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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-26
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 26.
BY TELEGRAPH.
WORSE.
Alarming Reports From
Washington.
BELIEF THAT THE PRESIDENT Is
FAILING FAST.
His Physicians Despondent and His
Friends Despairing.

Late last evening the dispatches from
Washington assumed gloomy character and
told of sudden and alarming change in the
condition of the President. The intelligence
conveyed by the latest official bulletin was not
Of a re-assuring nature, and the information
brought since then by the Associated Press
indicates that the worst is to be feared.
Private advices over the wire confirm these
distressing statements and say that those hay
ing access to the Presidents chamber appear
to be dazed by the terrible change that has
come over the patient There is still hope
but ii is Of the faintest.
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A Protestant Bigot.
THE DOMINION.

A Heavy Defalcation.
MONTREAL, Aug. ga. J.. Whitton, head
OF the Weight and Measures Department of
this city, is heavy defaulter and has alb
seconded to the States He has defrauded a
number of his subordinates by issuing ante
dated checks and getting them to raise the
amount from the brokers and give it to him as
temporary loan. Gambling is said to be the
cause OF his ruin.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-26
Mississippi Politics,

JAcKzoN, Aug. 25.-The Greenback and
Republican state conventions which have
been in session here to-day, finally agreed up
on fusion ticket as follows BENZ, King,
governor; j. B. Yellowby, lieut.. governot; j.
j. Spellman, (colored) secretary Of state; W.
FL. Bynum, treasurer; A. T. Wimberly, au-
ditor; W. F. Fitzgerald. attorney general; W.
D. Hauze, superintendent of education.
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WeStbroOk Seminary
AND FEMALE COLLEGE.

Courses of Instruction:-Com English, Higher
English, including Business Course, college Prepar-
atory, Ladies' Collegiate, and Scientific
Experienced teachers, good accommodations, low
prices.
Fall Term, begins Tuesday, September Sth, ends
Friday, December 9th.
For further information, address
j. P. WESTON, President,
Stevens Plains, Deering. Maine.
w4w31 augSd&wtsp6
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$500 Reward!

WE will pay the above reward for any case of
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Indi-
with Vests Vegetable Liver Pills, when the Of
rections are strictly. complied with. They are
purely Vegetable and never fail to give satisfac-
ton. Sugar Coated. Large boxes, containing 80
pills, 25 cents. For sale by all druggists Beware
of counterfeits and limitations. The genuine manu-
featured only by JOHN G. WEST Il Co., 'The Pill
Makers ISL & 1873 W. Madison St. Chicago,
Free trial package sent by mail prepaid on receipt
Of cent stamp. sep6deow&weow1y
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MARRIAGES..

In this city, Aug. "a, by Rev. G. A. Hayden, Will
lard, s. Berry of Stockton and Miss Aida c. Lewis
of Portland.
In Skowhegan, Aug. IA. J. Smith Nutting and
Miss Emma A. Cleveland, both of Madison.
In Skowhegan, Aug. IA, A. E. Farnham NJ D.
and Miss Jennie H. Hussey both of Madison.
In Ellsworth. Aug. II, Henry A. Apes and Miss
Hattie e. Tapley.
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NOTICE. Ladies now using cream tartar and
soda in baking will have better results by using
Congress Yeast Powder. Try it in biscuits, cake,
doughnuts, pie crust, etc.
SHADES ENGLISH MUSTARD is sold by all gro
ers.
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FOREIGN.
The French Elections.

PARIS, Aug. 25.-As M. Girera, Under Sec
rotary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Com.
merce, did not obtain the necessary majority
at the election for member of the Deputies,
he rendered Lis resignation and does not in
tend to stand in the second ballot. Minister
Tirard declines to accept his resignation. Eff.
forts are making to get Girera elected else
where. He is the only member of the govern.
ment not reelected.
A Protestant Bigot.
BERLIN, Aug. 25-At conference of the
orthodox evangelism clergy to-day Herr
PIath, inspector of missions, said the Jewish
community which is hostile to Christianity is
not content with enjoying equal rights with
Christians but aims at absolute predominance.
Christians. he said, must free themselves from
the supremacy of the Jew. The rights al
ready accorded to Jews should be Withdrawn
and he recommended the substitution of rela-
tive rights for the absolute civil equality they
now enjoy.
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New York stock and Money Market.

NEW Y Ofk St0Ck ana DNOE1y NHafKet.
(By Telegraph)
NEW YORK, Aug. 5-Eveping.-Money active at
3e per cent on call and closed easy at per cent;
prime mercantile paper at 41a96 per cent. Ex-
change strong for demand which is still nomlnally
the advance in the Bank OF England rate of dis
count; actual business at 479$4 94S014 for long
and 1894 for short Governments weak and 1s@
"a per cent 10 wer the latter for tours. State
bonds dull Railroad bonds fairly active, but gen.
orally weak and lower.
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The Latest.
Ti.30 A. MI

EXECUTIVE MANSION. Aug. 26.-At this hour
alone remains at the Presidents bedside. He
has slept some since midnight but is restless.
About an hour ago Mrs. Garfield entered the
Presidents room and kept company with Mrs.
Edison for few moments and then retired to
her room
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Stock Market
The following quotations of stocks were received
yesterday by Woodbury. & Moulton (members of the
Boston Stock Exchange), corner of Middle and Ex-
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL

Portland Daily Wholesale Market.
PORTLAND. Aug. %.
The following are lo-day's quotations of Flour
Grain ProvisIons l6N
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ITO p. MI
UNOFFICIAL BULLETINS.

TlU.5U a. M. 10
DR.. Bliss reports that the condition of the
President this forenoon is about the same as
yesterday forenoon, except that his pulse is a
little higher. He was somewhat restless at
times during the night and did not sleep quite
IS well as Tuesday night. There has been no
perceptible change in the appearance of the
parotid gland, and two or three days may
elapse before the swelling subsidies. Taking
everything into consideration, the patient has
not gained any ground since yesterday morn
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Boston Brokers, Board. -.
SALES at the Brokers Board, Boston, Aug. 25.l
First Call.
SO Eastern I:ailroad. -.................... 4S1s
Second Call.
81 900 Eastern K. R.. 41as.... ...........,.11OA
200 Eastern Railroad. .................. -. 481s
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The Gloomy Feeling at Washington.
I'll p, MI


The prevalent feeling at the Executive Man.
sion to-day was one of increased anxiety. The
symptoms Of the President up to O'Clock were
not decidedly worse nor had any marked un-
favorable change taken place in his general
condition; but his failure to gain strength
from the constantly increasing quantities of
nourishment taken, disappointed expectation
and the threatening aspect of the glandular
swelling was taken as another reason for dis
couragement. 1t seemed to be generally felt
BY the friends OF the President who come here
every day for information but whose views of
the case represent the outside current of
thought that the patient had not gained as
much as he ought 70 have gained from the
amount OF nourishment taken since Monday
morning and that this is due to imperfect as
similation and nutrition. Enough food is
taken daily, surgeons says, to more than sus-
tain the PATIENTS strength if it were all turned
into i cd aid vital ,rce but evidently it is
not, since there has been no perceptible ain
in strength during the past three days. This,
they argue, indicate that septicaemia or some
other unfavorable influence is at work in
terfering with the process of nutrition and
neutralizing to great extent the efforts of the
stomach to supply the system with food. The
PRESIDENT, they say, should be gaining
strength now to get through another bad Sum
day or to meet another possible reverse in the
shape of a new complication. But instead of
that he is hardly holding his own and has no
reserve Of strength to draw upon in case of
necessity. They find also another reason for
encouragement in the behavior of practical
Swelling. When the incsion was made yes
terday afternoon it was generally supposed
that it would afford speedy if not immediate
relief, and that from that source no further
danger Was to be apprehended. There was
consequently feeling of disappointment to-
day when it was found that the swelling had
not decreased in size but that pus was forming
In number of places here and there in the gland
and the complication seemed to be even more
serious that before the operation These and
other like considerations, together with the
absence of any positively encouraging assur-
ances from the surgeons room, have checked
today the hopeful anticipations which were
expressed yesterday afternoon. The surgeons
however, while considering the gravity of the
situation, continued to maidtain throughout
the afternoon that the attack was worse than
yesterday.
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Mass. Institute OF Technology,
Boston.
Regular four year courses in Civil Mechanical
and Mining Engineering, Architecture, Chemistry,
PHYSICS. Natural History etc. Students are also
admitted to partial or special courses. School of
Mechanic Arts for instruction in English, Drawing,
Mathematics and shopwork. Next school year be,
gins Sep 26, 1881. Entrance examinations Sep.
II and %, at 8 A. NJ.
ROBERT H. RICHARDS, Secretary.
WILLIAM b. ROGERS, President.
aug22m&th4w
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Grim Marker.

PORTLAND, Aug. %.
The following quotations of Grain were received
by telegraph from Chicago to-day by A. W. Jordan,
l57 Commercial street,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-26

Sch w Drisko. Haskell, from Bangor via Port.
land Tor Baltimore, with laths. was run into by
steamer on Nantucket Shoals 24,h, and lost bow
SPIRIT head gear, and stove bow She put into Vine
yard Haven for repairs.
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Receipts of Maine Central.
PORTLAND. Aug. "a.
For Portland, 36 cars miscellaneous merchandise
or connecting roads So cars miscellaneous uer
shandis0.
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Daily Domestic Receipts.
By water compensation bush Oornmesl to 8
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Corn for October-9.35 a m at 661a, $50 m a
661ac; 1892 IN 65Ac; IL. 80 m 651ac; 1878
p m at 651sc; LOB m at 651sc: call at CASIO.
Oats for September-9.5 80 a m at $50; 1892 I
at 371zc; 1I.32 m at 371ac; 1890 In at 3714
1.03 m at 371sc; call 36sc.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-26
MARINE NEWS.
PORT OF PORTLAND.

THURSDAY, August %.
Arrived.
Steamer New York, Winchester, St John, NIB, via
Passport for Boston.
Sch Caroline Kriescher, Devereux, Bucksport-
fish barrels to Lewis, Written & Co, and Carney s.
Prince.
Sch Lewis R French, Newman North Booth5ay.
Schs Amelia Cobb Stinson Shore with 300 bbts
mackerel; David Brown Thomas, do, 800; M Nj
Chase, Conary, do, 1926.
Steamship Franconia, Mangum, New York-Henry
Fox.
Sch Bramha,l Hamilton, New York George Syl-
vester.
Sch War Steed, Googins New York-George Syl-
vester.
Sch Olive Elizabeth. Dinsmore Glen Cove-E S
Hamlen g. Co.
Sch Mary Elizabeth, Dunton, Boothbay- D
Choate,
SAILED-Sch Emerson Rokes.
FROM MERCHANTS EXCHANGE.
AT at Liverpool 23d inst, barque John W Clerk,
Conant. Wilmington, Cal.
Passed Dungeness Oath inst, ship John Bunyan,
Sproul, from Philadelphia for Antwerp.
Sid I'm Havre 23d inst, ship Undaunted, Hamil-
ton. Cardiff.
Sob Cumberland, of Portland, is undergoing re-
pairs at Bath.
Part of schr Jos Wilde, 2S6 tons, built in Maine,
six years DID, has been sold to Perry & Co, of
Boston, at the rate of $1,000.
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SAILING DAYS OF STEAMSHIPS.

MINIATURE ALMANAC. AUGUST 20.
Sun rises. ,......5.16 High water Up N.Y.. o. 6
Sun sets AZ Moon sets.... 7.OS
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The Worst Appreciated.
ITO p, MI s..

Although no information can yet be obtained
directly from the attending surgeons it is I'M
derstood the Presidents case has taken an I'M
favorable turn this evening and that the swol-
len parotid gland, throughout which pus is
now forming in small cells or pockets, threat
ems Immediately dangerous consequences un-
less favorable change takes place within the
next twenty-four hours the worst is appre-
hended.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-26

UNHE Stated meeting for August, will be held
l. at Reception Hall, FRIDAY EVENING,
next 26th inst, at O'Clock.
The Directors meet at same place, half an hour
previous.
The proposed amendment to the Bylaws will
come before this meeting for action.
aug23dtd NJ. N. RICH. Sec'y.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-26
E. H. TROWBRIDGE

Will give instruction in studies prepare
tory for College. Address III Mechanic
street. aug1-tf
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Mining stocks.
[Sales at the Boston Mining and Stock Exchange
First Board-Second Call.
80 Blue Hill Mining Co. .....................3 90
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New potatoes 9O62 90 y Dbl.
Sweet potatoes O0@6 90.
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MONEY TO LOAN.

FTlEN or fifteen thousand dollars first class city
Il or Deering IN ortgages, in sums of one thou
sand and upwards, at g per cent. Apply to GEO.
K DAVIS Real Estate and Mortgage Broker, No.
57O1a Congress street. iy27eod1mO.*
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-10-27
OCTOBER ON rHR Farm.


Bects and carrots are injured by freez-
ing, and should therefore be dug as
soon as growth is completed.
Free ventilation is essential to the
thorough curing of the corn, therefore
the sides OF the crib should be Slated.
So far as curing corn is concerned,
there is nothing better than the old rail
pen, narrower at the base than at the
top, with stalks or boards for cover ;
but il is not secure from vermin.
Ifeggs are expected during the VIM
ter, they must be provided for by dis
posing Of old hens and selecting the
best yoang pullets and feeding them
well. They should have clean quarters
and plenty of pure water, and lime in the
form of shells or bones, gravel, etc. DO
not crowd the fowls, and, if well fed
and kept warm, an abundance of eggs
may be expected from them.
The sooner potatoes are dug after
they have finished growth the better.
They must be kept in heaps a little
while TO throw of moisture, and thus
to secure them from heating when put
in deep bins or largo pits. Potatoes
should not be exposed TO sunlight, as
they "grccn" and develop principle,
which not only gives them u disagree
able flavor, but which is really I'M
wholesome. A cool dark cellar that
never freezes is the most suitable for
keeping potatoes.
Long-wool sheep are easily chilled by
cold rain, aud should be kept from get
ting wet through at this season. Sheep
should never be kept shut up at night in
close sheds--thcy require ventilation.
Blackberry and raspberry plants had
better be set out in the fall, as they start
growing so early in the spring. Black
berries should be six to eight feet apart
In rows, and raspberries about four feet
Flowing for spring crops may be done
now, and the soil be left rough to be
subjected to the fullest possible action
of the weather. Should weeds come uI
in any quantity after the blowing, tho
ground may be narrowed, or, if very
bad, plowcd again. Stiff clay land j:
greatly benefited by ridge plowing
This is done by turning two burrows
against each other. Such lands must bC
plowed again in the spring, splitting
these burrows, which will bring the sol
into much improved condition.
With corn, the best way TO rid the
field of smut is TO pass through it ant
gather aud burn all the affected ears anC
and stalks. In this way the many mil
lions of spores are kept from being
spread and continuing the pest. Will
the smaller grains, as wheat and oats
this method, though i; is the most ef
fective, would probably DC impractica
bic. Though the remedy is not easy o
application, it is a step farther in th'
work 10 know the exact nature of TN
trouble, and about this there is IA,
doubt. Smut is small parasitic plan
preying up"n those of higher order
There is probably not much corn nov
standing in the districts where earl.
frosts prevail, and the October days ar
largely spent in husking this importan
crop. Ii there is market for busks
the ears may be picked from the stalk
and husked in the barn, otherwise it ]
more rapid and economical to hLsk il
the field.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-10-27
BOW TO TELL A GOOD POTATO

Take sound potato, and. paying no
attention 10 its outward appearance,
divide ii into two pieces with your
knife and examine the exposed surfaces.
II there is SO much water or Juice
that, seemingly, a slight pressure would
cause it to fall of i'm drops, youimay be
sure it will be ''soggy" after it is boiled.
These are the requisite qualities of a
good potato, which must appear when
cut in two: For color, a yellowish white ;
if it is deep yellow the potato will not
cook well there must be considerable
amount of moisture, though not too
much; rub the two pieces together. and
a white froth viii appear around the
the edges and upon the two surfaces ;
this signifies the presence Of starch, and
the more starch, and consequently froth,
the better the potato, while the less
there is the poorer it will cook. The
strength of The starehy clement can be
tested by releasing The hold upon one
piece Of the potato, and il il still cliDgs
to the ether this in itself is very good
sign. These are the experiments gencr-
ally made by experts, and they are or
dinarily willing TO buy on the strength
of their turning out well, though these
tests are BY no means infallible.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-10-27
PRUNING FOREST TREES.

The proper manner of proceeding
with the pruning Of forest trees, as they
are newly lifted from the nursery, and
preparatory 10 planting them out, is to
shorten all The larger branches that have
the appearance of gaining strength up
on the top or leading shoot of the young
trees. This shortening of the larger
branches ought to be done in such a
manner as TO leave only from one-ialf
TO two-ihirds of their whole length re-
naming. with, if possible, a few small
twigs upon each, in order the more
readily TO elaborate the sap as it rises
in the spring; and in this state the
young trees may be planted with the
greatest assurance of success. The great
advantage OF this method OF pruning
Young trees Is that when the sap rises
in them, The first summer after plant
ing, there being regular supply Of
small pnoporiionsble branches along
,ne main stem, leaves are formed, and
sap is drawn up regularly to every part
OF a tree, consequently the tree main-
tains an equal yigor throughout. Were
all the branches left upon the young
trees, the roots, from the effects of re-
moyal, would not be able TO supply
the whole with due nourishment,
and the consequence would very
likely be that the plants would
generally be much checked ia their
growth for the FIRST season or two, and
that some of them would die down TO
the ground level, from which part of
the trees nnmeross young shoots would
issue, much in the same manner as they
do from the cut part Of those trees that
have been ovcr-pruned.
II is now a well-asccrtained truth
among all practical foresters, that when
Q young tree Is in vigorous state of
growth, and the wood full of sap, pre-
yious to IFS having made any heart
wood, any branch may be takea of
without doing the least injury to il. II
Is, therefore, just at this stage Of the
existence of tree that it can with GER
tainty be made to do well or otherwise,
according as IL is stteHded TOTO give
the top the lead in the growth, 10 check
the stronger branches, and 10 giye the
tree The shape it may be desired it
should have when il attains full age
CdAada Farmer.
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Old Butler on Douglas Avenue No.
LOT. you win ind
JACOB BISsANTz,
HARD IRE,
Having of quality
designs.
Utensils Copperware
WAGON WOOD WORK, &C.
BEING PRACTICAL THINNER himself. and Employing none
Skilled workmen. willing
Ali of Short Notice.
All Ware
CT this Square Dealing Place
Lowest Prices Drop in you any
IA. WHEELER. J.F. CURTIS
Wheeler & Curtis,
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES,
HIGH HEST MARKET PRICE PAID FOR COUNTRY PRO-
DUCE CASH OR TRADE.
HAVE EVERYTHING TO BE FOUND
IN A FIRST-CLASS GRO
Gerry STORE
GOODS DELIVERED TO ALL PARTS OF THE
CITY.
90 opposite City Scales in the Iarwig Block
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-18
By w. Goddin,
II W 9 'V'fHFEIf
Real Estate Agent and Aucti0neer,
corner OF Eleventh and Bank streets.
TRUSTEES SALE OF LARGE Brio

TRUSTEES SALE OF LARGE BRICK
Il DWELLING AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS
on THE SOUTH SIDE vF GRACE BET WEN
FOU>HEE AND FIRST STREETS. OPPOSITE
KNOWN As TIE SOUTHERN FEMALE IN
sTITUTF."-By virtue OF Two Ceeds OF trust exc
cuted by Mr.. Alfred Moses and wiIe-the first 10 the
undersigned, W. Goddn and a. NJ. Kelley. trustees,
bearing date 4th November. 1871. ana The second
10 The Unde gRed, |. H. Darlington and l.. D. Lew.
trustees, bearing daic 2Jih November, 1879. both
duly recorded in Richmond Cnancery COur we
shall In execution thereof proceed 10 sell at public
auction, on the premises. on
MONDAY, MAY %, 1881,
ST O'Clock r. VI. (if fair: if nor, The first fair
day lhtreaiier), that VERY VALUABLE REAL
ESTATE located rs above. The LOT mas front OF
II feet. and depth Of l56 eet to wide paved
alley. On the lot Is VERY HANDSOME
DWELLING, three stories above The basement,
connected IN the rear by a LARGE BRICK BUILD
INti. erected BY the late a. + Lefebvre for board
Ing. there are altogether about thirty five raOms,
including two handsome parlors, ion. rooms,
&c. To The east OF the dwelling there is a HAND
SOME BUILDING LOT. having front on Grace
street OF about 3CXI56 feet TO said alley. The
premises now occupied as hrst-class boarding.
house by Mrs.. +. j. Warren.
The foregoing real estate Is located on Grace
street IN 4 most desirable neighbOrhOOd Tue prem
ises were originally designed by Mr.. LefebyTe for a
nrsiclass residence and boarding school, and have
long been used as such by the late ID. Lee Powell.
Mrs. Darlington, and others. and for that purpose
or for q clearinghouse or large family they have
many advantages.
TERMS: Bv consent Of parties, one fourth cash :;
balance At six twelve, and eighteen month for ne
gOtiabe notes. interest added, secured by deed OF
trust.
Tine special attention of CAPITALISTS and others is
called TO this sac. W. GODDlN,
A. VI. KELLEY,
Trustees IN The fl st deed;
!. ~. HARRINGTON,
f.. j. LEVY,
IL Trustees I'm the second deed