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The Portland daily press., 1880-01-31

NOTICE.-"Congress is of the Oldest and
largest selling baking powders in the United States
1t makes light doughnuts, dumpngs biscuits, cake.
Sc, &c. CONGRESS Yeast Powder and Slade
En9lish Mustard received the award at Mechanics
Fair, 1878. Always reliable, and the ladies' fav-
orte.
The Portland daily press., 1880-01-31
Receipts of Maine Cenral.
Daily Domestic Receipts.

PORTLAND Jan. z0
For Portland, "a cars miscellaneous merchandise;
for connecting roads, 40 cars miscellaneous ner-
chandise
The Portland daily press., 1880-01-31

This Company has been formed to meet pressing
and increasing want in Financial Circles of the
United States which is to investigate BY the best
Engineering Talent employed SPECIALLY in the
interest of this Company the real merits and value
of Mining properties. The public can rely upon
the assurance given by this Company, that every
property which is offered to investors, bearing the
Company's endorsement, will have received the
sanction of its Board, based upon reports of their
own employed Engineers, from personal examina-
ton of the same and investment in such properties
can be made with safety and reasonable certainty
of success. The names of its officers and Trustees
guarantee that it will do what it undertakes in an
honorable and trustworthy manner.
The Portland daily press., 1880-01-31

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 3o.-Cotton strong; Middling
uplands 1850.
MEMPHIS, Jan. 3O.-Cotton is firm; Middling uT-
lands 12c.
SAVANNAH, Jan. 30.-Cotton firm; Middling up
lands at 1850.
MOBILE, Jan. 30-Cotton firm; Mddling uplands
at l23ac
The Portland daily press., 1880-01-31

Closing prices at Portland Mining Exchange, by
T. II. Mansfield & Co., brokers, 81 Exchange street.
Portland Me- January go
The Portland daily press., 1880-01-31

By water conveyance-1OoO bush Cornmeal to G.
W. True & Co.
The Portland daily press., 1880-01-31
RUMORED DISASTER

Reported Loss of Russian Trans
port
The Portland daily press., 1880-01-31
Investment Company
EDWARD BATES DORSEY.

VIcE-PREsIDENTs.
ARTHUR f. WILAIARTH, A. FOSTER HIGGINS,
JAMES ID. FISH, HENRY HAVEMEf Elk,
WILLIAM II. GUION.
SECRETARY TREASURER:
S. A. WHEELWRIGHT. Fl. b. LAIDLAW.
COUNSEL: COUDERT BROS.
The Portland daily press., 1880-01-31

mart in the organization of either branch of the
Legislature as member unless his name ap-
pears on the certified roll of that branch"
Mr.. Perry said that the object he had in pre-
senting this order was good one, inasmuch as
it aims to repeal law which has outlived its
usefulness and essentially been pronounced I'M
constitutional by the recent opinion of the
court; and if this honorable body takes kindly
to removing the debris from our Revised
Statutes the door will be open for further re-
form in this direction.
The order was passed.
Bill an act relating to the removal of electors
from one ward to another was read twice, and
under a suspension of the rules was passed to
be engrossed.
Bill an act relating to persons who falsely as
sumo to be State officers2 was passed to be en-
crossed.
Bill relating TO days of grace upon promis-
sorry notes and other commercial paper, pend
ing its passage to be engrossed, was tabled at
the instance of Mr.. Jewett of Richmond.
In offering the series of resolutions which
were adopted in the House, returning thanks
to the government and people of Wisconsin
for their generous sympathy and encourage
ment rendered the government and people OF
Maine, Mr. Strout of Portland who submitted
them, said that he offered them not in any
Spirit of party. The political events which
have transpired during the past few months
have wider and deeper significance and a
more important influence than any mere party
aim or party purpose. Political organizations
are formed and dissolved; political associations
g
sentative form of government are unchanged
and Interchangeable. In the hour of our great
est anxiety for the permanence of our instltu-
tions and the peaceful solution of the difficult
ties with which we were surrounded the whole
nation stood waiting with anxious solicitude
the result. He offered this in recognition OF
the kind action of the Wisconsin Legislature,
The resolutions were adopted.
Several more fusionists took their seats to-
dow
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-11-06
Abuse of Paupers i'm Iowa

Excitement prevails at Dubuqe,
Iowa, over report from an inves-
tigating committee in relation to
shocking abuses in the county
poorhouse, under the management
of Thomas Johnson. a Democratic
member of the legislature. The
paupers for months have been fed
with diseased meats, rotten cab
bage and bad bread, and several of
them have died from the effects.
An old woman-a centenarian-
perfectly helpless, was found in
bed only attended by a crazy wo-
man, while another woman, suff-
ering from paralysis. complai ed
that she had received DO attention
from a physician, the steward, or
any other person, except an insane
woman, who was with her.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-11-06
A Guide
FOR THE PURCHASE OF TRIPLE
PLATED SPOONS AND FORKS.
TRAINS GOING EAST.
Took Effect Sunday, May 90, 1901

FOR THE PURCHASE OF TRIPLE
PLATED SPOONS AND FORKS.
Persons having occasion to purchase
silver plated spoons or forks, will do well
to observe the following:
EXTRA PLATE Is NOT TRIPLE PLATE
Triple-plated Spoons and Forks have
the following numbers stamped on the
back-TeaspoOns, Ne. 6; Dessert Spoons
and Forks, No. .; Tablespoons and Forks,
No. II. All goods not having these mum.
bers stamped on the back Of each spoon
and fork are not triple plated, but of in
ferior quality. Remember these numbers
and you canaot be deceived Cut this out
and take it along with you when you 20
to purchase.
The best assortment of all qualities can
be found at w. l.. JONES',
febl4-tf. Next to Everett House.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-11-06
GIenn's Great Wheat Farm,

DR.. Hugh j. Glenn made his first
purchase of the Jacinto grant, CAL,
in December, 1867, and commenced
farming in the Sacramento valley.
He has now a farm of $4,000 acres,
$4,000 of which are in wheat, and
has IT'S miles of fence. OF this years
crop, DR.. Glenn says although he
has on hand $4,000 sacks, each hold
ing l40 pounds, he thinks they will
not hold his wheat. He has his own
machine and blacksmith shops, Dor
ing, turning and planning machines,
buzZ-saws, &c. He manufactures
his own wagons, separators, headers,
harrows, and nearly all the machin-
cry and implements used. He has
employed fifty men in seeding and
$50 in harvest, 200 head of horses
and mules, So grain-ladders and
other wagons, $50 sets of harness, II
twelve-foot headers, sulky hay
rakes, II eight-mule cultivators, 4
Gem seed-sowers, s Buckeye drills,
mowers, ! ty-eight-inch separa-
tor SO feet long and 131 feet high,
with a capacity of 10 bushels per
minute; ] forty-inch separator SO
feet long; 2 forty'feet elevators for
self-feeder; l steam barley or feed
mill, and 2 tWenty-horse power en-
gines. The 4S-inch separator thresh-
ed on the 8th of August, 1879, 5,779
bushels of wheat in one day. DR..
Glen is native of Augusta county,
| Virginia.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-11-06

Mrs. f. H. Pc rkins, Creek Cen
ire, Warren county, N. Y, writes:
she has been troubled with Asth-
ma for four years; has to sit up
night after night with it; she has
taken two bottles of DIR. Thomas
Eclectric Oil, and is perfectly cur
ed. She strongly recommends it,
and wishes to act as agent among
her neighbors. For sale by +. G..
Wi lliams & Bro, druggists.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-11-06

Black lace is seldom seen this
season.
| the doiman is TO be the prevail.
ing shape
| The low, round-croWned Derbv
Is as much worn as ever.
| SunfioWers stnbroidere d on bul.
| lion are used for trimming
The most unique scarf pins are
set with Egyptian scarabeus.
The loose coat, with Chinese
sleeves, is among late importat-
ions.
The newest designs in jewelrv
are copied from the Cesnola anti
qaes
White Spanish laces re headed
and fringed with wax and crystal
beads.
The hat 0 mament of the NOM
ent Is tigers claw with gilt tall
ons.
Pearls; either black, white,
smoked, tinted or pink, are
Ia vogue.
Gilt anc amber h,ir-pins, eight
inches long fasten the bonnet
trimmings.
Colored satin skirts are worn
with black broc de lpolonaise or
basque.
Maroon, olive, old gold and tur-
quoise blue are favorite colors in
millinery.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-11-06
Weary Of Life.

How many a man has jumped into the
river,
When all twas that allied him was a
disordered liver,
If he only had kno0n that Spring
Blossom would save,
He never would have file a suicides
grave.
Prices: SOC; trial bottles 1Oc.
For sale by f. G. Williams & Bro,
druggists.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-11-06
A Mixed Telephone.

OuSpFiuE vi EoisOns great mn q
is an instrument when il nov
looked upon as indispensable IL
the worlds good, but it, like a grea
many other things, will some
! times get out Of humor and act in
a very crooked manner.
Mr.. Charles Augustus Fitzmor
is IN enterprising but bashfuI
young cotton clerk, whose place
OF bushes is on CarondeleC street
and ne ia most warmly attached
to fair maiden who lives in an
uptoU residence 18th telephone
in it. The telephone has been
used as medfU NJ through which
he has breathed words of heart
pounding love 10 the ears OF the
one he has so f0ndIy Worshipped,
and never did he know it to fail
in the performance of its duty till
yesterday, when it caused him 90
moan-yes, to tremble ike an as.
pen leaf and smite one knaa
against the other
AT the time mentioned Charles
had not seen his affinity for over
forty-eight hours, and he deter
mined to inform her of whom he
was fondly dreaming. that he
would be up to the house that
night and sit on the front porch
with her and sigh at the moon.-
Seeking the telephone while no
one was in the Office, he said:
All right GO ahead
is Miss Minnie at home?'
80 tell her to step to the 'phone,
please
rs that you, Charles 2 inquired
a cooling voice Swimming along
the wire.
Yes, dearest, it is your own
Charlie
oh, Charlie, what made you
stay away so long? You must
come up tonight because
THE baby was born an hour
ago.
What baby?'
Your own baby
My baby p shrieked the young
woman, why, I'm surprised that
yon-you would say such thing.
I-didnt expect it,
Neither did / Z; | just heard it
moment ago.
You don't believe this-this
fearful report? Say, you don't?
You know | haven't got baby l
never did have baby in my life,'
howled the oman in frenzy.
'Ha! ha old fellow, you feel so
proud and happy that you have to
indulge in q joke, do you? AL
low me TO congratulate you. It's
a good boy, and weighs twelve
pounds. Goodbye
Miss Bunter-I say Miss Bun
ter
'Oh, Charlie! what is the mat
ter?'
Matter enough. I want to
know the mans name who told
you all that scandalous falsehood
I'll have his gore before sunrise.
I'll follow him over sixteen diff
ferent States to kill him. I'll
mutilate him. Tell me, was it
that squint-eyed Bangs who
brought that hellish lie to your
ears? p
What lie, Charlie? What do
you mean?'
Il want to know who told you
that l had baby born to me an
hour ago, that weighed twelve
pounds. Who is the william p
A piercing shrek was the only
reply that came over the wire and
then Charles realized for the first
time that there was some dreadful
mistake, that the telephone had
become mixed. and he fainted.-
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-11-06

Bitters, without Whiskey or
alcohol, was something unheard of
until IRON BITTERs were made,
This medicine contains Iron and
Cinchona, the two best known
tonics,and contain neither whiskey
nor alcohol.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-11-06
COAL AND WOND OFFICE
AND
Flour and Feed Store
No. 6S Queen St., Staley's Block

HNHE undersigned respectfully informs
l. the citizens of Martinsburg and Berk-
eley county that he has opened a Coal and
Wood Office and Flour and Feed Store at
60 Queen Street, where all orders in my
line will receive prompt attention. | have
put in pair of Fairbanks new scales and
all coal sold by me will be weighed and
full weight guaranteed. Piedmont and
Cumberland run Of mine, Fine and Lump
Coal; also best quality Nut and Egg an
thracite coal always on hand.
Farmers having Corn, Oats and Hay to
sell are solicited TO see me before selling
Thanking the public for the liberal pat.
ronage extended me, and soliciting your
further favors,
| am respectfully yours,
jy24-iy. J. w ROBERTS.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-11-06
Health is Wealth!

DR.. E. G. VESTS Nerve and Brain
Treatment; A specific for Hysteria, Dir
illness, Commissions, Nervous Headache
Mental Depression, Loss of Memory,
Spermatorrh@a, Impotency, Involun tary
Emissions, Premature Old Age, caused by
over-exertion, self abuse, or over indui-
gence, which leads to misery, decay and
death. One box will cure recent cases.
Each box contains one months treatment.
One dollar a box, or six boxes Cor five
dollars; sent by mail prepaid on receipt
of price. We guarantee six boxes to
cure any case. With each order received
by us for six boxes, accompanied with
five dollars, we send the purchaser our
written guarantee to return the money if
the treatment does not effect a cure Guar
antees issued only when the treatment is
ordered direct from us. Address or call
on j. A. G. HOVER, Druggist, Martins
burg, w. Va. laughs 80'ly.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-11-06
$500 Reward.

We will pay the above reward for any
case of Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick
Headache, Indigestion, Constipation or
Costiveness we cannot cure with Vests
Vegetable Liver Pills, when the directions
are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegetable, and never fail to give
satisfaction. Sugar Coated. Large Boxes,
containing 30 pills, 25 cents. For sale by
all druggists. Beware of counterfeits and
limitations. The genuine manufactured
only by JOHN G. WEST b CO., "The
Pill Makers" l5l and 1873 w. Madison
St, Chicago. Free trial package sent by
mail prepaid on receipt of three-cent
stamp. Laughs S0.ly.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-01
Ihs Wrong leg.

The Portland .ldprii@r tells the lnl-
lowing story; There was an eminent
sergeant at.law some years ago who hal
a cork leg that was triumph at artistic
deception. Nome hut his Intlmates
Knew inr certain which was the real
and which was the sham limb. a wild
Young wag ot the utter bar, who
knew the sergeant pretty well. once
thought Ia utilize this knowledge at the
sergeant secret tn take IN green, new
IN hedged Young barrlster. The ser
grant was addressing special jury at
Westminster in his usual earnest and
vehement style, and the wag whispered
Ia his ueiyhbur, "lou STE how hot old
Buziux is over his case; now, Ill bet
YOU sovereign III run this pin into his
leg up Ia the head, aud he'll never no
tIce II, he's 81 absorbed IN his case.
iIe'sa most extraordinary man IN that
WAY" This WAS more than the green
horn could swallow, so he took the bet.
The wav took a large pin from his waist
coat, aud leaning forward drove 1t up to
the head into the serge..nts leg A yell
tina, frnze the hlod III all who heard u,
that made the hair al the jury stand on
end aud caused tho Judges viz almost
to TALL otf, ran through tbs court. by
love! it's the wrong ley, aud We lost
INV money!" exclaimed the dismay,d
and conscience stricken Way, quite re,
gardless nj the pain he had inflicted
upon the sergeant.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-01
The Manufacture of steel in China

The steel industry of the present day
has assumed considerable Importance
in China, especially along the upper
Yangtxe, from which district the metal
is shipped to Tien.Tsin. The prices oh
tanned for the steel in China liz higher
than that imported from Sweden,
Chinese metallurgists recognise three
different qualities of steel. The first at
these is produced 10y mixing crude iron
with wrought-iron and submitting the
mass tn the action OF tire; the second,
by the repeated heating ct pure iron;
while the third consists at the native
steel, which is produced in the south
western districts. The different names
by which these various kinds ot steel
are known are the following; The
"twan kang," or ball steel, on account oi
its globular form; the swan kang, or
tempered steel, aud the wee tel, or
false steel. The Chinese seem Ia have
been acquainted with the manufacture
and use of steel from the earliest times;
aud at the epoch Of the Han dynasty,
ironmasters were appointed IN the dit
irr,ut districts oi the ancient Leangc.
hou, whose duty II was Ia superlnlend
the Iron manufacture.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-01
-, px,.,,. asmember,


that pr. wistsr's Balsam Of Wild Cher
nv has proven itsclfto be a positive cure e.'
for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis
ami all I.ung diseases. II has saved the
lives Of many even after the doctors hau
saii there was no hope. Every one
declares that /. goes right TO the right
spot soothing and healing as u py WA
vic all soreness OF throat anu 'unss a a
Single dose taken at bed time VIII gem
sIx warm the blood, cause refreshing
sIymber and by morning an ordinary
s"nsh or cold will be gone. None gen
y S;"e without signature Of SANFORD 4
p iarse pint bottles 500. Keep
/. hn,,,, always ON hand, twill save you
= = doctor bill. Be sure your drug
S Ss Gets the genuine for you; iaIs6lln
Bros. 4 Co., and Logan, List W. . 70 4
Wholesale Agents, =, W R,;sssasI. ..
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-01
POLITICAL sOUNDINGs.

"fhe President" says General But
Ter, "is an antocrat."
The Democrats have their eyes "sot'
on Illinois aud Pennsylvania.
Twelfth district OF Ohio Democratic
candidate for Congress George l.. Con.
verse.
II Charles Francis Adams we're to be-
In the coming campaign he would sure
ly melt.
Mark l.. DE Motto is the Republican
Congressional candidate in the Tenth
district Of Indiana.
A "Grant club" in 1t. Louis, number
ing sixty-aye members, has transferred
it's allegiance to Hancock.
On account Of the new census the city
oi Cleveland expects tn have a member
of Congress all To herself.
William Mckinley, Of stark county, is
the Republican Congressional candidate
ell her. aud then she felt happy; and 30
what might have been an occasion for
hard words and unkind feelings became
just The contrary, all through the little
vein of humor that cropped out To the
surface. Some children have "a peculiar
faculty Tor giving n humorous turn to
things when they are reproved. IL does
just as we'll oftentimes. Laughter IL
better than tears. Let us have little
more at home.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-01
A Horse over Twenty Hands High


". Y. TimCs
There arrived in this city last week by
way oi tho Hudson River railway, from
Albany, and was conveyed directly Ia
his quarters ia Houston street, what IN
believed tn be the largest horse that has
ever fallen under the eve at anatomist
or jockey-a veritable equine monster
beside which animals at the ordinary
height are as dwaris. The animal Was
bred in Ohio, from our native draught
stock, aud certainly no region except
one at the limestone bases could have
Developed such an enormous equine an
aiomy. Ills registered height Ii ~
hands and inch, or 81 inches, being "A
foot taller than an average man. His
weight in stated to he 2,i5O pounds; hut
all these points will propahly tie verified
hy competent veterinary surgeons AS
standing IN the stable the color oi the
animal appears To be u uniform dark bay
without spot or blemlsh. u should not
be Judged that this height, although ca
traordnary, Is altogether unprecedented
in horses. At the Centennial Exhihl-
ton in Philadelphia, IN 1876, span al
horses was placed on exhibition, each at
which was Is hands and inch high.
The animals were bred in Canada, aud
became the property ol n Philadelphia
brewer when the exhibition closed. A
veterinary surgeon IA this city lprmerly
owned horse that was ~ hands and |
inch high giant oi anatomical struc'
ture-but he found II impossible to cor
rect certain tendency 10 evacuation,
aud the creature was useless for draught
ar road. The late Pope Pho Mono was
the posscssor OF one at the largest horses
in Europe animal Is hands and l
inch highland the llanoyeran stables
formerly contained another oi nearly
equal height. So tar ~ can To Judged,
the Ohio monster ia in perfect health
and physical condition, and may live to
a good old aye. Notwithstanding his all
normal proportions. Que vi the famous
European animals mentioned Was living
at Ri years OF aga longevity not often
attained by horses.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-01
SEYMOUR,
What the Old Statesman Has 70
say1Ths Neminations Meet
His Hearty Approval.

NVuAAmOtAO0a Me6I
His Hearty Approval.
UREA, n. Y, June 2I.-All sood
Democrats are well pleased with the de.
ieat ot Tilden aud the nomination of
Hancock aud English at Cincinnati,
Ohio. General James McQuade and
the men III the Fifth and second Armv
Corps organized Pioneer Hancock
Club within live minutes alter the nom.
ination was announced, and are wearing
the Shamrock badge tonight. Your
correspondent found Governor Seymour
resting, alter the heat of the day, at
Senator Conkling's home, where he is
spending a lev days in the absence of
his vile. When asked how the nomin.
alton OF Hancock at Cincinnati pleased
him, he said;
Governor seymour consider the
domination good one. made in good
way ane IN a good spirit. While many
we're opposed TO placing military men
In the Presidential chair, in the case of
General Hancock they will all feel that.
by the respect which he has ever shown
tn the Law Ia the performance Of his du
ties, he has illustrated the force of the
maxim which Is found Ia SD many of
thu original constitutions of the old
States that the military should always
DO suhordinate'i Ia the civil authorities
It's also strong because IL gave the
South "A chance tn show that she would
eortiially support Northern soldier
when there were men who sought to
keep alive the hatred Of their own coun.
Try now, and who were constantly
using language that showed desire to
rekindle the animosities between the
North and South, hut who were careful
To stay at home during the war. Gen.
eral Hancock, by comparison, brings to
the public mind the truth that no one
wants ,o fight now except those no did
not when they had q chance"
Reporter-Do you think that General
Hancock will unite oil factionsf
Governor s. Clearly NJ. They are
all deeply interested in the success of
their party. II the candidates hold i'm
portant positions with regard tn them,
NO one can throw obstacles in the way
al success at this time without destroy
ing their future prospects. They will
vie with each other IN their efforts To
show their earnestness in behalf of the
nomination made at Cincinnati The
Tact that General iiancoc< lisa Younger
nan Is strongly IN his favor. lie Ia IN
no way entangled with old mems quar-
rels. which - 81 frequently maketrouble
IN all the States.
RePorter--What no you think OF the
tone ut the Convention, and Ut the char
acter ol other candidates namedP
- ia hut hAF
Was an honest purpose tn secure the
success ri the Democratic Marty. The
tact that many names were brought Tor
ward was proof Of adisposilion To look
carefully over the whole ground. Many
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-01
Haunted Me.

Debt, poverty ant suffering haunted
me fnr wears, caused by sick family
and LARGE bills ior doctoring, which d'd
mn vnnd Twas completely discouraged,
until one wear ago, by the advice at my
pastor. ! procured Hop Bitiers and com
m,n,ed their use, aud IN one month We
w.r, all we'll, aud none ut us have been
sick ,lay since; and want tn say to
an pnnr men, you can keep your families
Nell A wear with Hop Bitlers Tor less
than one DOCTORS visit will COSTA
Wnrkinyman. laughlin Bros. u 70,
Wholesale Agents, Wheeling.