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The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17
FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE II.
N, Y. SUM-
Stick With Care.
New Fashion in Postage Stamps that
Certainly Ought to be Discouraged.

A red two-eent stamp and blue one-cent stamp,
in the place of the usual three cent stamp, quite
the rage now In fashionable correspondence. Young
ladies are much given over to their use. The red
and the blue on the white background are said to
symbolic union.-Fashion Note.
"Whew!" said Superintendent Van Pelt OF
the Post Office, as he heard the announcement
81 hope that isn't so. wonder if those young
ladies ever stop to think what trouble they
TO the blue and the red stamps We send out
an average. say of 10000 domestic letters a
day, not counting those that come from sta
tons. Every stamp is cancelled separately
With two stamps on each letter the cancellers
would be obliged to strike 10000 extra blows
Now, let's see. A mans hand, In passing
from the letter to the ink pad and back, goes
over a space of at least eight inches. On $780,
900 letters a mans hand-give me that piece
Of paper-would travel over 100000 inches.
Divide by twelve, and you have 100000 feet.
Divide again by $3.50, and you have nearly
ffty-seven miles. That's as far as from here
TO Trenton. That's one days journey of a
mans hand. The second day the hand would
be past Philadelphia. In week it would
be over toward Pittsburg, and in a little
would circumnavigate the world, like
Cyrus w. Field Think of it! What
vast waste of force! 1 haven't taken
into account, either the extra work, of the men
who sell the stamps, or that of the people who
lick them and put them ON the letters But let
as suppose that the tearing off, licking and
sticking on of each stamp takes half minute.
That's $4,000 half minutes or 22t 600 minutes.
There are ], 40 minutes in a day. Now divide.
That makes 1861 days time put in on each
days mail Nav in year-Must you go?
Well, good-by! Try to discourage that FASH
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17

KEY WEST-Ar 7th, sch Florence Rogers, Davis,
New York.
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17
Sword Inscriptions.
Toe Game Of Brag Played by the Fight
ing Men Of Old
[Blackwood's Magazine.l

Blackwo0d's Magazine.
In the Dresden Museum a sword bears in
Anticipated German, the tenderly staggering
advice: Conrad, dear Schenk, remember me-
Do not let Winterstetten the Brave leave one
helm uncleft." The sword of Hughes de Cha
teaubriand flashed in the sunlight the noble
motto won by his ancestor in the fight at Bou-
vines: "Mon sang TENT les bannieres de
France" In the Erbach collection is an old
Ferrara blade, with the sage device, my val
ne varies with the hand that holds me-" A
sword in the Paris Cabinet de Medailles is
reverently inscribed, "There is no conqueror
but God" The rapiers of Toledo were en-
graved in hundreds with the wise counsel,
"Do not draw me without reason, do not
sheathe me without honor" The invocation
Of saints WAS very frequent, and 30 are prayers,
like "Do not abandon me, o faithful God,"
which is on German sword in the collection
ut Linz; and calculations, like the Arabic,
with the help of Allah hope to kill my en-
envy" There are Wanting notices like the
Spanish, "When this viper stings there is no
cure in any doctors shop" and pompous an
nouncements like the Sicilian, 81 Gomez" and
critical observ atoms, like the Hungarian, "He
that thinks not as do thinks fslsely' and
matter-of-fact declarations, like "When go
up you 20 down." (only that is on an axe).
This "cutler poetry" as Shakespeare called it,
presents itself all over Europe, in all languag-
es, mixed up with the makers address or the
owners arms. And 80, if you 60 to Toledo
now aud buy dozen blades for presentation
to your friends at home, you have their names
engraved upon the steel, with some sonorous
Csstiian phrase Of friendship and gift-offer-
ing
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17
MAINE.
The Back Boys Strike in Biddeford
PROSPECTS THAT MATTERS WILL BE
ADJUSTED.

BIDDEFoRD, June 16.-There was more
quetness manifest on the streets to-day. The
crowds about the gates of the mills have in a
large measure dispersed, and no large crowds
are visible about the street corners. The
strikers committee called upon Mr. Howe, the
agent of the corporation, and soon their al
legged grievances were explained. The corpor-
ations express willingness to equalize wages
if in any departments they are unequal
The strikers were informed that the COM
panies would pay the weavels what will,
amount to ten per cent advance, but that the
carders and spinners would not be advanced :
and that if the "back boys were receiving
more elsewhere they should be raised here.
At subsequent meeting of the strikers the
weavers expressed themselves as satisfied with
the advance in their case, but would not re-
turn until tine advance was extended to the
pay of all.
Sons of Maine in the West.
CHICAGO, June 16-The sons of Maine met
in their annual session at the Palmer House
tonight, 200 covers being spread. The occa-
sion was especially notable from the presence
of some twenty-five prominent gentlemen who
are still residents of the Pine Tree State
Judge Thomas Drummond, President of the
Society, presided and made an address of well
come. euartette enlivened the scene by
singing "The rivers of Maine" Among the
toasts were:-State of Maine," responded to
by Hannibal Hamlin; "The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts," by H. W. Paine, of Boston;
''The State of Illinois, by E. B. Washburne;
"The city of Chicago" by Mayor Harrison;
''The sons of Maine in other States" by Jas.
H. Howe, of Kenosha, Wis: "The sons Of
Maine in Congress" by Mark Fl. Dunnely,
Minnesota; "The men and memories of
Maine," by Bion Bradbury of Portland; "Our
sister societies." by G. B. Lawrence of Chica-
60; 1.-THE Press" by Capt. Boutelle Of Ban
gor.
Prof. Rodney WEIGH read poem. The af-
fair was highly successful and thoroughly en-
joyed.
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STATE NEWS.
KBNNRBEC COUNTY

hhNNhBEC COUNTY.
The Journal says Augusta is to unveil
soldiers' monument on Sept 18th, the anniver-
sary OF the battle of Antietam 1t is expected
the State militia and the many G. A. R. Posts
in the State will be present on that occasion.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
There will be grand military celebration
OF the Fourth at Canaan, directly under the
auspices of the Canaan Light Infantry, but in
which all the companies of the omerset Bat
tallion will participate.
WALDO COUNTY
"A Searsport correspondent of the Maine
Farmer, thinks that Waldo county farmers
lost fully ono thousand sheep by the recent
severe weather.
The New York Herald says: George S.
WATSON, the young Boston marine painter
will use his yacht for studio during sum-
mer cruise in and about Penobscot Bay.
Tho question Of instituting lodge of Odd
Fellows at Unity village, is being agitated.
On tho farm of Robert Oliver. in Freedom
may be seen the largest pair of oxen to be
found in the county and probably the largest
In the State. They are owned by VIM. Oliver
who resides with his brother. Their girah is
ST. Bin. Height 16a hands. Width across the
hips Oft Sin. Length from shoulder blade to
bullock 81 feet Depth of flank Off, 71in.
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17

The Athn@um.l
The English ode has been ruined by theo-
ries and experiments. 1t may be said, indeed,
shat the poss asinoruns OF English poetry is
.he ode. But whereas the Ounce In Euclid is
always q modest Ounce. who would willingly
escape the fatal bridge if ne could, the Ounce
in poetry Is mostly conceited Ounce, and his
eagerness to attempt the bridge of peril is ex-
actly commensurate with his incapacity for
crossing it, or, indeed, any poetical bridge
Whatever. Always, however, the ounces method
is the same. Having nothing to say, he says
nothing in words as many and as big as posi-
bio. If he adopts the regular or proper Pin
daric method-lf he boldly goes through his an
tics In what William Preston calls the "strait-
waistcoat OF strophe, antistrophe and epode''-
he At once makes it apparent how largely the
charm OF such q performance may be due to a
strsit-waistcoat, and how little to the poetic
DIRE at work underneath it. II, on the other
hand, he adopts the irregular or pseudo-Pin.
dsric form, his notion is that, having produced
line whose structure as to number of feet
and as to caesural movement demands that it
Shall be succeeded by another line of a certain
structure, he has simply to construct line the
exact opposite Of that which, by the plainest
laws OF rhythmic method, is required, in the
full conviction that mere irregularity is the
Proper object of quest.
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17
METEOROLOGICAL

SpCArIoNs FOR THE NEXT TwRNrY-FouB
HOURS.
War DEPT, OFFICE CHIRF SIGNAL
OFFICER, Washington. D. O.,
June II, A. M.
For New England,
Increasing cloudiness followed by rain, west
cry backing to warmer southerly winds, lower
barometer.
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17

FrOCB6uInRS OOHVBHCIUE.
ALBANY, juno 16;-In the Assembly today
NJ. c. Murphy asked consent to offer resolu-
ton requesting representatives from this state
in Congress to propose an amendment to the
United States Constitution, SO as to have U. s.
Senators elected by popular suffrage.
Objected to by Mr.. Hamilton.
Tho joint convention met at noon, Lieut.
Gov. Hoskins presiding, and proceeded to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of Ros-
coa Conklinp.
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17
MARINE NEWS.

A Fishing Schooner Crushed by the Ice.
ST. JOHNS, n. F., June ia dispatch
from Belts Cove states that schooner r. j..
Hart from St. Johns, N. F. to Labrador, with
fishing supplies and large number of people
of both sexes, was crushed by the ice Tuesday
night, % miles east southeast of Cape John.
Ali hands were rescued and landed at Lascie
on the French shore. The women and chill
dren were almost naked. A vessel has been
sent to convey them to this port The crew
saved nothing, barely escaping with their lives.
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17
MINOR KILOGRAMS

Martin Corcoran, striking printer of Pitts
burg, Pa, was shot and dangerously wounded
yesterday by w. j. Cahill, another printer
employed in his place and whom he had as
saulted while ON his W ay home.
A Winnipeg special says war has broken out
between the Sioux and Cree Indians, and a
battle has been fought in which twenty-eight
of the former wero killed.
John Cosgrove of Marlboro, Mass, cut his
throat yesterday afternoon with a knife, in
ficting fatal wound.
John Frazier, an employe of the Fitchburg
Railroad was killed in the freight yard at
Charleston, Mass, yesterday, while shifting
cars
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The convention then proceeded to vote to fill
the Platt vacancy the vote standing as follows:
No choice

Mr.. Brooks asked consent to offer resolu-
ton that in the event that no election was
made for United States Senators by Monday,
June 20, "this joint convention will adjourn
sine die on that day, after one or more ballots
have been taken, and with the understanding
on the part of the convention that the two
Houses Of the Legislature will adjourn at p
M, June 90" Mr.. Hustled raised the point of
order that it was not in the power of this joint
convention to adjourn.
The Lieut.. Governor decided the point of
MSl nt;i tho adionrns uS'
The convention then adjourned until tomor-
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WASHINGTON.
Notes.

WASHINGTON, June 16.-Hen. j. A. Bentley
has rendered his resignation as Commissioner
of Prisons, and W. W. Dudley, at present U.
S. Marshal Of Indiana, was appointed to fill
tho vacancy.
Judge N. G. Mcfarland OF Kansas has been
appointed Commissioner of the General Land
Office to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton of Gen. Williamson.
It is the present intention of the President
to go to Long Branch next Saturday morning
with Mrs. Garfield and the younger children.
The President will remain at Long Branch for
a few days and Mrs. Garfield for some weeks.
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17

In this city, June 16, Mary L. Emery, aged 81 yrs
Funeral service Saturday forenoon at 10 O'Clock,
at her late residence, Cumberland Terrace. f.
child of Albert j. and Lizzie A. Doughty, aged 1
year IL days.
In Hollis, May 20, John woodman, aged 81 years.
In Biddeford, June 6, Dora j. Whittier of East
Corinth. aged 81 years 3 months.
In Biddeford, June 8, Hiram Chase, aged about
50 years.
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MAR RIAGES.

In this city, June 16, by Rev. Chas A. Hayden,
Geo. B. Allen of New Haven, Conn.,, and Miss Clara
M. Allen of Portland.
In Limerick. June 16, by Rev. Mr.. Jones, Lyman
B. Sbehan of Portland and Miss Sara Mabry Of
Hiram.
In Sanford, June q, Lorenzo d. Cousins of North
Berwick and Mrs. Elite Gerry of Alfred.
In Hollis, May %, Chas. f. Akers OF Hollis and
Miss Lizzie C. Best of Portland.
In Saco, June 4, Perley G. Edgecomb and Miss
Florence z. Hanson.
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SPORTING.
Another Victory for Iroauois.

Another Victory for Iroquois.
LONDON, June 16.-The Ascot race for the
St. James Palace stakes, about one mile, was
oranges Leon Only the two named ran. In
the betting just before the race Iroquois was
the favorite at to 1 on him. Lorillard's colts
Mistake and Wallenstein have been scratched
for the race for the gold cup at Ascot Heath
to-day.
Base Ball.
At Troy-Troys 8, Clevelsnds /.
At rovidence-Chicagos 8, Providence 4.
At Worcester -Worcesters 10, Buffalos q.
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17
THE DOMINION.
Destructive Forest Fires.

DANvILLR, Que, June 16.-Bush fires have
been raging in this district at Kingsey Falls
village, three miles distant Fifteen houses
and 1900 cords of wood, the latter belonging
to the Grand Trunk Railway, were destroyed
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17
Chicago Live Stock Market.

(By Telegraph.)
CHICAGO. June 16-Hogs- $4,000 head:
shipments 5000 head; active and strong; mixed
packing at 6095 50; light higher at 1895 90;
choice heavy packing and shipping OO46 o.,
Cattle-Receipts 5000 head shipments 27OO head:
duh and weak; exports at 90G6 15;good to choice
shipping 60(d5 90; poor to fair lower at lOa
8 40. ~
Sheep receipts 1900 head shipments 800 head;
market slow and weak prices unchanged; lair to
choice at 3 75l04 SO; extra W, all snorn.
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17
NEW YORK.
Arrested for Fraud.

NEW YORK, June: 16.-Lynn d. Herrick, OF
the firm of James d. Clark & Co., alleged
brokers in Chicago, was arrested in Brooklyn
this afternoon by a Deputy United States
Marshal. Herrick was recently indicted in
Chicago with his partner for using the mails
for the purpose Of fraud.
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17

CAIBARIEN. Brig Jos Clark $50 hhds and 30
ties molasses to Nutter, Kimball & Co.
GLOUCESTER, E. Bark Sirrah-35O tons salt
to E G Willard.
MONCTON, NIB. Schr Active-375O railroad ties
to Geo II Tnprrhan
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17

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
GERS.
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17

ALMA, Ark, June 16.-Two robbers stopped
the stage from Fayetteville last night, robbed
tho mail bags and passengers, and then COM
PEELED the driver and passengers at the point
of the pistol to get down, be tied and blind
folded. They then waited for the up stage
which was due and which was also robbed
The highwaymen then escaped. They only
obtained S35 and a gold watch besides the
mails
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17

stock Market.
The following quotations of stocks were received
yesterday by Woodbury. & Moulton members of the
Boston Stock Exchanged, corner of Middle and Ex-
oh
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Grain Market.

PORTLAND, June 16.
The following quotation. Of Grain were received
by telegraph from Chicago to-day by A. W. Jordan,
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NEWS.
PORT OF PORTLAND.

THURSDAY, June 16.
Arrived.
Steamer City Of Portland, Pike, St John, NIB, via
Eastport for Boston.
g. Co.
Barque John Bailey, Sheppard, New York-11e5
tons coal to Maine Central Rk. Vessel to Perley.
Russell g. Co.
Sch Aida, Lindsey, Boston. to load for Calais
Sch Active (Br) Bishop, Moncton, MIR ties
Sch Tiara, Chatto, Brooklin.
Sch Brilliant, Wheeler, Port Clyde.
Cleared.
Sch Julia S. (Br) McIntire, st John, NIB -master
Sch Chalcedony, Bryant. MachiaSport - Nath'l
Blake.
Sch Benjamin, Wheeler, Pembroke.N Blake.
Sch Victory. Davis. Pemaqud-N Blake.
Sch Alfred Chase, Robinson, Northumberland &
Sch Mary Elizabeth, Dunton, Boothbay-D
Sch Lewis X French Newman, North Boothbay-
D Choate.
SAILED Barques Auburndale, and Felicia B;
brig David Bugbee.
ERoM MERCHANTS EXCHANGE.
Sid I'm Liverpool 18th, barque Eva H Fisk, Gould,
New York.
Meyers New York; Belle Prescott, White Port
land.
Ar at Anjer prev to 14th, ship Benz sewall, Sew
all, New York Tor Yokohama.
MEMORANDA.
Sch Lizzie Dewey. Peters, at Boston from Carde.
mas, reports, while coming up Boston harbor was
run into by schr Susan Stetson and had bulwarks
stove. The Stetson broke her jibboom and sustain
ed other damage.
Islesboro, June 12-The captain and crew of scbr
Ruth Thomrs. which was run down and sunk off
Chutham by schr Flora Condor, have arrived home
One of the crew, q Sherman aged "a years. has
been ship-wrecked five times.
DOMESTIC PORTS.
KEY WEST-Ar 7th, sch Florence Rogers, Davis,
New York.
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European Markets.

By Telegraph.)
LONDON, june 16-Consols at 100 b-16.
LONDON, June 16-American securities-United
States bonds, As, 1884 ex-coup.
LIVERPOOL, June 16-12.3O P.M.-Cotton mai ket
in moderate inquiry and freely supplied; Middling
uplands at 3-I6d; Orleans at cad; sales 500
bales; speculation and export 1000; futures weak.
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17
Murder Of a Baptist Clergyman.

KENTUCKTowN Texas, June 16.--Rev. Geo,
X. Kaylor, highly respected Baptist minister,
aged 50, was found murdered this morning in
a field near his home. John Guntber has been
arrested on suspicion
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17

Receipts of Maine Central.
PORTLAND, June 10.
For Portland, 20 cars miscellaneous merchandise.
for connecting roads u cars miscellaneous rner-
chandise
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FOREIGN PORTS.

Ar at Hong Kong 18th, ship Sargent, Ather-
ton, Cardiff.
AT At Anjer 14th. ship Benz sewall. sewal from
DSid I'm Buenos Ayres Apl 2sth, barque Kennard,
Downing, West Indies.
At Gibraltar MAY %, brig NJ E Leighton, Leigh
ton from Marseilles for Matanzas.
At Buenes Ayres May 10Th, barque Celina, Hodg-
don, for Boston; L Gregg. Dyer, for Boston; Or
ry Smith, Weeks, for New York.
At Monteyideo May 18TH barque Charles G Rice,
Montgomery, from Portland:
Andrews, New York; 23d, barque Locket, (Br) Nc
Noah. for Portland, Ne; 25th, Ada Wiswell. Wis
In port May Is, ships Virginia, Delano. and Har-
ry Morse, Brooks, unc; barque Laurens, Snow, from
Hamburg for Hong Kong; JAS G Pendleton, Mich
Sid I'm Point-a-Pitre May 18th. sch ANNE Palm
Sid fm St Pierre May goth. sch Annie Whiting.
III Port Spain May 26, barque Aberdeen, Clark,
from Mobile ar ed, unc; brig Starlight, Thompson,
AT at Aux Cages May 18th, sch Edith Coombs,
Yeaton, New York.
Ar at Port aa Prince May %, sch Alta V Cole.
- Sid May IS. big orbit. Nash, Port de Paix and
Ar at Barbados 18th, barque Caro-, Gay. Phila-
AT at Kingston, ia, 9Th inst, sch St Croix, Has
Sid 9Th. sch witherspoor, Sheppard. savan-
At Matanzas 10th inst, barque Estella Poole, for
North of Hatteras 14th; sch q II Foster, Coombs,
for do; and others.
Cid at Charlottetown, PEI, 10th inst, sch Clara
Rogers, Rogers. Philadelphia.
--latest by European steamers.l
Sid FIN Liverpool Sd inst, L Mayberry. Knight,
Valparaiso
Sid I'm Cardiff Sd inst. Belle Morse, Norton, for
Hong Kong.
OFF Tuskar LIST, Bohemia, Trask, for San Fran
CISCO
Ar at Plymouth 4th, P Blanchard, Blanchard
l San Francisco
Ar at Reval May "a, l. Sturgis, Linnokin, from
New York,
Ar at Cronstadt May 80, Gettysburg. Theobald
Savannah.
~ SPOKEN.
May 6, lat s, lon 3S W, ship Carrie Clark, Stor
/ fry,x T;,,or 70 ;l,,,;y,O fol
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL

Portland Da,b Wholesale Market.
PORTLAND, June 1e.
The following are to-day's quotations of Flour,
Grain provis,opc
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17

California Mining Stoke.
(By Telegraphl
SAN FRANCISCO. June 16.-The following are the
closing quotations of Mining stocks to-day:
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17

NCW
(By Telegraph
NEW YORK, June 16-Evening market
easy at 3931s on call, closing 81 prime mercantile
paper 3G41a. Sterling Exchange is strong and
higher at 1914 for long and 4.86A for short.
governments are quiet and generally steady. State
bonds in light request Railroad bonds fairly active
The stock marked closed weak.
The transactions at the Stock Exchange aggregat-
ed 400. $50 shares.
The following are to-days closing quotations of
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17
The Iowa Democratic Convention

DIS MONIES, Ia, June 16.-The Demo-
cratic State convention assembled here this
morning. Judge L. G. Kline of lama coun-
y, was nominated for Governor; G. M
Walker OF Polk county, for Lieutenant Gov
etnol. and d. b. Hendershoth of Walpole
county. for Judge Of Supreme Court.
Tue Adams White Lead Company's works
In Baltimore county, Md. were burned yes
to-day Loss $4,000.
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17

FURNISHED rooms and table board, can be Oh.
Il tanned at Old Orchard, near Camp Ground, BY
addressing, N. A. CHURCH. je17d1vs
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17
Foreign Imports.

Daily Domestic Receipts.
By water conveyanoe-JOOO bush Cornmeal to @
=. %
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The Ode.
THE AthnRum.l

The Pons Asinorum Of English Poetry
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17

Store and Tencnsents 20 be offered AZ
Ahction.
I'm MONDAY, June goth, At s o'clock, the old
" established Grocery store on the southerly cor
of Portland and Paris streets. There ID god
rent over tho store of seven rooms. Also thsltvo
storied dwelling house adjoining. Sebsgo water In
both buildings. The property is now paying bot
tor percentage than bonds or mortgages.
Terms Of payment easy.
r. O. BAILEY & CO., Anctioneers.
iul4 dtd
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17

SPOKEN.
May 6, lat 2 s, Ion 3S W, ship Carrie Clark, Stor
err, from Liverpool for Wilmington, Cal.
June ID, no lat &c, brig Matte Russell, Ather-
ton, from Portland for Matansas.
June IS, lat AZ a. Ion 50 80, ship Levi Bur
CESS, Starrett, from Liverpool for Philadelphia.
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17
WANTED-.Shoe Stitchers.
BOARD

1.-TWO Experience operators on Buttonhols ma
l. chine. SHAW. COOLING 4 90,
jun1 7d3t 160 Middle Street
The Portland daily press., 1881-06-17
BY TELEGRAPH.
AT ALBANY.

Wheeler Rises to a Prominent Po-
sitiOn.