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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-22
DIRECTORS.

EDWARD BATES DORSEY, Mining Engineer
I.C. BABcocK Treasurer Adams Express Co.
VIM. H. GOIoN, OF Williams q Guion Steamships.
VIM. PITT SgERMAN, Late Receiver and Treas.
Erie Il. r.
CHAs. NJ. Fry, President National Bank of New
York.
JONATHAN ODELL, Banker.
d. S. APPLETON, of ID. Appleton & Co., Pub
fishers.
ULYSSES S. GRANT, JR Lawyer.
ARTHUR b. GRAVES, Prest st. Nicholas National
Bank.
JAS. P. ROBINSON, Consulting Engineer, New
York.
GEORGE W. WARREN, n. Y. Life Ins. Co., Bos-
ton, Mass.
c. A. WHITTIER, OF Lee, Higginson & Co., Bank
ers, Boston, Mass.
JAMES d. FISH, President Marine National Bank.
II. HAvEMEYER, OF Havemeyer, Eastwick q Co.,
Refners.
A. f. wILMARrIl, viee-President Home Fire
Ins. Co.
WIN. L. JENKINS, JR., Of VIM. S. Nichols Co.,
Bankers.
GEO. B. WEST, Commission Merchant
THOMAS MANNING, Broker.
HENRY w. FORD President National Bank OF
Republic.
EDWARD A. FLINT, Consulting Engineer, Boston,
Mass.
A. FOSTER HIGGINS, U. S. Lloyd S Marine In
surance.
CHAs. L. PERKINS, OF Perkins s. Choate, Bankers
L. B. GREENLEAF, OF Tower, Giddings Il Co.,
Bankers, Boston, Mass.
j. BAKER, Viee-President of st. Louis & San
Francisco r. r., St. Louis, Mo.
ARTHUR SEwALL, Prest. Bath National Bank,
Bath, Maine.
erty for subscription at $1,000 per share. The
CaDital stock of the
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SPRING VALLEY
Hydraulic Gold Cos.

200, 900 shares, full paid and unassessablel
The property consists of 1915 acres of deep, gold
bearing gravel with water works which cost $780,
600, lands, fumes, buildings and all necessary
duced in the last six years, of which 81 $50 1921
hasbeen profit, The Company is to-day in diyi-
dend paying condition. The production for the
last 20 days $4,000, at a profit OF 5000
daily. The undersigned the agents of the
ssUnited States Mining HIVES meut Coz
They will furnish information concerning the
ssspring Valley Hydraulic Gold Co."
and receive subscriptions for limited amount of
the stock at their office.
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LONDON, Jan. 21-12.3O p. M.-Consois 30 l-1'
for money ana account.
LONDON JAM 21-12.3O p. M.-American secu
rities-United States bonds, new 5s, 105%s; new As
1O734 new 41as, Ill.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 21-12.30 P. M.-Cotton marke
dull and easier Nliddling uplands 1-16d; Orleans
3-I6d; sales s 200 bales for speculation and eS
port 1000; receipts $3.50, American 225o.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 26-12.3O P. M.-Flour at log
IL; Winter Wheat 10 4td11 A; Spring Wheat at IL
a1O 10; California average at 10 6G1l =; club dc
II 3011 4; Corn at 51s95 z; Peas at ~. Pro
visions, &c.,-Pork at so; Beef at 81; Bacon 80 oe
3S;Cheese at p; Lard 40 8. Tallow at 81, at Lon
don Al.
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MAINE.

John B. Foster Dropped from the Mer-
chants Marine Insurance Company.
BANGOR, Jan. 21.-The stockholders of the
Merchants Marine Insurance Company held
its annual meeting with two-thirds of the stock
represented, this afternoon. In the election of
directors the name Of John B. Foster, who has
been president of the company for some years
was unanimously omitted from the list.
Hand Cut Off.
PENNINGTON, Jan. 21.-Mr. WEIGH, at work
for Austin & Sanborn, of Weld, lost his hand
by a circular saw today.
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CENTRAL AMERICA.
Severe Earthouake at San Saliva

Severe Earthquake at San Salvador.
PANAMA, Jan. 21.--San Salvador and Town
son, Lake Ilopango, Salvador, were visited the
last week in December by series of violent
earthquakes. Two pueblos were destroyed,
and on the night of the first of January a
shock occurred in La Libertad, which threw
people down in the streets 1t was believed
that San Salvador had been leveled, as the
shocks were very severe in the interior, and
all who could leave that place had done so.
Several days before the night of the first when
the steamer left La Libertad, Lake Ilopango,
which was formerly volcanic crater, had
been emitting sulphurous vapors, and been
violently agitated for some time, upheaving
large quantities OF mud upon ITS shores. Inc
alarm and all industries are suspended.
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The Negro Exodus.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-The exodus com.
mittee to-day examined B. Wall, President OF
the Emigrant Aid Society. He said the ex-
edus was originally diverted from Kansas to
Indiana ON the strength of representa- tons
contained in circular issued by j. Ill.
Walker, mail agent and Republican politician
at Terre Haute, stating that form of labor was
in great demand at good wages.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-22
ur;ph,ou Cattle MARKET.

For the week ending Wednesday, Jan. IT.
Amount of stock at market 3424; Sheep and
29I2: Eastern Cattle 372; Mich Cows and North
ern Cattle lao. -
Prices of Beef Cattle y 100 ID, live weight1E,xt-
ira quality at 621al15 S71a; first quality IL H2
as so: second quality 621s0p5 co. third quality,
at 25@4 so; poorest grades of coarse Oxen, Bulls
ETC.. 3 25@14 121a. - NJ,
Bighton Hides at SIZE p fb; Brighton Tallow 59
Calf skins 121ac y ID; Sheep and Lamb Skins
at 50d2 20 each.
Working Oxen-There was fair supply in market
but the trade for them has been very dul we quote
aalon oE
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Grand Trunk Elevator.
Foreign Exports.

LIVERPOOL. ENG. Steamer Lake Champaign
1862 bush wheat, 155 do peas, 125 sacks flour,
1929 bags seed, 1473s lbs beef 226, 437 do bacon
butter So cases poultry bbls apples PAT bales
leather 19, 41O TBS cheese, 43 bbs potash, $50 cs
canned meats, 100 boxes potatoes, organ, Al bbls
ext bark 2 cases boots and shoes, do rubber
boots II bdls STEEL 172 800 Tbs tallow, 140 head
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PAM PHIL 7 S
CAMPAIGN DOCUMENTS
PUBLISHED BY THE
Honest Money league
OF TEE N0RTEKYEay.
OF yHE NORTHWEST.

HONEST MONEY-An argument in favor of
tary of the Honest Money League. GA pages. Sin
gle copies, 10c; l6 copies, ST.; 100 copies, So.
Ian ADDRESS ON THE CURRENCY-B BY John
Johnston of Milwaukee, Wis. SO pages. Single
copies, &c; 20 COPIES 81. 100 copies, So.
III-EXTRACTS FROM SOME OF THE COAINIUN-
ISTIC, INFLAMAiAT0RY AND TREASONA-
BILE DoCUAlENTS--Circu by the National
Greenback Party" 16 pages. Single copies, 8 q
80 copies S1.00; 100 copiesS 80.
IV-THE CONTRACTION OF THE CURRENCY
By c. X. Backus, Editor of the Detroit Post and
Tribune-An argument founded ON official reports
and United States statutes showing that the cur
rency has not been contracted since 1865 with
complete tables of currency in circulation at the
close of each fiscal year (Juy 1st nee 1861 and
an abstract of the loan and currency laws of the
u. S. passed since 1861. Ga pages and cover. Sim
gle copies loo; 10 copies, ST.. 100 copies, So;
V-SUSPENSION AND RESUMPTION OF SPE-
Gle PAYMENTS-By Hon. Jas. A. Garfield. An
address delivered before the Honest Money League
of the Northwest, at Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. 2, 1879.
16 pages Single copies, BE-. 20 copies. ST.; 100
copies, So.
VI-NATIONAL BANKING-A discussion of the
merits of the present system. BY Nj. l.. Scudder.
Honest Money League. 73 pages. Single copies,
1oc; 16 copies, ST.; 100 copies, So.
VII-BI-METALLISNI-A lecture delivered at Har-
ward University, May s. 1879, by Hon. Hugh Nc
Culloch. 40 pages. Single copies, 10c.; 10 cop
les, ST.; 100 copies SO.
Twenty copies or less, of the above sent postage
prepaid on receipt of price. Address,
HON4as I MONEY LEAGUE,
au21tf Block, Chieag
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FINANCIAL. AND COMMERCIAL


FOR THE WEEK ENDING JAN. 81, 1880.
During the past week we notice the following
changes: Eggs 22G23e, a drop of lie. Valencia
Oranges have advanced SOC " case, and Messina
Lemons Soc Corn, car lots, has dropped lie. Fami-
ly Blu ter has dropped lie. Sugar is quoted at 1oc
for granulated and 9ssc for Extra G. Copper bolts
have advanced &c. Oil lemon has advanced 25c,
Quinine zoe and Canary seed has dropped 12c In
Fish, Large Shore Cod has advanced soc, and Shore
No 2 also. Linseed and boiled oil have advanced &c.
Rice has advanced. Turks Island salt is 25c higher
Other articles unchanged.
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California Hzin,n. stocks.
The Wool Market.

BOSTON, Jan. 21-[Reported for the PreSSl.-The
following is list of prices quoted this afternoon:
Ohio and ennsylvania-Picklock, 54955c: Choice
Xxx at 51@53c; Fine X 49G5Oc: Medium 55G57c;
Coarse 45l047c. Nichigan-Extra and AA 4oG5o;
other Western-Fine and \ 47G49c; Medium 52Ig
sac; Common 43445c; Pulled, Extra 400 3ooi su,
perfne 4596Oc; No at 35937e. Combhg neece
Texas 25a40c; Canada pulled 45@55c; do Combine
47a50c Smyrna, washed 9@27c;unwashed 1 a
Australian 470521ac: Donskoi 23d IS 1ac.
The market for Wool remains steady ana hrn
with fair demand from manufacturers. put the
movement continues to be somewhat restricted by
the firmness of dealers, who are indifferent aDou
selling large lots unless very full prices are re
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METEOROLOGICAL.

INDICATIONS FOR THE NEXT TwENTY-FoUR
HOURS.
WAR Dept, OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL)
OFFICER, Washington, D. c.,
January o. A. M.
For New England.
Cold northerly winds and clear weather, fol-
lowed during the afternoon or evening by
winds shifting to northeast and southeast
threatening weather, snow or rain slight rise
in temperature and falling barometer.
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e,r;cnro live stock Market,

CHICAGO. Jan. 1.-Hogs-Receipts %, 900 head;
shipments 5000; packers held over; market slow
common mixed 10c lower; common to good at 4 80
"a so; light at 3o@4 go; choice heavy at . Dog
90.
Sheep-receipts 1000 head; shipments 1900 head;
market active mostly sold 60@5 80.
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Boston Stock Market. .
Sales of the Brokers Board, Jan. II.


NEW YORK, Jan. 21-Evening.-Money loaned
between 5@7 per cent. on call and closed at PEI
cent; prime mercantile paper at o96 per cent.
sterling Exchange nominal at 4o214 94oZ13 i9r
long and 4S4a4S414 for short Governments stea e
for Sis, rs lower for 5s and 412s, "A lower lor
As coupon and sts lower for As reg. State BONDS -
La consols AT. Railroad bonds active and buoyant.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-22

POINT-a-PETRE. Brig Hattie S Bishop-4422
shocks and heads, 107 casks heading.
CARDENAS. Schr Maggie Dalling-3939 shocks
and heads 1923 box shocks. 1878 hoops.
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HAVANA, January 21.-Sugar market declining;
Molasses Sugar No Z to 10 at 71497Ha reals goio
ner arrobe: Nuscovado Suagr common to fair ~
6O7sl reals: Centrifugal Sugar 96 deg. polarlza-
ton in boxes and hhds at 91499Hs reals
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-22
The T,o,,isiana senatorshiu.

New ORLEANS, JAN 21-Gen. r. L. Gibson
has been nominated by the Democratic legis-
lative caucus for United States Senator to sue
coed kellogg in 1883.
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NOTICE.-"Congress' is one of the oldest and
largest selling baking powders in the United States
1t makes light doughnuts, dumplngs, biscuits cake
&C.. sc. CONGRESS Yeast Powder and Slade
ENGLISH Mustard received the award at Mechanics
Fair, 1878. Always reliable, and the ladies' fav-
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WASHINGTON.
The Pay OF U. S. Marshals

IuO 7 ety OF o. .. 1Htt1 5lE1lo'
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-House Committee
ON appropriations agreed upon bill which APP
propriates 100000 for pay of U. S. Marshals
and Deputies, but no part eff the money is ap-
propriated to pay any compensation, fees or
expenses for services in connection with regis
tration or elections.
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Mich Cows-Extra at S45@S7o; ordinary at $40
@$44; springers $lS949; EarsoT T lows go
store Cattle-Yearlings $S@$15; 2-year olds $40
G28; 3-year olds at $25G45 y head.
Sheep and Lambs-Those from the West were All
owned by butchers Sheep cost from to 612c " ID,
live weight; Lambs from to &c p fb landed at
Brighton IN H.
weight.
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ss.c.,prs Of Maine Ccnral.


PORTLAND III,
For Portland, 81 cars miscellaneous merchandise;
for connecting roads, 52 cars miscellaneous mer-
oho
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Closing prices at Portland Mining Exchange, by
T. H. Nansfeld g. Co.. brokers, 81 Exchange street
Portland Me January 81:
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By water conveyance-1ooo bush Cornmeal to g.
W. True g. Co.
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This Company has been formed to meet a 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 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.
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Investment Company
61 BROADWAY,
New york City.
1RESlDENI.
EDWARD BATES DORSEY.

VICE-J'RESIDENTS.
ARTHUR F. WlLMARrH, A. FOSTER HIGGINS,
JAMES d. FISH, HENRY HAVEMEYER,
WILLIAM IL. GUION.
SECRETARY: TREASURER:
S. A. WHEELWRIGHT. IL. 3. LAIDLAW.
COUNSEL: COUDERT BROS.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

Thanking our friends, and the public generally,
for past iavOrs, we feel confident we can make
prices to your advantage, If you call again.
2Stf G. q L. LeBTAY.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12
Spiders that Kill Birds.

Everybody knows that spiders catch
Aies and other insects; but that some of
them kill little birds may not be so
generally known. A traveller in Brazil
tells us that he caught one of them in
the very act, while going through a
forest in the Amazons. The spider was
a hairy fellow, with body two inches
long, and eight legs measuring seven
inches each, from end to end. The
writer describing the incident, says: Il
was attracted by movement of the
monster on tree trunk; it was close
beneath deep crevice in the tree,
across which was stretched a dense
white web. The lower part of the web
was broken, and two small birds,
fnches, were entangled in the pieces.
One of them was quite dead, and the
other nearly so. | drove away the mon
ster, and took the birds, but the second
one soon died. The fact of species of
Mygale, to which genus this spider be-
longs, sallying forth at night, mounting
trees, and sucking the eggs and young
Of humming-birds, has been recorded
long ago by Madam Merian and Palisot
de Beauvols; but, in the absence of any
confirmation, it has come to be dis
credited. From the way the fact has
been related it would appear that it had
been merely derived from the report of
natives, and had not been witnessed by
the narrators. The Mygales are quite
common insects; some species make
their cells under stones, others form
artistical tunnels in the earth, and some
build their dens in the thatch ofhouses.
The natives call them Aranhas caran-
gueiieiras, or crab-splders. The hairs
with which they are clothed come off
when touched, and cause peculiar
and almost maddening irritation. The
first specimen that l killed and pre-
pared was handled incautiously, and /
suffered terribly for three days after
ward. think this is not owing to any
poisonous quality residing in the hairs,
but to their being short and hard and
thus getting into the fine creases of the
skin. Some Mygales are of immense
size. One day l saw the children be-
longing to an Indian family with one
of these monsters secured by a cord
round its waist, by which they were
leading it about the house as they would
a dog"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12
Fashion Notes.
Silver iewelry is fashionable.


Soft crowns are very much used on
close cottage, bonnets.- IL -
Handsome ietted bonnets are worn
with carriage, reception, church, and
full dress promenade toilets.
The half-high silk hats, worn, for
driving, are now being used in the
street with both carriage and walking
costume.
The soft-crown turban bonnet with a
band of feathers or of fur remains the
most popular of all with very young
ladies.
Thick, heavy paper in English styles
is fashionable stationery for ladies, in
preference to the thin, fimsy French
paper once in vogue.
The latest boots for ladies have
broad, projecting soles, and button on
the outside of the foot instead of over
the instep, as formerly.
A novelty in artificial flowers is that
of making the petals of satin antique
a kind of smooth plush, which makes
q rose most natural and soft-looking.
What is called white jet, and is really
very glistening white beads, is used on
white bonnets, and is particularly eff
fective when sewed on White-Spanish
lace.
Clusters of dahlias of variegated
colors from pink to deep red and yell
low are shown in the shops, to be worn
on bonnets or in the corsage, or for
trimming evening dresses.
Handsome table covers are now made
at home of crimson, olive or deep-blue
felt cloth, trimmed with a wide band of
a contrasting color, embroidered with
gold-colOred floss.
Invitations to entertainments are as
plain and simple as it is possible to
make them. They are worded in the
simplest formula, and are engraved on
small note sheets, or else on the square
cards.
Colored cotton flannel is used for
tides and sofa-piIlows. An inner square
of a'light shade, with darker shade,
is a pretty style. In the tides, corner
pieces of contrasting shade may be
introduced into the border.
Powder is used in a way so frank and
straightforward nowadays that one Won
ders at any precaution for concealing
it, but one of the pretty sets of scent
bottles has a powder box hidden under
a swinging bottle.
A new fancy for trimming fichus of
muslin and lace is that of having a vine
of leaves and buds extend up the left
side to the back of the neck, while
large bunch of larger half-blown buds
is placed lower on the front.
Very young ladies are wearing during
the midwinter season beaver round
hats, with the crown smooth like the
beaver of gentlemen's silk hats, while
the broad flaring brim is of long-napped
furry beaver, which is found to be very
becoming.
Long scarfs of black Spanish lace
are now most coquettishly arranged
over the bonnet, with the front edge
falling over the brim, the other gathered
into the crown behind, and the end
knotted under the chin. This is worn
in white lace on dress bOnnets, and in
black for the street.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12
Neatness Of the Barn.

The Country Gentleman gives the
following excellent and much needed
advice: cit is not necessary for
the farmer to build a highly orna-
mental edifce in order to have neat
and attractive appearance in his barn
and about his barnyard. Specimens of
neatness and purity are sometimes seen
where the owner could afford only
cheap and imperfect structures. The
management depends on the man-not
so much on the character of his build
ings. Nevertheless, when the owner
takes the pains and incurs the expense
of finished erectiOns, he will be more
likely to feel an interest in keeping
everything in and about them in good
condition. 1t must be confessed that
there is great room for improvement in
the majority of farmers in this country,
although much progress has been
made, and number-happily very
large number are models in this re-
spect. We have seen barns and stables
kept as neat as parlor. Some men
think this is attended with too much
trouble and labor-like the boy who
combed his hair once q month, and,
finding it difficult and painful, was un-
able to comprehend how any one could
endure to do it every day. 1t is not the
process of cleaning that we recommend,
but keeping clean. A nurSeryman was
asked how he killed the weeds in his
thirty-five acre grounds. "l do not
kill them," was his answer. " l allow
none to enter or grow" We mem
ton few examples of def
cient care in this particular
Among good managers the common
recommendation and use of manure Gel
lars is q frequent cause of foul air, which
more or less perVades the building, in
lures the sweetness of the hay and
compels cattle and horses to breathe
nOxious odors. Manure should never
be kept in a barn basement without the
constant use of enough absorbent, in
the shape of straw, chopped stalks,
sand or dry peat to hold all the effiuvia.
The difficulty will be much lessened as
farmers learn the advantages of draw
ing and spreading manure in winter. as
we have frequently recommended. But
care is necessary, even for the small
daily accumulations. No animal is so
badly abused as the pig, in being thrust
into apartments which are permitted to
become polluted from neglect The
hired man, to whom we gave the pigs
in charge, thought it a great hardship
that we required him to clean their
floor thoroughly twice day. But he
ultimately found it much the easiest on
the long run, as each daily cleaning
was a mere nothing. Pigs are natural
ly cleanly, if they are only permitted to
be so, and when comfortably provided
for thrive better and fatten faster; and
one would think the farmer would pre-
fer to eat such pork to that taken out of
a manure hole. Sweep the barn floor
often, sweep out the horse stalls at least
twice a day, provide clean and dry lit
ter for all animals, give them pure
water, let their food be sweet and nour-
ishing, avoid all fetid accumulations,
shelter your barnyard from cold winds