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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02
EUROPE.
The English Liberals Still Gaining
Seats.
A LIBERAL MAJORITY PROBABLY AS
SURED

LONDON, April 1.-The following are addi-
tional returns from the Parliamentary cleo
tions: Baron de Terrier, Liberal, for Chelten-
ham. Liberal gain; W. Fowler, Liberal, for
Cambridge, Liberal gain; Richard Fort, Lib
eral, for Citheroe, Liberal gain; III. III. Fow-
Ter, Liberal, for Northampton: Hon. Leve-
son Cover, Liberal, for Bodman, reelected !;
r. r. Gardiner, Conservative, for Windsor,
reelected; J. e. Gorst, Conserv alive, re-
elected G. GDuld1dey for Chin
al, for Halifax, reelected; Charles Harrison,
Liberal, for Bewdley, reelected: j. T. Hib-
bert, Liberal, for Oldham, reelected; E. Her.
mon, Conservative, for Preston, reelected /;
Sir John Holker, Attorney-General,C onserv-
alive, for Preston, reelected; Sir Henry jack
son, Liberal, for Coventry, reelected; E.
johnson, Liberal for Exeter, Liberal gain;
d. j. Jenkins, Liberal, for Penryn and Fal-
mouth, reelected; Roger Leigh, Couserva-
tive, for Rochester, Conservative GAIN Rich
Maciiver, Conservative, for Plymouth; Sir
Dudley G. Maioribanks, Liberal, FLOR Berwick,
reelected; G. Magniac, Liberal, for Bedford !;
T. 81. Muntz, Liberal, for Birmingham, re-
elected; H. S. Northcote, son of the Chancel-
Tor of Exchequer, Conservative, for Exeter;
Arthur j. Otway. Liberal, for Rochester, re-
elected; Thomas Bayley Potter, Liberal, for
Rochedale, reelected; j. Fl. Puleston, Con-
sentative, for Davenport, reelected; Capt
Price, Conservative, for Davenport, reelected;
Peter Ryland, Extreme Liberal for Burnley,
reelected; Major Ross, Conservative, for
Maidstone, Conservative gain; Right Hon. J.
Mansfield, Liberal, for Halifax, re elected !;
Hon. III. Strut Liberal, for Berwick, Liber-
al gain; Hon. E. L. Stanley, Liberal, for Old
ham, Liberal gain; G. Schrieber, Conserva-
tive, for Poole, Conservative gain; H. Shield,
Liberal, for Cambridge, Liberal gain; j. II.
Tillet, Liberal, for Norwich-he was unseated
in 1S75-practically Liberal gain.
Seven more Liberals are elected to Parlia-
ment, three being gains. Two more Conserv-
atives are also elected.
Three more Liberal gains are reported.
Gladstone is elected from Leeds. =
Net Liberal gain in elections is now twenty
nine seats,
BERLIN, April 1.-The results of the cleo
lions in Great Britain produced profound
sensation here.
The Porte Getting Itself into Trouble.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, April 1.-The delay in re-
gard to sentence of the assassin of the Russian
Colonel Comeroff, causes indignation at Con-
stantinople. The Russian representative
threatens to quit Coastantinople if justice is
not speedily done.
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FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 2.
BY TELEGRAPH.
DISASTROUS FIRE.
Ten Buildings in Houlton Burned
THE LOSSES OVER $4,000.

HoULToN, April IA fire was discovered at
half past o'clock this morning in S. A. Gray s
building in this town. 1t spread rapidly up
and down Main street. burning the Exchange
hotel. j. E. Burnham's saloon, Staples build
ing occupied by. j. A. Browne, dry goods, a
store owned and occupied by o. F. French,
druggist, John Roses harness shop, James
Kinney's dwelling, the Pioneer building,
Sweeney Brothers dwelling. The losses are
as follows:
Buzzell, hotel, SIS 900; insured $4,000. y
Browne, $4,000; insured.
Staples, $2000 insured $1,000.
Burnham, $4,000; insured $500.
French, 50 800; insured $1,000.
Gray $500; insured $1,000.
James Kinney, $1,000; insured $1,000.
Rose, $500; no insurance.
w. S. Gilman, $4,000 on building and $1,000
on printing material.
Sweeney Bros, $1,000. no insurance.
Total loss $33, 300. Total insurance SIS, 600.
The origin of the fire is supposed to have
been spontaneous combustion of paper rags.
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California Mining stocks.
Chicago Live Stock Market,
lBY TeIegraph

(By IeIegraph.)
CHICAGO, April 1.-Hogs-Receipts %, 900 head
shipments $500; in fair demand but lower clearance
made at decline of 5910c; mixed packing at 4 2Oa
A 25; choice heavy at 5094 rs; light at A 3Oa
4 so.
Cattle-Receipts 1000 head shipments $500 head
market badly demeralized and slow; shipping OC
@05 80: butchers at O0@4 20; stockers and feed
ers quiet and weak at 8O@4 90
Sheep-receipts 450O head; shipments 1000 head
market feverish; common to medium at 0095 go
good to choice Q0@6 80.
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SAN FRANCISCO ELECTION.
The Citizens Majority About a 600

The Citizens Majority About 6.9OO.
SAN FRANCISCO, April loving to mis-
management on the part of some election Of
fcials the count is not complete, but the ma
jority of the citizens ticket will not vary
much from $500. 1t is not decided whether
the workingmen will contest the electioni on
though the report is that they will. The facts
regarding the paper are ascertained to be that
the workingmen procured their paper from the
Secretary of State, while the citizens obtained
theirs from dealer in the city. There is no
evidence that the variation in color was the
result of intention.
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European Markets.

By Telegraph.)
LONDON. April 1.-Consols IS SIG for money
and account.
LONDON, April 1-12.3Os P. M.-American secu-
rites-United States bonds, new 5s, 1051a; new
1as, Ill; new As. 10Ss4
LIVERPOOL, April 1-12.3O P. M.-Cotton market
dull; Middling uplands at 714d Orleans 5-16d;
sales 1000 bales for speculation and export 1000.
LIVERPOOL, April LBS P. M.-Flour lis Sd
lbs; Winter Wheat at 11s@l1s Sd; Spring Wheat
los 4dG11s 3D. California average at los 6d011s;
club do at 11s911s 3d. Corn 5s 95l5 91ad; Peas at
IS 11d97s. Provisions, &c.,-Pork at $685. Beef at
75s; Bacon at 35s@37s; Cheese II IS; Lard 38s 3D..
Tallow at 35s, at London AS.
PARIS April 1,-Rents SO 25,
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MAINE.
Fire in Denmark,

III denmark.
BRIDGToN, April 1.-The house and its con-
tents of Afford Benton in Denmark were
burned early this morning. Nothing was
saved. The family barely escaped. Loss ST.
200 insured in the Etna for $500.
Death Of Hon. James B. Murch.
BELFAST, April Hon. James B. Murch,
well known lawyer, and recently Judge of
the Police Court, died today after lingering
illness, aged SO.
Second District Census Supervisor Con-
flrmed.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-The Senate has
confirmed VIM. P. Hubbard of Bangor as Su-
pervisor of Census for the second District os
Maine.
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Murder and ATTEMPTED Sricide

CHICAGO, Apil IA Comstock kalamazoo
county, Micb.,) special says Andrew Brown, a
farmer living near there, yesterday ordered his
daughter in-law, who had been deserted by
her husband, to leave his house. Her father
and some neighbors asked that she be allowed
to take some furniture, whereupon fight en-
sued, in which Brown shot man named John
Dunbar twice through the lungs, killing him.
A mob gathered and threatened to lynch
Brown, but he barricaded himself in the house
and they feared to approach. Subsequently a
deputy sheriff effected an entrance and found
Brown lying on the bed, having taken a dose
OF nitrate of silver. He was removed to Jail.
Physicians are trying to save him from the
poison to answer the charge of murder.
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LABOR TROUBLES.

Strike of the New York Longshoremen
NEW York. April The 'longshoromen
employed by the Inman, National, Guion,
White Star and French lines, struck today be-
cause the employers refuse to discharge non
union men at work. The Inman and National
lines compromised.
A Partial Compromise at Cohoes.
CoHoEs, April IA compromise was eff
fected this morning and the section hands re-
sumed work. The weavers and spinners are
still out.
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MEMORANDA.

Sch Aldana Rokes, before reported lost, founder
ed at sea morning of 26th. One man died from ex
posure board the vessel and another was lost in
the vessels gig. The rest of the crew were picked
up in the yawl by the schr Geo B Ferguson Of Bel
fast, and landed at Vineyard-Haven. The was
a vessel of 294 tons, owned at Rockland.
Sch Marion Draper, from Portland for New York
which put into New London in distress, had been
in collision. She made temporary repairs and pro
ceeded 29th.
Vineyard-Hayen Both with los, OF $4,000 faths of
deck near Pollock Rip.
See local and general news columns.
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Boston Produce Market.

bUSTON, April I.
The following were to-day's quotations Of Butter
Cheese, Eggs and Potatoes:
Butter-choice new Western creameries at Sc
038c; new Northern dairy at 30@33c for choice
2502Sc for fair and good new Western ladle pack
ed 2793Oc for choice, and 24a26c for fair to good
market firm and stock sold up very close.
Cheese-quoted at 141a@15c for choice 130l4e
for fair to good; 1O9l2c for common the market is
unchanged.
Eggs are quoted at 12913c for Northern and
Eastern; Western and Southern 111a@12c.
Potatoes-Northern and Eastern Rose at 50655c
Proliics at 50955c; and Jacksons, Peerless and
other kinds ats35@45c; market dull and well sup
plied.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The Case to be Given to the People

The Case to be Given to the People.
WASHINGTON, April LIN the House COM
mittee on elections on the Donnelly- WASH
burne case the motion that Washburne is en-
titled to the seat was negatived, as was also a
resolution declaring Donnelly entitled to the
seat. This action will be embodied in the re-
port to the House declaring Washburne's seat
vacant and remanding the matter to the peo-
pie of the district for new election.
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THE DOMINION.

Snow Blockade in New Brunswick.
ST. JOHN, April "A severe snow storm
has seriously interfered with railway traffic
On the Intercolonial road an express train from
Halifax with two engines ran off the track at
Debert bridge, the forward engine falling
through the bridge and being wrecked. No
communication with Halifax since Tuesday.
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Western Pork Packing.

publishes complete report of pork packing in
the West, from which it appears that the
total number of hogs for winter packing is
6,950,000; increase $4,000; average decrease
in weight 4 10 pounds; net aggregate decrease
of lard los, 900 tierces. There is an increase of
10000 barrels of pork. Summer and winter
packing combined show an increase for the
year of $4,000, the largest years business re-
corded
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FIRE DAMP EXPLOSION.

A Great Number of Lives Probably Lost
Mons, BELGIUM, April 2-An explosion of
fire damp occurred yesterday in the colliery
at Anderlues. The number Of lives lost is un-
known but 20 corpses have already been re-
covered: There were $50 persons in the pit
at the time of the explosion
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CUBA.
A Boston Captain Fined for Smuggling
Drought and Short CropsI

Drought and Short CrOps.I
HAVANA, April 1.-The captain of the brig
Emma L. Hall, of Boston, has been fined
$1,000 for alleged evasion OF custom laws at
Matanzas. The American consul is investi
eating the affair.
Drought has prevailed three months in the
most fertile portions of Buba, and has done
immense damage. The tobacco crops in Vuel-
ia Abaio are almost destroyed and the planta-
tons are unusually exposed to fires The fears
OF short sugar crop are realized, and the
cane is in poor condition. 1t is estimated,
though not lconclusively, that the total crop
will not exceed 400 900 tons,
The instruction in the east of the island
languishes. but robbery and vagrancy increase
fearfully in both towns and country
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a span1sh, Editor in Tro,,bla.

New YORK, April 1.-Girard De Luna,
editor of the Spanish newspaper La Indepen-
dencia, has been arrested on a warrant for
libel at the instance of Angelo Montego, pro-
prietor of plantations in Cuba, who charges
that libelous letter was published to injure
his credit De Luna is held in $1,000 bail.
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(By Telegraph.)
NEW YORK. April Evening Money market
loaned up to and 1882 per diem, but closed easier
Sterling Exchange stea1y at 48414@484A for long
and 87A@4S71s for short. Governments strong
in early dealings but closed shade easier for some
issues. State bonds nominal. Railroad bonds gen.
orally strong
The transactions at the Stock Exchange aggregat
ed 244 900 shares.
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MARINE NEWS.

Rescue of the Crew of the West Wind.
New YORK, April Capt. Rover and
crew of the schooner West Wind lost at sea,
from Bath for Baltimore, brought to this port
to-day, were rescued by schooner Beta.
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SOUTH AMERICA.
Bombardment Of AFRICA

BUENos AYREs, March 8.-The Gillian
ironclad Huascar is bombarding africa three
hours daily. Part of the town is burning
1t is defended by 1900 Peruvians, who in
ficted much damage on the Huascar.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-04-02
Grand Trunk Elevator.


LIVERPOOL. ENG. Steamer Brooklyn-23, 200
bush wheat, 1451 bags do, IL 14O bush peas 154I
bags do, 2S99 bags barley, 500 bbs oil cake, 191
packages butter 65 bags oats, 9414 bags oatmeal,
242 boxes bacon, $50 packages lard, % bbls dried
apples, 416 bales cotton, Dbl ore, 20 bbls apples
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PARIS, April 1.-Rents SO 2E

CONGRESS will always be found Pure and re-
liable. 1t makes light sweet dumplings, buckwheat
cakes, pie crust biscuits, etc.,
WDngress Yeast Powder and SHADES English
Mustard received the award in the late Mechanics
Fair. Both sold by leading grocers take no 9TH
err
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Prisoners Burned to Death.

NEW ORLEAN, April IA San Antonio,
Texas, despatch reDorts the ncendary burn
ing of Brown county court house and Jail de-
stroying the records and burning several pris-
oners to death. Loss 100000.
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MARRIAGES.

In Castine, March IT, Coleman Steele and Miss
Lucy Green, both of Brooksville
In Trenton, March 90 Arno W. Marshall and
Miss Agnes P. Remick
In Penobscot, March 20, Josiah Davis and Miss
Helen r. f. Remick.
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Mining Stocks.

Daily Domestic Receipts.
By water conveyance-1OOO bush Cornmeal to G.
W. True s. Co.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL

Portland Daily Wholesale Market.
PORTLAND. April 1.
Sugar declined 1sc to-day; quote granulated
at 9s4 c and Extra at &c. Flour and Grain steady
without change.
The following are Io-day's quotations of Flour,
Grain, Provisions. &c.
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*Ex-int.
PUBLIC Debt Statement.

WASHINGTON, April The debt statement shows
total debt principal and interest So, ISL ,499 807
25.
Total cash in treasury. ....... POI, LOG, 1888 O3
Decrease of debt since Mch. 1,
1880 .................... 14,719.39e SO
Decrease of debt since June 80,
1s79........... ,............ 46,s14,432 10
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Rece.pr. of Maine Cenral.

PORTLAND, Mich. 81.
For Portland, % cars miscellaneous merchandise;
for connecting roads, &c cars miscellaneous nler-
chandise,
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Factories Burnt in Philadelphia-Los
500 OOO

PHILADELPHIA, April 1.-Conway's umbrel-
Brehmer's machine shop and Johnson's facto-
ry were burned this morning. Conways loss
$4,000; Novelty factory, 1000; Brehmers,
$4,000; Johnson's $1,000. Insured.
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Boston Sugar Marker.

Boston Sugar Market.
BOSTON, April 1.-The following are to-day's quo
tations:
Fair to good refining. .75s@7M
Refined Standard Cuba. Observation-Disclosures. 95s
Powdered ......................... 95a
Granulated. ............................ 91a
CoHee Crusneu.. I9S09H2
Market quiet.
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Closing prices at Portland Mining Exchange, by
7. 81. Mansfield Co., brokers' 81 Exchange street
Portland, Me-, April l:
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METEOROLOGICAL.

INDICATIONS FOR THE NEXT TwENTY-FoUR
HOURS.
WAR Dept, OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL,
OFFICER, Washington, d. c.,
April2, A. M.
For New England,
clear or partly cloudy weather, light variable
winds shifting to easterly or southerly, station
airy temperature and generally higher barome-
ter.
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DEATHS.

In this city, April L, Oliver j. Stenborn, aged AZ
years.
Funeral on Saturday afternoon at o'clock, at
his late residence, No. SO Fore street. Boston pa
pers please copy.
In this city, April l, of consumption, William E..
eldest son of John +. and Mary j. Mari, aged 10
years months.
Funeral Saturday afternoon at 11a o'clock, at
his fathers residence No. 70 Green street. Burial
at convenience of the family.
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100 Eastern Railroad. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Ala
1O7 do ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4114
Sales at Auction.
$4,000 Eastern Railroad 41as. ..............9 2@
Second Board-First Call.
$27 800 Eastern Railroad new 41%s...... 921h
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Ar at New York LIST, steamer Saratoga, Havana
Ar at Queenstown 31st, ship JAS Bailey, Tenney
San Francisco Dec T.
Ar at Falmouth, E, 31st, barque Magnus Hus, fin
Portland.
Sid FIN Havana goth, barque Boylston, Caibarien
and New York; H Ingersoll, Boston; 21st, Josie
Mildred, Cardenas and New York; brig Ernestine
Norton, Sagua and North of Hatteras; 22d, Hype
rion, Williams, New York; oath, Clytie do; 25th
sch Grace Davis, Davis do; Belle Hooper, do
Sid fin barques Miranda, Corbett, New York
Sargent, Leighton Boston.
Ar at Matanzas Goth, brig Rionda Chase Port.
land; sch Ariadne. Dyer, New York; 21st brig Leo
nora, New York; 22d, Mary Fink, do; oath, sch Ea
gle Rock. do.
Ar at do 23d, schs E j Palmer FIN New Orleans
Fred jackson, Portland; oath, brig Havana, Carde-
mas; schs Thos Pillsbury Baltimore; Jos Wilde
do 18th, barque N nj Raven, =; sch Mary a
Power Portland
At Guantanamo 18th, sch Alcyone, ldg.
Ar at Baracoa 18th, sch Annie ID Merritt, from
New York.
Sid =, schs Mary Bradford, Oliver, PHILADELPHIA:
Mary E Weber, New York; 21st Carrie Bonnell
United States
Ar at St Jago 18th, brig Houston
Sid I'm Nuevitas til, sch Nettie Walker, Ingalls,
New York.
Sid I'm Trinidad 18th, sch st Croix, for North OF
Hatteras.
Sid I'm Cardiff Mch %, barque Emma 7 Crowell,
Perry, =.
Sid I'm Leghorn prev to Mich IL, barque Lillian,
Strout, Baltimore.
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FOREIGN PORTS.

Sid FIN Melbourne Jan 10Th, ship Fuller, Pea
body English Channel.
Sid I'm Newcastle. NSW, Feb 2, barque Genevie
M Tucker, Foster Wellington. NJ.
Ar at Anjier Mich 8, barque e l. Pettengill, Pet
tengill, New York.
Ar at Anjier Mch 81, ship Clarissa Carver, Dow,
New York, ordered to Sourabaya.)
Ar at Gibraltar Mich 30, brig Sarah Kennedy,
Peterson, New York.
AT Pernambuco Mich IL, sch Mauna Loa, Guptll,
from New York, just ar.
Ar prev to Mich 20, brig Jennie A Cheney, Arey,
New York.
Ar at Queenstown Mich 20, barque Western Belle,
Fish, Portland, o.
Ar at Nassau. Mp Mich IT, barqueiCasco. Leavitt,
New York, (and sailed 26th on return.)
Cid at st John, NIB, a0th, sch Silver Heels, Bull
ger, Philadelphia.
CID at MusQuash, NIB, 10Th, schs Victor, Perry,
New Haven; j w Woodruff, Barker. New York;
29th Acara, Chandler and Osprey, Crowley, for
New York.
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Jan IS, lat 81 S, Ion 81, barque Charles Deering,
Carter, from Cardiff for Bombay.
Feb 8 lat S, lon 80 W, ship Columbus, Hum
phrey, from New York for San Francisco.
March 7, lat % O5 Ion So 80 barque Goodell,
French, from Sourabaya for New York.
March 81, lat 43, lon 30 49, ship Andrew John
son, Crawford, from New York for Bremen.
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DEPARTURE OF OCEAN STEAMERS
MARINE NEWS.
PORT OF PORTLAND.

PORT OF PORTLAND.
THURSDAY, April 1.
Arrived.
Steamship Eleanora Bragg, New York-mdse to
Henry Fox.
Sch L Smith, Ryder. Saco to load for New York
Sch Cambridge, Perry, Kennebunk.
Sch Alcyone, -, Mt Desert.
Sch Chas Sampson, Gage Horse Island for Bal
timore.
Cleared.
Steamship Brooklyn, Br) Lindell, Liverpool
d Torrance IL Co.
Steamship Franconia Mangum, New York-Hen-
ry Fox.
Sch Oliver Dyer, Emerson, New York-N o Cram.
Sch Ianthe, Hamilton, Addison-Nathl Blake.
Sch Jas Pike, Lund, Calais-Nathl Blake.
Sch Fred & Jack, Godfrey, Mllbridge-Nathl
Blake. %
Sch Ralph X Grant, Grant, Ellsworth-Geof W
True & Co.
Sch Nauseag, Fitzgerald, Prospect Harbor-Nathl
Blake.
Sch Sarah, Hamlin, Deer Isle-Nath1 Blake.
Sch May Wyman, Sawyer, Tremont-Nath Blake.
Sch Louisa Frances, Thorndike, Rockland-Ken-
sell g. Tabor.
Sch Susan, Geyer, Pemaquid-D Choate.
Sch Henry Davey, King, Kennebec, to load ice
Ryan g. Kelsey.
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LI1dtesG
Ar at Anjier Feb 10, Grace Deering, Davis, from
New York.
Ar at Greenock Mchl II, j Southard Handy,
Rouen.
Sid I'm Havre Mich 8, Screamer, Cousins, for New
Orleans.
Sid I'm Iloilo Jan %, Undaunted, Dinsmore. Now
York via Cuba.
Sid I'm Liverpool goth, Ontario, Williams Port
land.
Sid FIN Port Augusta Jan %, Matilda Carver, for
Guam
Sid I'm Port Victoria Feb 1, Chas r Lewis Race,
United Kingdom.
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 81.

w EDNESDAf, Jan. IL
Sewing circle and tea party at the Central
society vestry this afternoon and evening.
Nothing was said regarding ice in Sasa-
noa river. Reference was made to the ice in
the "Gut."
At Moulton's boiler shop tanks for Sewall
& Rogers vessels are being made.
The fruiter at the yard of Hon. VIM. Rogers
measures 1886 tons, is in length 1851 feet,
width I'll feet, depth 10.1 feet. She is called
the Florence L. Schepp and is rugged on the
stocks.
A man living at the North end while re-
turning home last night was overcome by ex-
haustion and would have persisted in the snow
had not he been rescued by passer-by the
spot half an hour after he fell.
Beacon street lecture this evening.
A merry party Of children from the lower
grammar school went on sleigh ride in the
Moonlight and another large sleigh this after
noon.
Runners report slack trade owing to the Au-
gusta imbroglio.
Gen. Hyde has photographed his ship pumps
cuts of the pump.
AT the annual meeting of the EASTERN
Steamboat Company, Tuesday, H. w. Swan
ton, S d. Bailey, T. w Hyde and f. B. Tor
rey of Bath, and A. B. Vanever of Boston
were chosen directors. A dividend of Sc per
share was declared. The Popham line was
consolidated with the company, Capt. Oliver
of the Creedmore receiving fourteen shares OF
stock and will command the Samoset or
Sasanoa, whichever boat it is decided to run
next season to the Fort. The engineer of the
Creedmore will be engineer of the boat and
the large steamer which will be Immediately
built by Bath firm for service on the Back
river route to Boothbay will be commanded by
Capt. G. A. Love, formerly the popular COM
mander of the Sasanoa. The Creedmore will
probably be run in Boothbay harbor during
the excursion season.