; & S56
81 for June. Bulk Meats stronger; shoulders
3 80; short ribs at 10; short clear 6 35.
4 Freights-Corn TO Buffalo az
Kecelpts-7, 500 bbls flour, 1900 BUSH whest
rye, 5000 bush barley
Shipments-5, 900 bbs -four, % 600 bush wheat
rye, 10 900 bush barley
At the afternoon call Of the Board Wheat closed
III fair demand but lower at l 1874 for May; OS1s
June. Corn is Lsc lower. Oats are easier but not
lower. Pork dull and Toe lower. Lard 21a lower
ST.. LOUIS, April 16.-Flour lower and more doing
family SO cash. Al u for May; choice as cash
Wheat is unsettled and generally higher: No 2 Red
Fab 091s91 09Ks for cash; OSs4 al 1OlA for
May; o5fs 81 06A for June: No do at l O56
o5ls. Corn lower at 1924 03314c cash; 1914 "a
331ac for May; 3312 @33M c for June. Oats dull
at 3012c cash Rye is dull 81 Zee bid. Barley is
unchanged Pork dull at 10 90 cash and bid June
Lard is nomlnally lower G5. Bacon dull
Kecepts-5,OOj bbls hour, SO 900 bush wheat.
41,o00 bush corn, 5000 bush oats, OOO9 bn,b
rye 5000 cush barley
Shipments-9 600 bills -four, 43. 600 bush wheat,
barley, o000 bush rye.
DETROIT, april 16.-Wheat lower:extra nominal.
No White at 49, 10 for April / Is for Nav:
l 1855 June. '
MEMPHIS, April 1G.-Cotton easy; Aliddling up-
new okLEANs. April 10 Cotton quiet Miidlins
uplands 115sc.
SAVANNAH, April 16.-Cotton easy; siiddIina Ut
lands at ii Use.
M0BiLEApril 16.-Cottou is weak: Middling nm
lands at 112sc. ~
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17
MAINE.
Fire in Mercer,


SKowHEGAN, April 16-The farm buildings
in Mercer, owned by s. Mills and occupied by
Mrs. Willis, were burned this afternoon. Loss
$1,000; no insurance. Cause of fire unknown.
Democratic State Convention.
BANGOR, April 16.-At a. meeting of the
Democratic State Committee here Wednesday
night, at which a number of prominent Fus-
ionists were present, it was decided to call the
convention for the nomination of Governor
and delegates to the Cincinnati convention, at
Portland, June LIST.
Arrest of a Robber.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., April 16.-Lindall E.
Hoyt, charged with robbing Jefferson Henly
at East Gambia, N. H.. has been arrested at
Auburn, Me.
Sudden Death in Lewiston.
LEWISTON, April 16.-Miss Rosetta Dins-
more, maiden lady, was found dead ON her
bed at eight o'clock Thursday evening. She
was last seen alive at five o'clock. The cause
was probably heart disease. No inquest.
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17
FOREIGN PORTS.

Ar at st Helena =, ship ventus, Stetson. Batavia
for Falmouth, ~
At Salt Pond, AT Mich Z brig Grace Kelley Hnr-
ley, from Accra.
Sid 1 fin Malaga prev to 14th inst sch Ella NJ stor
er, Wade, Almeria.
Sid I'm Cardiff Mich %, ship Palmyra, Reed, for
Rangoon.
q Ar AT at Glasgow I'd inst, barque Mary Campbell
Sid FIN Queenstown LIST inst, ship Armenia. Cart
er, from San Francisco) for Hull.
r, Ar Ar 18th ships ElWell, Barstow, Dunkrk; Annie
Fl Smith, Bartlett. Havre.
AT Rio Janeiro March 20. ship Ell Dorado. PIERCE
unc; Am Lloyds. Whitmore, and VIM Gem, Pills
bury, unc; brig G Sbley, Parker, unc
At Rosario March 1, barque d A Brayton, GRAY
for Boston; Emma Litchfeld Thomas do.
Sid I'm Pert Spain 18th, brig Long Reach, Poland,
In port Mch 25 sch A P Emerson, Emerson, for
New York; and others.
Ar at st Pierre Mich 15, schs VIM Douglass McIn-
doe, New York; 10th, Gertie Morrow, Hardie, fin
Jacksonville; 18th. Anita, Small, Fernandna; 23d
brig VIM Robertson, Harding, Portland.
Ar at st Pierre LIST inst, barque Helen Anjier Ber-
ry, New York; sch John II Converse Allen Boston,
Ar at Point-a-Pitre Mch -. sch John Douglass,
Ar at do prey to 18th inst, sch John Case, Col
Ar at Demarara Mch 9Th, baroue Norton Slower.
McAleyy. Boston, (and sailed 18th for Cuba; 10th
sch Cephas Starrett, Babbidge Fernandina
SID I'm Antigua Mich %, sch Silver Spray, Hall,
At Baracoa 9Th inst, schs Annie Palmer. Lewis;
VIM Douglass. McIndoe Irving Leslie, Hagerty;
G Warren, Smith, and s Mcclellan, Bibber for
phia D Merritt, Kelley do.
Ar at Caibarien 4th barque Lisbon, Chisholm,
Boston S,1 sch Abbie ingalls, Ingalls,, Machias:
Sid I'm Havana 7th, brig F HI jennings Neil for
Philadelphia; 10th, II Dewey, Smith, Sagua
Ar at Matanzas Sth, brig Stockton, Allen, Halifax
via Demarara.
Sid 9th, brig Leonora Blood, North of Hatteras;
10th. barque Rosetta Mcneil, Brown do; Edward l.
Mayberry, Knight do; Josephine, Stahl, do; sch
Ariadne, Dyer, do.
Ar at Cardenas 7th inst, brig Stephen Bishop, Gil
key, New York
Cid 9th, brig Sarah Gilmore Smith, for North of
Hatteras.
Ar at Sagua 9Th, barque Priscilla Humphreys.
New York; brig Annie Storer, Adams, Cardenas
Cld at Windsor.N LIST inst, schs Laura e Messer
Gregory, Alexandria; 9th. Almon Bird, Drinkwater
do; Sth, Addie M Bird, Fales, New York; VIM
Farwell, Winfield, and Brigader, Norton Rich
mond.
:. Cid at Musquash. NIB, 18th inst, sch Winner,
Frye, New York; Viola, Cole. do.
Ar at st John, NIB, 18th, schs E M Sawyer Falk-
ingham Machias; Isola, Smith, Castine; Hattie
hlng, crowley. Calais; l4th; Nellie Clark, Clark,
portsmouth; Viola May, Owen, Pembroke.
Cid 18th, sch Uranus, Denton Portland
Sid l4th, schs Damon, for philadelphia; Sammy
Ford, Fanny Flint, Ida May, and keystone, for New
York; Nettie Dobbin. for Providence; Lampedo,
and Uranus, tor Portland
SPOKEN.
Feb 3, lat AZ g. Ion 156 E, ship Bullion. Reed, I'm
New York for Yokohama
April 5, lat As 81, Ion 53 Is, ship Oriental Otis
from Liverpool for Baltimore.
9 April 6. lat 35. lon SO, ship c Hazeltne, from
Savannah for Reyal.
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17
Domestic Markets.

(By Telegraph)
NEW YORK.Apr Observation-Disclosures
ZOO bbls market in buyers favor and dull sales q
OOO; No 2, 6O93 7O;Sup. Western and State so
ga 90; extra Western and State 5594 80; good
to choice do at 3 OOg7 90; White Wheat Western
extra at 8oa5 so; fancy do at 6Oa7 90; ex-
ira Ohio at 8 20@7 90; extra St. Louis at OO0
90 Patent extra at 9o7
City Mills extra at 20; No q at 6Oa3 70: $50
bbls Superfine 1904 SO; 1900 bbls low extra at
4 50g4 g; 20 bbls Winter Wheat extra at 4 8o9
OF; $500 bbls Minnesota extra at 5OaS 25. the
market closing dull. Southern -four quiet and weak;
sales $50 bbls; unchanged Rye Flour dull and
low Western at 1908 90; Brandywine at 3 so
Wheat-receipts 173, $50 bush; exports 245.743
far and la lower ythht export and
sc i stoSsNo Red % at s s9slng s 8;
$4,000 at 2S@1 80; No Red for April. 24oOO0
at 3291 331a; do May, 40 COO bush at S9G
80; do June, 100 900 bush at ! 261a@1 PIG;
No l White for April, Ia, 900 at 2734 al 2S15:
do May, $4,000 bush at l 251s / 261a. Rye 4
nominal $4,000. Corn-narket about Zoe lower
ports 1883 bush; sales 3O5. 900 bush incnd HM
10000 bush on the spot; ungraded 81 G53c: No &
at 5l95l1 NC; steamer at 5lAs951Ac; No 2 at
April at b0A 951c; May at 465s 946s4 C; June at
4614c; steamer for april 5o@5o5sc. Oats opened
stronger closing with buyers refusing to pay adj
vance; receipts IL, 700 bush; sales 900 bush. 40
for No 3; 43s4 944c do White;4 Oa4l IA @ for No ,:
48a47c for do White; Mixed Western at 4O942c;
" nlte western 4o44oc; Mixed State at 4lta42c:
White state at 47@51c, including 10000 No !
White for April p t; Is 900 May at Csc. smynris
fairly active and strong; 1900 hhds Cuba Muscovado
I4s97sA; 1000 hhds domestic Molasses Sugar at
61s; 500 hhds and loo boxes Centrifugal 5 5-16G
gsss; fair to good refining unchanged; refined fair
so test quoted at 3S@39c. Petrolenm mn nominag
united 70; crude in bbls at 65s975s; refined 7i%,
Taiiow in fair demand and steady. Pork lower
the spot at 10 70910 70; $50 mess for Nav ii 30.
Gut Meats quiet and firm middles dull unchanged.
Lard opened lower and closed firm with decline
nearly Ereeovered; II 900 ties prime steam on spot
at 2Og7 %; $500 for May 7O71a67 221s; $500
Ivy Wy year at l21ag7 I7aa; 200 city steam at
Butter and Cheese unchanged ~
Freights to Liverpool steady and more active.
Wheat W steam 6961a.
CHICAGO. April 16-F1our nominal. Wheat unset-
tied and generally lower closing strong and higher
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17
SAD ACCIDENT.
A Brakeman on the Grand Trunk Fatally
Crushed.

A Brakeman on the Grand Trunk Fatally
Crushed
Especial Dispatch to the Press
GoRHAsI, N. H., April 16. A sa and fatal
accident occurred in the yard of the Grand
Trunk Railway at this place this morning
Mr.. Clark E. Partridge of Mi not Corner, Me-,
young unmarried man, who has been a
brakeman on the road for some years, was in
the act of jumping from the tender of loco
motive on to platform car which he had Just
detached from it when he fell upon the rails
and thirteen cars passed over him, terribly
crushing his head and right arm besides break
ing the shoulder. Dr.. Wright was at once
called and did all possible for his relief but
death ensued al 11.30 a. m. Mr.. Partridge
was highly respected by all his acquaintance
on the road
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17
FOREST FIRES.
Three Persons Burned to Death and Val
liable Property Destroyed.

PETERSBURG, April 16.-For several days
there have been woodland fires, extending
over large areas in the counties of Prince
George, Dinwiddie, Chesterfield and Sussex,
destroying an immense quantity of cord wood
lumber and underground. A number of
barns, stables and outhouses were destroyed.
In fighting the flames two or three persons
were burned to death. The fires are still
burning
huntsville, N. j., April 16.-The woods
falling all day and the danger is considered
past. B Haven loses valuable lot of cut
timber. His residence caught fire Z times.
David Estell, at Herbertsville loses 5000 cords
market wood, valued at so cord. Captain
Pierce loses 500 acres timber. Damage to
cranberry boys $4,000.
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17

New York for Gardiner; Beta, Hoboken for Boston:
Seth W Smith. do for do.
Richmond
PRovIDENCE-Ar 18th, sch Mary Augusta, Holt,
Virginia.
SID 18th, schs Mail Merrill, New York: j Clark,
Cousins, do; Lyra, Bray, Calais
Ar 10Th, sehs Gen Scott, Rich, Calais for Paw.
tueket; Fair Wind, Wooster, Ellsworth for do
Sid 18th. schs Martha Maria, Dawes and Hyena.
Gardner, New York; Eta Simpson MAJ tin, for
Camden or Bangor
SOMERSET-sld 18th, sch Hattie Williams,
DUTCH ISLAND HARBOR-Ar 18th, schs Vir-
ginia, from Lubec for New York; A MeNichols, FIN
for Roudout; David Ames, Kennebec for New York;
ID Everett. Rockport for do
DUTCH ISLAND HARBOR-Ar 18th sch Ma
haska. Merrman, Baltimore for Boston.
APPONAUG-Sld 18th, sch Geo w Collins Wcos-
ter, New York.
NEW BEDFoRD-sld 14th, schs odiorne,
Hammond, Simpson, New York.
.VINEYARD-hAv 9Th, schs j L Tracey.
HaTt, baltlmore Tor Boston; Franklin. Greenleaf,
Hoboken for Dover; Diaden, Fuller Rondout for
Rockland.
Ar 14,h sch Gov j Smith, Berry. Philadelphia
for Portland: j Moore, do for Saco
Sid 14th, brig Benz Carver; schs Nellie Eaton.
Helen Thompson, Julia Baker, Silver Heels Rising
sun, Bramhall Stella Lee. David Torrey, John L
Tracey. Gov Smith, and others.
BOSTON-Ar 18th. briggs Giles Loring Kenney
Cienfuegos; Merriwa. Downes. Sagua; schs Geo w
6aidWln, Lewis, New York: Clara Fletcher, Sargent
Hoboken; John G Ferris, Weber, Eastoprt; Castel-
lane, Thomas Thomaston ~
Ar 10Th, schs Minnie Taylor, Taylor. Port Lib.
erte Jennie a Stubs, Stubbs. Cane Haytien: Idle.
wild, Pike, Elizabethport; Caroline c. ODER New
York; Senator, Boisey. do; II Prescott. Dorr, from
Dover
Cid 14th schs Jessie Elizabeth. Weaver. and aTa1y
Standish Higgins, kennebec; John Stroup. Fuller.
and Chancellor, Mankin, do; j NJ Bayles Snow for
ROckport
Ar 10TH schs Almeda Wiley Wiley. Cienfuegos:
Eva Yates, Yates Pascagoula; Royal Arch. Frost,
born do; l. Boardinan, Norwood, Hoboken: Leap
ing Water, Hopkins. Camden.
Gld 10th barque Sargent, Leighton, Boothbay.
:, PoRTSMOUTH-Sld 14th, sch II Prescott Dorr,
Boston. '
ELLSWORTH-Ar It'll, sch Frank Maria. Alley.
Portland. ' AMY
Sid oth schs Eagle, Sinclair, Portland
Ar l!th; sch City of Ellsworth, Grant, Portland,
land sailed 18th for do)
Sid 14th sch Ralph Grant, Grant Portland via
Rockland. ~ ~
MACHIASPORT-Ar 9tl sch VIM Slater. Xii en-.
Portland. - -' ---A ~--'
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17
ESCAPED Prisoners on the Road.

CHEYENNE, April 16-Five convicts escaped
from Wyoming Penitentiary last week and all
are on the road between Fort Fetterman and
Rock Creek, stopping coaches. The first at
tempt occurred on the 18th, when the south
bound coach from Fetterman was halted, the
passengers robbed of arms and money, and the
four coach horses exchanged for worn out
team. The knights of the road were very
courteous and respected mail bags The mail
drivers who arrived at Rock Creek on the
Union Pacific last night report being stopped
the morning by man on one of the stolen
and armed for the spring campaign.
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17
DOMESTIC PORTS.

SAN FRANCIsCo-Gld 9TH. ship America BE-
thea GaS 4pfsgTtSyn 10th nr,r CARR.
Torrey. Mobile. 10
Ar 9th, sch E D Sudbury, Minott, Corpus Christi.
MOBlLE0Ar 18th, sch Para, Drisko. Vera Cruz
PENSACOLA-Cld 8th, sch l. B Gregg Hayener.
Cardenas, (not Baltimore)
..JACKSoNVILLE-Ar 18th, sch Prescott Hazel
GEORGETOWN, sC-sld 10th, sch Fife J Sim
mons, Chadwick, Portland '
CHARLESTON-Cld 14th, ship Richard III. Hub
Sid 18th, sch L Richardson.
WILMINGTON. NC-Ar 14th, barque Lewis
Stocker Feyler, Philadelphia, to load for Cienfue
Cid 18th, sch Lucy Hammond, Robinson for HUI
NORFOLK-Ar 18th, sch Geo Washington, - for
Cid 18th, Maggie Muvey Hart. New York.
bALdiMOKE Al 14th brig w Messer, Law
Cid 14th, brig Fannie Tucker, Tucker, for Port
land; sch Fred A earle, Condor, Boston, (and both
Cid 9Th, schs H G winship, Doane. for Portland:
VIM Deming Hodgins Bangor.
Kane, Point a-Pitre.
Ar 14th, brlgs Shasta, Timer, Cardenas; Isaac w
Parker, Kane, Point-a-Pitre; sch r NJ Walls. Walls,
Ar 10TH barque John Smith, Jones, Matanxas:
sch. Edw Waite, York, Cardenas; Geo w .Jewett
Blair, 5! Simons; Geo Arey, Rogers, Kennebec.
Cid 10th, barque Nineveh, Wyman Boston: brig
Emma Hall, Perry, Caibarien
Ar at Delaware Breakwater 10th, ship Levi G
DuiSSsS, ot1stt, lrol Liverpool Tor Philadelphia.
NEW YORK AR 18th, ship P N Blanchard.
Blanchard, London As days; barques Ralph nj HAY,
ward, Doane, Hong Kong 9S days, Oost and split
sails; Jose More Carlisle, Sagua Arletta, Nick
els Calbarien; brig Ii Lane. Costigan, Monteyideo
81 days; schs Clifford Bragdon, Para 20 days; Fred
Smith, Brown. Porto Rico; Wanderer. Hickman.
Baracoa; FLORIDA, Gilmore, Jacksonville; Cathie
Berry. Seavey, st Simons; Sandman. Holbrook
and . hlng, Holbrook. Virginia; j w Woodruff,
Ar 10th, barques Investigator, Carver, Hyeres 60
days; Ahghon heene, Rockport; schs City Of Chel-
sea, Goodwin; VIM Flint, Sherman, Charleston; VIM
Connors, Morrsscy Charleston Caroline Knight
Dyer and Maggie Mulvey, Hart, Virginia. Helen
Parker's Head. H
. Cid 14th, barques Walker Arlington, Hooper,
Matanzas; Miranda, Corbett, Cienfuegos; Sarah
Dewey. Portland; schs John A Lord Curtis, St i.u,
cia Mary Bradford, Oliver, Baracoa; Geo Perry
Flynn, Boston. -
Cid 18TH, barque Estela, Poole, Baltimore; brig
Annie Gardner, Westcott Windsor, Ms; schs Abra.
ham Richardson, Reed, Two Rivers; Mabel Hall,
Hall, Rockport; Annie & Millad Bath; Izetta for
Rockport; Henry Wilmington, Kennebec; Jennie nj
Sargent Bangor Theodore Dean, IL b Metcalf and
Ii S Collins. for Kennebec.
Cid 10th, steamer Hurworth, (Br) Anderson Port
land; barqne Ada Gray, Plummer do via Amboy;
schs Mary Weber, Harris, Baracoa; l. NJ Warren
Robbins, Eleuthera; Lexington, Leighton, Salem
Passed the Gate 10th, schs Willie Martin from
New YORK Tor Portland; Clara Jane, do for Boston:
Mazurka, do for Gloucester; Kate Lily Hoboken for
Dover; Abby Thaxter, do for Boston.
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17
Books Received.

Masterpieces of English Literature, being
Typical Selections of British and American Au-
thorsbip from Shakespeare to the present time
together with dinit ons, notes. analyses and CLOS
sary as aid to systematic literary study; for use
in High and Nor NAL schools, academies. Semina-
ries, etc. By William Swinton, author of "Harp-
er's Language Seres'' and gold medalist. Paris
Exposition, 1878. With ortraits Cloth, 638
pp., New York: Harper & BrotheY. Portland.
Loring, Short & Harmon.
The Theory of Thought. Treatise on De-
ductive Logic. BY Noah X. Davis Cloth, 316
PIP. New York: Harper & Brothers. Portland:
Ioring, Short g. Harmon.
Daireeu. A Novel. Harper's Franklin Square
Library. By Frank Frankfort Moore. Paper,
stitched, SO pp., Is cts. New York: Harper s.
Brothers. Portland: Loring, Short & Harmon.
A Foreign Marriage; or, buying Title.
A Novel. Harpers Library of American Fiction.
oPaper, 1877 pp, rs cts. New York: Harper &
Brothers. Portland: Loring, Short g. Harmon.
The Diary of a Man of Fifty and Bundle
of Letters. By Henry James, Jr. Harper's
Half-Hour Series. Paper, 1876 pp., 25 cents. New
York. Harper g. Brothers. Portland: Loring,
Short g. Harmon
History of the Administration of John De
Witt, Grand PensiOner of Holland. By
s2James Geddes Vol. 1. 1623-1654. Cloth, 1913
pp., New York: Harper g. Brothers. Portland:
Loring, Short & Harmon.
The 10Th Century. A History. By Robert
Mackenzie. Harper's franklin Square Library
Paper, stitched, 50 pp., 10 cts. New York: Har-
per Brothers. Portland: Lorng, Short & Har-
mon.
Barbara; or, Splendid Misery. A Novel.
By Miss NJ E. Braddon. Franklin Square Libra
ry. Paper, stitched, 50 pp., 15 cts. New York.
Harper Brothers. Portland: Loring, Short g.
Harmon.
Two Women. A Novel. By Georgiana M.
Craik. Franklin Square Library. Paper, stitched
"a pp., 15 cents. New York: Harper & Brothers:
Portland Loring Short g. Harmon.
For Her Dcnr sake. A Novel. BY Mary
Cecil Hay. author Of "Old Mddleton's Money"
etc. Franklin Square Library. Paper, stitched,
SO PIP. Is cents, New York: Harper & Brothers.
Portland: Loring, Short & Harmon.
Fifteen Sermons by William Robinson
Whittingham, Fourth Bishop Of Mary
land. Cloth, 312 PIP. New York: d. Appleton
g. Co. Portland: Bailey & Noyes.
Bccsliections and Opinions of an Old Pio-
neer. By Peter H. Burnett, the first governor
of the State of California. Cloth, 44S PIP. New
York: d. Appleton & Co. Portland: Bailey s.
Noyes.
Classical Writers. edited by John Richard
Green, Sophocles. By Lewis Campbell, NJ. A.,
Ii. D., Professor of Greek in the University of
st. Andrews. Flexible Cloth, 157 pp., 60 cents
New York d. Appleton g. Co. Portland: Bailey
&Noyes.
Memoirs of Madame De Remusat. 1902
1905. With preface and notes by her grandson,
Paul De Remusat. Senator. Translated from the
French by Mrs Cashel Hoey and John Lille.
Complete in one volume. Cloth, 40 pp.. New
York; d. Appleton Co. Portland: Bailey s.
Moves.
Our Common School System. By Gail Ham,
ilton. Cloth, 1858 pp., $1.50. Boston: Estes &
Lauriat.
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17
WASHINGTON.
Senate Combinations.

Senate Combinations.
WASHINGTON, April 16.-The Senate to-day
confirmed for United States consul at Strefeldt
J. S. Potter of Massachusetts.
Land Measures.
The House Committee on Public Lands
agreed to report favorably bill granting to
Dakota a section of land for an insane asylum;
also bill defining the term "orphan" to witt
"That the death of either parent who may be
entitled to land shall constitute an orphan in
the sense of establishing right to such lands.'
The Alleged Mining Company Irregulari-
ties.
The President to-day transmitted to the
Senate the report of the Secretary of State in
response to the call for information concerning
the action of the government with respect to
the investigation of alleged fraudulent awards
made to the Benjamin We'll and La Abra
mining companies by the late United States
and Mexican Commission. Mr.. Evarts says
Congress should now take action in the mat
ter and furnish definite instructions to the de-
partment to reserve further payments upon
these awards.
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17
Hiram.

dlrdm.
The Second Adventists have been holding
revival meetings in the Methodist Episcopal
church.
Rev. G. G. Andrews, the pastor of the
Methodist church. is expected to come back
another year.
Mr.. John Pierce and W. W. Flye were
chosen by Unity Lodge of Good Templars as
delegates to the general convention of Good
Templars to be held in Bangor.
1t is very dry and fires have ragged in this
vicinity, but have not done much damage
The railroad has been the cause of these fires
One fire started in the field of Mr.. Young and
came within two or three rods of the house oc-
cupied by j. W. Hubbard before it could be
stopped.
Mr.. Almon Young has put an addition to his
barn this spring.
business is goud and 10 Obliged ~ DO
idle for lack -af- saanAtl aiaas. d..
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17
California lIin,ur stocxxs.
Boston Produce Market.

BOSTON, April 16.
The following were to-day's quotations of Butter,
Cheese, Eggs and Potatoes:
Butter-new and choice Western creameries at %
@3lc; new Northern dairy at 25@2Sc for choice;
and 2l923c for fair and good: choice ladle packed
23925c, and fair to good do at 1S@22c market is
in steady demand.
Cheese-quoted at 141a@15 for Schoice; .13@14
for fair to good 10912c for common; the market is
firm and in better demand.
Eggs are quoted at 13@131ac for Eastern and
Northern; Western and Southern 12@121sc
Potatoes-The sales of Eastern Rose and Prolifcs
have been at Doc, with occasional lot of choice
at DOC, which is very extreme figure; Northern
Rose 45@5Oc; Peerless at .43@47c, and Jacksons
other kinds at 35945c; moderate demand and dull
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17
European ifsarssess.

BY Telegraph.l
LONDON. April 16.-CoTso soils 80 1916 for money
and 50 l5-16sfor account
LONDON, April 16-l2.30 p. M.-An,erican secu-
rites United States bonds new 5s, O4hz new As,
1091a; AIS at 111X.
LIvERPool, April 16-12.30P Motion market
dull; Middling uplands at 7d.Urieans 1-l6sales
900 bales; for speculation and export 1000.
ILvERPooL,April 16--12.30 p. M.-FIour lis 36
lbs; Winter Wheat los 6ddl1s Sd; Spring Wheat
los q los Sd: California average at los 2da1Os Sd;
club do at 10sG10s I'd; Corn at 5s 71sd; Peas I
s97s Id. Provisions, &c.,-Pork at 62s 3d. Beef
at los; Bacon at 34s 6d@36s; Cheese 71s; Lard at
BIS Sd. Tallow at 34s. at London 44s.
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17
The West Point Outrage.

WEST POINT, April 16-At the afternoon
session Colonel Lazelle gave additional reasons
why he thought Whitaker was shamming.
He was strongly impressed with the idea that
the handwriting of Whitaker compares
closely with that in the note of warning. The
finding OF the necktie was, he thought against
Whitaker, because no person in civilians
dress would have brought it there.
The Portland daily press., 1880-04-17
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL IL.

special creations is unworthy of serious consid-
Grafton he goes too far. Whatever the weight
of the arguments for the development of one
species from another may be, it certainly has
not yet become so great as to render the by
pothesis of multiple origins ridiculous. There
are even yet biologists of great learning who
think that the evidence on the whole points to
the existence of separate centres OF original
appearance for many of the animal races.
r. IT.