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The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Portlana Dali, Wholesale Marker.

PortIana Dali, Wholesale Market.
PORTLAND. Jan. %.
In the leading food products business is generally
very quiet and trade somewhat interrupted by the
heavy Storm Corn, Oats and Meal show a slight
falling off to-day while Sacked Bran is more active
and SOC higher. Flour is Arm and steady. Sugars
are firmly held at US for granulated and SAC for
Extra G. In Produce prices are unaltered; fine
grades of Butter find ready sale and command
good prices but early made Butter, of which there
is considerable held, is neglected The foreign mark
cts have been doing better since the first of Janua
ry and it looks as though some of this stock might
be cleaned up and leave the market in better shape
for the spring trade. There is stronger tone in
the Poultry market and prices have advanced two
cents p ID within few days. The market is quite
bare of Turkeys and would sell quick CUR outside
quotations. There is good demand for Potatoes
and firm feeling. Onions are selling well at our
quotations. The demand for all kinds of Beans is
Slow Yellow Eyes are dull. There is frmer feel
ing on Cheese with an upward tendency. Eggs are
firm at the recent advance, but are liable to tumble
four or five cents any time as the demand is very
light at present prices There is firm in New York
which is said to be the largest dealers in eggs in the
world. They receive eggs from different parts of
the country, but mostly from the West to the ex-
tent of over 1OOO 900 bbls per annum or about 1OO-
100000 eggs in year, representing money value
of sS5O,00O or 100000. In the warm season
these all examined by the light of sperm can
die in darkened room but at this season they are
sold they arrive from the West in unbroken pack
ages. The entire egg crop of the country has been
estimated for the year at about 6OO,O bbls, val
ued at over 50, 600, 600.
Thefollowing are soday's quotations OF Flour,
GRAIN ProyisIons. &c.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24
Prohibition"
To the Editor Of the Press.

10 TIE Editor or the PreSS.
In your issue Of the 22nd is sharp arraign-
ment by Delta Of the methods of the temper
ance people of Maine, and of the temperance
men personally. II all this were true or only
part OF it, the temperance cause would be in a
very poor way in this State. Delta says the
temperance cause has been and is carried on
here by moral intimidation; he seems to mark
the truth of that assertion by Withholding his
own name; but at the same time call upon
him for the proof. The charges of Delta
against the temperance men are:
/. They sway the public opinion and the
legislation OF this State by means of moral in
timidation.
q THY have almost destroyed the posi-
bility of a candid discussion of the question in
Maine. =
B. They have abused public men of blame
less character and of exemplary private life,
because they have dared to hold their own
views of what was right and expedient in leg
islation.
deny the truth of each and all of those
specifications, and call for the proof The
temperance men of Maine, believing the poll
cy of prohibition to be thoroughly accepted by
the Republican party have hitherto voted the
regular Republican ticket, though it often con-
tanned the names of men opposed to prohibit
ton. AT the same time, the anti-prohibition-
lists uniformly scratch the names of temper
ance men. The intolerance in the matter is
on the other side.
In Maine no anti-prohibitionist can be
elected by the Republican party to any impor-
tant office without the votes of temperance
men. Yet such are frequently if not habitu-
tad haOo oh l,11,z
ance men in electing them is confidently
counted on. Signal examples of this can be
easily found without going very far. ND.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24
MINOR KILOGRAMS.

Charles Fl. Jessup, son of the we'll known
confectioner of Boston, committed suicide Sat-
urday evening by taking cyanide of potassium.
Charles Mcknight. one of the editors and
proprietors of the Philadelphia Evening News,
died Saturday.
There was no result in the balloting for
Senator in the Pennsylvania Legislature Sat-
urday.
A Liverpool dispatch says the fog ON the
Mersey delays steamers outward bound.
A terrific storm is reported in the Mediter-
ranean. Many vessels have been lost.
The snow storm still continues in Southern
England and the weather is very cold.
The will of Rev. DIR. Chaplin gives all his
property to his wife.
Seventeen persons were buried in snow slides
at Custer and Bonanza, Idaho, all but four of
whom were rescued.
There was no election for Senator in the
Tennessee Legislature Saturday.
The town Of Hamburg, near Augusta, Ca.
is submerged by flood.
The petition of Davis Hatch of Norwalk
Conn, for naturalization for false imprison-
ment at San Domingo was referred to the Sem
ate foreign committee Friday.
Mr.. Keller. member of the Dominion Par
lament, died at Ottawa, suddenly Friday, of
apoplexy.
A meeting near Amsterdam, Saturday, re-
solved to circulate for signatures and address
| to Queen V Gloria, praying Her Majesty to ex-
ercise her prerogative for averting bloodshed
| in the Transvaal.
The st. Louis Woman's Suffrage Associa-
| ton in Cincinnati appointed a committee to
| visit the Legislature and petition that body to
| propose an amendment to the state constitu-
| tion striking out the word male and substi-
| tuting therefor "citiZen."
| 1t announced that Chill and Colombia will
enter the postal union in April and July.
The reception of Gen. Grant at the resi-
4 dence of editor Francis of the Troy Times, was
attended Saturday by thousands. Subse.
quently public reception was given in City
| Hall.
The employing cotton spinners of Oldham
have promised an advance of wages to the
! operators who demanded an increase of pei
! cent.
An engine on the Eastern railroad ran into
a baggage car at Gloucester, Mass, Saturday,
smashing the car and engine.
VIM. Van Blaircon. farmer of Geneva
Limington county, Mich, shot his wife dead
Saturday, and then killed himself. Dissipa
ton and family trouble.
The Nevada Senate has tabled the resolu
ton instructing the U. S. Senators from thai
state to vote against the Chinese treaty.
Owing to the strike of the miners in the
Presto and Wigan districts of England troops
have been sent to preserve order.
In the French Chamber of Deputies Satur
day M. Proust announced an Interpolation OF
the governments foreign policy. Debate wa
fixed for Feb. 8.
Two brothers named Lafferty got into an al
tercation at Parkersburg, West Virginia, Fri
day night, when the elder stabbed and instant
ly killed the younger.
Frederick Kesler was hanged at Danvllle
H., Friday night for the murder of his wife il
1873.
Richard Plummer, aged 6S, fell dead ii
Newburyport, Mass, yesterday He was on
of the first abolitionists and prominent in tn
temperance movement.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24
SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE.
Especial Dispatch to the Press
SENATE.

Especial Dispatch to the Press.l
AUGUSTA, Jan. %.
Ordered, that the Superintendent of Public
buildings be instructed to properly fit the Sem
ate wash room.
Ordered, that when the Senate adjourn it
adjourn to meet at o'clock Monday afternoon
Ordered, that the Judiciary Committee in
quire into the expediency of defining by law
the duties of auditors of accounts.
Passed to be engrossed-Act to incorporate
the Dyer Library Association of Saco; act to
incorporate the Auburn Steam Heating Com
pany.
Petitions were presented and referred rela-
ting to law regulating the catching of smelts
IN the Kennebec river; for an appropriation
for an annual emcampment of the militia: re-
monstrance of Geo. Mitchell and 25 others of
Cambridge against granting Jurisdiction to
trial justices and officers outside of this
county to act in this town; of Godfrey Falls
Dam Company for an amendment of charter;
Tor enactment of law empowering the county
commissioners of Penobscot county to tax and
appropriate land for the purpose of ferry
landing in Brewer; of E. L. Vasseur and others
to be set off from the fowl of Caribou and an
nexed to Conner Plantation.
orders OF inquiry was passed relating to
amending sec. "A, chap. IS of the public laws
relating TO the duties of surveyors of highways
py striking out the last clause in said section
providing by law that deeds of miners shall be
unavoidable if not disafirmed within reason
able time after the grantor shall attain his
majority.
Bill 10 authorize the sale of the old Baptist
meeting house in Mt. Vernon was reported,
read and under suspension of the rules was
engrossed.
The following were passed to be engrossed
An act additional to chap. 275 of the private
and special laws of 1868 in relation to Ever
green Cemetery in Portland; an amendatory
act incorporating the Ocean Street Railroad
Company; an act to revive the charter of the
Calais bank; an act to incorporate the Mount
Desert Reading Rooms.
Adjourned to Monday to II O'Clock a. m.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24
MONDAY MORNING. JAN. "a.

low for any day In the year, remembering that
IL the sun Is faster than the clock the time
must be subtracted frona IL instead Of added,
IN order to obtain the real reon.
The question then arises what is the need of
two kinds of time? and why do the sun and
clock disagree? This may be easily understood.
The interval between two successive returns
OF the sun to the same meridian, or from noon
TO the next noon, is called a solar day. Now
this daily motion of the sun is not uniform,
hut is greatest when the sun is nearest the
earth, and is also greatly affected by the in
clination Of the eqator to the ecliptic or suns
path through the heavens, SO that solar days
are constantly varying in length. In former
umes the sun was the sole regulator. 1t was
noon when the sun was at the meridian, and
the hours were marked by the sun-dial. This
answered very well until clocks were made to
keep time better than the sun. and then it be-
camc necessary to put them forward when the
sun went too fast, and te set them back when
the sun went too slow. To remedy this trouble
all attempts to make them correspond were
given up and a mean solar day, made up from
the average OF all the solar days in year, was
made the standard where accurate time is re-
uuired. This mean sun, corresponding to
clock time, is not the real sun, but is some
times ahead of the real one and sometimes
behind it. Therefore, irregular time, or that
depending upon the motion of the sun or a
sun-dial, Is called apparent time, while that
indicated by the fictitious sun, or a clock go
ing az uniform rate, is called mean time.
the difference between them, which may
amount to sixteen minutes, is called the equa-
ton OF time. There are only four times in a
year when the sun and the clock coincide.
The rest of the year, the sun is either faster or
slower than the clock. The difference be-
tween them is now approaching one of It's ex-
treme limits. This point occurs on the 10th
OF January, when the sun is fourteen minutes
slow, and continue so until the 23dIof February.
The difference, then, gradually lessons until
the 18th of April, when noon by the sun and
noon by the clock coincide. The sun after
that time is faster than the clock reaching the
extreme point, or four minutes. on the 9th of
May, the difference then lessening until the
18th of June, when sun and clock are again
together. The next extreme is on the 18th of
July, when the sun is six minutes slow. They
are together again on the 30th of August; the
sun Is sixteen minutes fast ON the 30th of Oc-
tober, and on tho 23d of December sun and
clock ere together for the fourth time during
the year. 1t is interesting, as we'll as in.
structive, to watch these variations between
apparent or solar, and mean or clock time,
and almost any observer can construct q sun
dial which will mark the passage of the sun
over the meridian, and note how much it va
ries from noon by the clock.-Providence Jour
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24
BY TELEGRAPH,
AUGUSTA.
A Short Session of Both Branches,
NO BUSINESS OF IMPORTANCET TRAN.
SACTED.
Special Despatch to the Press.l

topoNiai DocPhtcH 10 tuo fTesSl
AUGUSTA, Jan. %.
Beth Branches of the Legislature held short
sessions today and then adjourned over to
Monday, the House to IL o'clock a. NJ, and
the Senate to o'clock p. m. The proceedings
were devoid of interest.
On account of the severity of the storm,
Gov. Plaisted did not leave on his proposed
visit to the State Pris92, but spent most of the
day in the executive chamber, where he re-
ceived calls from many of his Greenback
friends.
Some OF the friends of Mr.. Lakin, the eff
Gent steward and treasurer of the Insane Hos
pital, are advising him to bring libel suit
against certain Boston daily which yesterday
contained shameful attack on him by a cor
respondent hailing from this city.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24
MAINE.

Accident or Attempted Suicide.
BANGOR, Jan. 23.-A son of Henry X. Rob
inson, of Brewer village, about % years old
was shot in the abdomen Saturday by a revolv-
er in his own hand. 1t is not known whether
the shooting was accidental or Intentional The
young man was subject to fits. L. is feared the
wound will prove fatal.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24
SPORTING.

Hart Accepts Rowells Challenge.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-Frank II. Hart has
accepted Rowell's challenge to walk six day g
race in New York for $500 side.
EThe Race for the OLeary Belt.
An i'm nense crowd assembled IN the Amer
lean Institute to witness the start in the
pedestrian contest for the O'Leary belt to-
night. The prizes in the contest can only be
won by those covering $50 miles. There are
about thirty competitors, including Khrone of
New York, Lacouse of Boston, Howard of
Glen Cove, L. l., Campana (Oldsport), Harri-
man, Pegram, Fitzgerald and other we'll
known athletes. The race commence at 5
minutes after u.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24
SOUTH AMERICA.

Confirmation of the Capture OF Lima.
ROME, jan 22-The CHILEAN Consul General
has received the following telegram:
Lima surrenderedsto Gen. Banquedano,
who commanded 10000 men,"
LONDON, Jan. 22.-The CHILEAN representa-
tives at the European courts have received nd.
vices by telegraph of the surrender of Lima to
the Chilians. Callao is also in their hands.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24
A New telegraph Scheme.

CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-It was developed today
that i'll addition to the movement of Fairbanks
and others to build four-wire telegraph kline
between New York and Chicago bysway of De-
troit, Toledo, Cleveland, Buffalo, Erie, Roch-
ester, Syracuse and Albany, including all
grain ports, for purely commercial uses, an
other set of capitalists including Marshall
Field and John B. Logan, were organizing an
other scheme which was to take in all the
principal eastern cities With direct lines from
Chicago. When the two parties found what
was being done they consolidated and decided
to push the enterprise with all the vigor and
speed possible. An application for charter
was sent to Springfield and it is intended to
take the necessary legal steps in all other states
where the line is to run.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24
Boston Produce Market.

BOSTON, JAM %.
The following were today's quotations of Butter,
Cheese, Eggs and Potatoes:
Butter-We quote choice Northern Western cream
cries at 28934c for late made. and 25628c for fair
to good; New York and Vermont fall dairies at
25928c; straight dairy lots 21l24c; and common
to fair dairy lots 16@2Oc, and winter made at 15@
22c; Western dairy packed at 22@25c for choice,
and 14921c for common and good; Western ladle
common and good; market steady and fine grades
continue scarce and firm.
Cheese-we quote l314@13Ac for choice;11 1s@
13c for fair to good; 8910c for common; market is
quite firm.
Eggs are in demand at 35@36c fb doz for Eastern,
Northern and Western.
Potatoes firm and steady: sales of Aroostook
Rose at 70973c: Maine Central and Vermont Rose
at 63665c; New York Rose at 6O065c; Prolifcs at
6O@65c; Peerless and Jacksons 53955c; Chenan-
goes at 46G5Oc
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24
THE INDIANS.
Miners Killed by victoria's Band.

OMAHA, New, Jan. 23.-J. NJ. Robinson re-
ports that Victoras Indians attacked mining
camp near Black Range on the 18th inst,
killing two miners and probably FIVE. Several
more were wounded. The miners were re-
nforced and expected to hold the Indians in
cheek until troops reach them. Lieut.. Gilfoyle
with D, 9th Cavalry, has gone to the assistance
o. the miners.
Sitting Bull to be Surrendered.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Major Ilges reports
that 800 Indians, including chiefs Good Bear,
Eagle, with 200 horses and sixty guns, are en-
route to Buford, where they will surrender to
Major Brotherton. Major Iges will go to the
line and demand of Capt Cragin, of the c.
madam mounted police, the surrender of Sit
ting Bull aud his Indians, which Cragin is pre-
pared to do Sitting Bull has shown bad faith
all through.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24
ting Bull to be Surrendered.
NEBRASKA.

Gen. Van Wyck Elected Senator.
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 22.-Onfhe 18th ballot
today Gen. Charles Van Wyack was elected
U. S. Senator Van Wyack was formerly a
member of Congress from New York.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24

-FOUR Wool report shows rather tame marked, with
sales of 1858. 100 pouns for the week. The total
consumption of Wool in the United States for the
year 1880 was 34S, 900, 900 Tbs, an average of al
most 100000 Tbs week, of which about 1Oo,-
900, 900 were imported
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24
METEOROLOGICAL

METEOROLOGICAL
INDICATIONS FOB THE NEXT rWENrY-Foua
HOURS.
WAR Dept, OFFICE CHIEF SIaNALl
OFFICER, Washington, D. c.,
Jan. %, A. NJ.
For New England,
Slightly colder, clearer and fair weather.
northerly to westerly winds and rising barome-
tar
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24
THE CABINET.

a Boom in Favor of Colored Member.
LITE Rock, Ark, Jan pa large meet
ing OF Republicans was held here last night
for the purpose of requesting Gen. Garfield to
place in the cabinet a representative Southern
Republican and urging the selection of a col.
ored Republican.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24

colt Spofford, died in Newburyport yesterday.
The dining room Of the Metropolitan Hotel
in New York was burned yesterday. Loss
$4,000 No other part of the hotel was burn
cd
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24

Letellier De St. Just, late Lieut.. Governor
OF Quebec, is dying at his home at Rover
Quelle, Quebec.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24

New York sock andllonev Market.
By Telegraph)
NEW YORK. Jan. 22-Wall Street.-Money at
as on call; prime mercantile paper 5051a per Ct
Sterling Exchange steady at 80 for long and $685.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24
SPECIAL NOTICES.
STATE OF MAINE.

IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
January 8, 1884,
ORDERED:-That all petitions orders for pri-
vate special legislation shall be presented on or
before Tuesday, February first. A. y. 1881, and
that this order be published in the Daily Kennebec
journal, Daily Portland Press, Da ly Eastern
Argus, Daily Portland Evening Advertiser, Daily
Lewiston Evening journal, Daily Bangor Wing
and Courier, Belfast Journal Aro0stook Repub
lican, Bangor Daily Commercial Calais Advertiser,
Rock and Free Press, The Union and journal,
and Eastport Sentinel.
Read and passed, sent up for concurrence.
ORAMANDEL SMITH, Clerk.
In SENATE, January 10, 1881.
Read and passed in concurrence.
c. W. TTLDEN, Secretary.
A true copy.
Attest: G. W. TILDEN, Secretary.
jan22 sntfeb1
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24
Chicago Live Stock Market.

(By Telegraph.l
CHICAGO. Jan. 22.-Hogs-Receipts 80 900 head
shipments 32CO head; market moderately active;
mixed packing 4 SO95 05; light 8O95 O5; choice
heavy at s 2O0G5 80.
market active common tn fair shipping at 8 7OG
"a so; good to choice A 1906 20; exports $50
6 3d. heavy feeders wanted.
Sheep-Receipts 500 head; shipments 1000 head
common to medium at 25a4 80; choice at OO9
G5 30.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24
California Mining stocks.
The Wool Market.

BOSTON, Jan. 22-[ Reported for the Pressl.-Th
following is list of prices quoted this afternoon
Ohio and PENNSYLVANIA
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24
Havana Market.

Havana Market.
(By Telegraph.)
HAVANA. Jan. 22.-Sugar- sales restricted; quo
tations for some half real lower: No 10 to IL at
8A(99 reals gold per arrobe: No Id to 20 at 9s4
GIL reals; Muscovado Sugar common to fair SIS q
73s reals; stock in the warehouses at Havana and
Matanzas Is, $50 boxes, $500 bags and "a, 100
hhds; receipts for the week $3.50 boxes, 300 bags
and 1910 hhds: shipments 5000 boxes, 1900 bags
and 5000 hhds, including all bags and hhds to the
United States. Freights firm. Tobacco firm for
good.
Exchange declining;on United States 80 days gold
at 797A prem; short sight do 1854 prem.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24


By water conveyance-1OOO bush Cornmesl to 6
W. True & Co.
The Portland daily press., 1881-01-24

The following quotations OF American stocks have
been received from London to day by cable:
Erie Railway 1850. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 53A
Pennsylvania Central. ....,..... ........ 68A
Reading ........................ ......... 3213
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kENDALL'S SPAWN CURE
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4 Veteran.
From the Dubuque Times Au:

From the Dubuque Times August 20.
ON Thursday of last week, at Gut
tenberg. occurred the death of man who
was witnessed probably the best display
of generalshp and heaviest battle of he
nineteenth century. and who is quite
well known in Dubuque. Fred kretz-
meier was one Of the army that under
the lead of Napoleon |. made the inva-
SION of Russia in 1872 OF their trium
phal march through that vast empire
10 Its capital. ana their retreat. many
of our reaGers are well acquainted.
Napoleon entered Russia with 100000
men. and came out with but 10000. Mr.
kretzmeier served under Napoleon until
the latter was sent to The Isle OF ST. ElEa.
Mr. rs death was caused by old age