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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-23
GooLp's NEW OPERA.

G.. Walter Good of this city and P. W.
Turnbull of Brooklyn, N Y, have secured the
prize of $1,000 jointly, for the music for COL J.
f. Warmers new opera "Arctic, or the North
Pole The opera will be produced in Boston
and Portland this season.
The music is said by critics who have had
an opportunity of hearing it to be very beauti-
full, and admirably well adapted to its purpose.
The story is an exceedingly humorous one. the
dialogue is full of hits at the follies of the
hour, the characters belonging to the period
in which we live, and include naval officers,
government officials, burglars, policemen,
politicians, sailors, Esquimaux, spectators
AID Vassal College girls. The opera is in
three acts. The action of the first takes place
in garden and mansion on Fifth avenue, New
York; that of the second in Washington, and
that of the third at country seat on the Hud-
son. Here are soma of the incidents and
verses: "Oh, there is no fun il this game
without the men, is the opening line, spoken
by Fifth avenue dsmsel, one Of party OF
Copenhagen pl ayers. Copenhagen being, it is
we'll known, one of the most fashionable diver
sions of the rising generation in Gotham. The
heroine sings of her love. and how she came to
know him, in this verse:
"One day with papa in Fifth avenue,
The horses took fright and like lightning they flew;
They dashed wildly on, and scarce touched the
ground,
While the people in terror rushed frantiely
round;
We shrieked loud and long for some one to aid.
So great was the danger; the men were dismaysd,
Until a brave hero from the throng came alone,
And saved our poor lives at the risk Of his own.
So handsome OIL oh! twas love ct first sight,
Romantic, 1 know, yes, romantic quite;
In week he proposed, how could refuse!
loved him SO dearly from his hat to his shoes;
Oh, dearly loved him. and I'll tell you why,
And why my heart throbs so whenever he's nigh;
Because he was brave, and came all alone,
And saved our poor lives at the risk Of his own"
The lover duly appears, but as he is booked
for an Arctic trip he cannot tarry long.
burglar episode is introduced, and then comes
an hiatus-an interregnum, as tho late A.
johnson would say. Two years pass, and
Lenora has not heard from Claude. She is
sought by political magnats, but her heart is
true. Claude in the meantime is up among
the Esquimaux, but in due season returns,
bearing the veritabls north pole, and matters
are adjusted to the authors satisfaction.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-23

The completed portions of Gilbert and Sui
livans new opera, "The Princess" include
barcarole, military march for two or three
bands, duo, "On every lip, her ladyship,"
descriptive of the wife of London knight,
and another duo, "With curly, curly wig, :"
in which an old man tries to dazzle q girl with
his title.
Annie Pixley win add "Zara," new play
by Fred Marsden, to her repertoire this season.
The Tourists, Charles L. Davis and Leavitt's
Minstrels will all appear here in September.
Lawrence Barrett will be in Portland Sep
TENDER 10Th.
John A. Stevens will appear in unknown"
in September.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-23
FOR GOVERNOR.
Warren Ell. Vinton Of Gray.
EOp fNoxrf,prconFxrNr

FOR CONGRESSMAN.
LIST District-James M. Stone of Kennebunk.
I'd Distribution. Nelson Dingley OF Lewis
ton.
I'D District Capt. Charles Nash of Augusta.
4th District-Daniel Stickney of Pressure
These gentlemen claim they have received
letters from several pr ointment gentlemen in
the State ready to identify themss Ives with
the new party and who state this is the year to
start. 1t is said a county ticket will be aonin-
ated this week.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-23

For sale by j. Fl. Gaubert, 2o1 Middle street
Portland. Me. 1lylodu
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-08-23
Still Another.

Gorham, Aug. %, 1882.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-19

tFrom the New York SUM-


compactly-buit Young fellow, with
the bronzed face and general appearance Of
sailor, walked into the Sun Office yester
day afternoon, and made the startling pro-
position that he would perform the seem
lngly impossible feat OF rowing across the
ocean.
"Have you had much experience in row
boats Did you ever bob In dory oyel
the banks Of Newfoundland were the
first queries propounded to HIM by The
athletic reporter.
al have haG experience in row-boats,
but never bobbed In dory," replied the
Young man. al was BORN" he continued,
ION one OF little group OF three islands,
on the coast OF Norway, twenty-eigh'
years ago. Every person there had Q
boat. often crossed 10 one OF the islands
where I went to school in tempestuous
weather, and when boy / have passed
DAYS and nights away from home during
terrible storms. / have also crossed and
recrossed the Atlantic in company with
George Thomas, OF Halifax, in the smallest
craft that ever made the passage, the Little
Western, 1Gs feet long by G. wide."
.sYou are, then"
"Captain Fred. Norman, at your SER
vice."
"Do you propose to journey alone!"
"Ido.'
"In what manner OF boat?"
zone built under my own supervision,
about ~ feet long, feet wide, and from
to a feet deep, partly covered, fore and
aft. / will take a drogue, or floating sea
anchor, which will keep the boats head to
the wind while | catch snatches OF sleep
I shall sleep only when the wind is ahead,
for shall row when the weather is fayora-
BILE. expect to average about thirty miles
n day. (which would use up 100 days in
crossing. / shall work all points to best
advantage with regard to winds and cur
rents. The Gulf stream would be favora-
BILE, for ] will scull along the northern
edge Of it,"
"Have you asked the opinion OF old
sailors about you venture?"
eyes. Those who know me say they
have confidence in my accomplishing the
feat, but they would not try it themselves"
"Will you have the means OF making a
fire?"
"No. | shall carry snug lamp, pipe
and tobacco for company, preserved food.
condensed coffee, and about fifty gallons OF
water. shall be thoroughly encased in
LIGHT rubber during rainv weather, so as
not to hinder my rowing"
"What is your object in attempting so
hazardous a vOyage!"
"To show the endurance OF man on the
water; also to secure heavy wager. l
believe / can get hackers to the eXten. OF
$4,000 that / will make the voyage in
safety.o
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-19

THE MARRIAGE OF A BONAPARTE. Mile.
Jeanne Bonaparte, the daughter OF the late
Prince Pierre Bonaparte, whose marriage
to the Marquis de Nilleneuve Pargemont, 4
legitimist, has been announced, is the sis
ter OF Prince Roland Bonaparte who, by
marrying the daughter Of the late NJ
Blanc, keeper OF the gambling tables at
Monaco, raised the poorest branch Of his
family to the position OF the wealthiest.
Her father, the late Prince Pierre Bona
parte, was first cousin OF Emperor
Napoleon ILL.,, and a notorious ruilian
withal, while her mother was very
worthy woman, who, when adversely
overlook her. was not too proud
to return to her trade OF milliner
and dressmaker. She takes to her husband
dowry of 100000 francs (S40O, COO. the
gift OF her brother Roland md his wife,
although it is said that the husband did
not WOO her with this object in view, and
did not expect q rich portion with her
when her heart was won. In the Lucien
branch of the Bonaparte family love-
matches have been the rule, and the beauty
OF the women goes OH increasing. The
bride is described as being pretty and in
telligent, with a very Bonapartean head,
and great Ccal OF animation, the latter
quality being inherited from her mother
The Marquis de Villeneuve, the groom,
belongs TO an old and honorable
family of Provence. He is nephew
OF the late Comtesse de Monticello, who is
represented in Winterhalter's picture Of
1.-The Empress Eugene aud the Ladies Of
Her Court" He has, like his bride,
aesthetic tastes, and it was this happy CO.
incidence that brought the two together.
They became acquainted through Mr.. VIII
liam Bonaparte Wyse, the friend OF the
Marquis and cousin To Mile. Jeanne. The
Marquis was asked by Mr.. Wyse to write
a preface for n book Of poems in the Pro-
vencal dialect, and Jeanne, who draws and
paints admirably, was TO illustrate them.
She and NJ. de Villcneuve often held con-
situations, literary and artistic, and straight
way fell in love with each other.-Bdit-
mere Sum-
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-19
An HngcniOus Instrument.

Mr.. Malone Wheless, OF New Orleans
has recently invented a very ingenious ma.
chine for reporting, by which he claims he
is able TO report over 200 words per min
ute, the words so reported containing all
the vowel and ccnsonant sounds. He has
so arranged the language that any combi-
nation OF sounds can be instantaneousIy
produced by the mathematical permufa-
tons represented on the instrument. The
reading OF the record so made Is not con-
fined to the orator alone, as in stenography,
but any one who is familiar with the table
by which the instrument Is operated can
Seadily translate any report produced.
Hc not only claims superiority over short
hand rs TO speed, but as to the perfect
accuracy with which any one can report.
The mathematical combinations are so in
geniously arranged that no two permuta-
tons can ever represent the same sound.
Mr. Wheless, who Is also an expert In tele-
graphy, claims that the speed Of sending
telegraphic messages by his invention can
be increased from 90, the average number
Of words per minute. to 200, and with as
great accuracy as is attained by the present
system Of telegraphy. BY the use Of the
so constructed speech taken In
Congress, for instance, can be transmitted
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-19
Truly q Heroine.

Weatherford possesses in her confines /;
young lady whose name should go sound
ing down the yistas of coming ages rs on,
possessing such courage and devotion as L
rarely met with In the gentle sex. She II
a beautiful young lady OF about seventeen
summers, the daughter OF MIR. Vile,
Clark. who lives one mile north OF Wealth
erford. Mrs. Clark on last Friday wa.
lying at the point OF death, and it be.
came necessary that some one should
go 10 a point four miles below Thorp's
Springs, where two OF Mrs. Clark's
daughters lived, whom she was DESTROYS
OF seeing before she passed away. The
distance to their home from Weatherford
was twenty-nine miles. Miss Ella Clark
hitched up the team, and just at shutdown
passed through the city on her dark. lonely
drive through the wide and open prairies.
She had TO cross the Brazos river on her
trip. But nothing daunted this brave, no.
bie-hcarted girls undertaking. and she
performed this act OF devotion 10 diving
mother, duty from which many men
would have shrunk. All honor 10 her
We regret TO chronicle the fact that her
mother died--not, however, before Miss
Ella hsd returned with her two sisters,
whose presence eased the n)other's diving
moments. = Weataerford (1eras) CONNER
cidl- Herald.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-19
Auu0Yed nv IA Ghost.
NOCTURNAL RAPPINGs THAT DISTURBED BAILEY
STREET COMP ETEIY EXPLAINED away.

NOCTURNAL RAPPINGs THAT DISTURBED BAILEY
STREET COMPLETELY EXPLAINED AWAY.
1t was on Sunday night last when an al
legged vigorous spirit. with IN unsuitable
desire to manifest itself by rapping. first
began operations in the little house OF a
man named Young, at 1909 Bailey street.
near Sixteenth and Oxford streets. The
spirit had weakness for humping on the
wall in the sleeping apartment OF Young's
daughter, girl OF fifteen, who on every
occasion bounded down the stairs with O
whoop that started the goose-plmpes all
over the backs OF the members OF the fam
NV. The neighbors began to talk about the
visitation over the back fences, after the
rapping had gone on for three or four days,
and the head OF the family, concluding that
the spirit had settled down for business fol
the summer, decided TO vacate and permit
the intangible thing TO thump the plaster
of the wall and thump the head-board OF
the bed into kindling wood. In the mean
time the daughter kept up her lightning
trips down the stairs TO every rap. and
shrieked her fears in piccolo KEY until
her larynx threatened to give way.
As last resort Officers Betting and
Corkhill were called in, but the appearance
of blue coats did not stop the manlfesta-
lions. In the mean time Bailey street was
creeping with horror. The ghost had
complete liberty OF the Young residence,
and despair was everywhere. Finally
Lieutenant Howell conceived the idea that
perhaps the rappings could be traced Ia
other than ghostly agencies. and breathed
his suspicious into the. car OF the head OF
the house. After much paternal persua-
sion, the father elected the startling fact that
the young girl OF the acro5atic staircilightS
and blood-curdling screams had been
making the noises herself, explaining that
she believed the devil had inspired her tc
do 1t. Hence it is the residents OF Bailey
street go TO bed and snore without fear Of
raps or rappings. Philadelphia Times.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-19
somc wondcrfuI WORK I'm Glass.

writer in the Chronigue des arts, after
referring 20 the wonderful work IN glass
which has been done on the island OF Mu-
rano, says:
"This art could not escape the deca-
dence, and about the end OF the last GEN.
fury Its Wanted products had lost their
high renown. IL remained for our century
to bring forth one who, by his studies, re-
searches, observations, and marvellous
works, has recovered the art and surpassed
all his competitors. Though the Murano
Company has produced some very beau:i-
ful things, the work Of DIR. Antonio Sal
yiati has proved that nothing Is impossible
for it. At the Milan Exposition we adj
mired some objects which are unique OF
their kind. There were some vases OF ex-
traordinary grandeur, some cups with
flowers in relief, daisies and roses OF in
contestable naturalness one might imagine
that the artists caprice had sprinkled these
objects with freshly-gathered flowers.
sSalviati has also recovered the secret OF
the myrrhine glass, which was so precious
TO the ancient Romans, and OF the Chris
tIan' glass, with its golden decorations
placed between two layers OF glass. Hee
hibited large glass plate OF fifty-eight GEN.
timetres diameter, upon which was paint
ing in enamols representing Venetian re-
gatta, copied froma picture by Canaetto.
Another admirable plate was on smoky,
christian glass. Its diameter was fifty
four centimctres, and il represented Christ
surrounded by the twelve apostles. Not less
beautiful were the myrrhine plates, sprin-
kIed with lilies of the valley OF charming
grace. In 1859 Salviati first took up mosaics
in enamel, which was suggested to him by
seeing the forlorn and dilapidated state OF the
ancient mosaics in the Basilica OF st. Mark
at Venice | have visited his fac
tory. and was astonished at the order and
precision which reiens there. After pass
ing through the rooms where the materials
are deposited after they come from the
iurnsce, and where they are cut into frag
ments, and finally into little blocks, with
surprising eXactness, one reaches the
room where the mosaics are put together.
At the further end is the picture TO DC
reproduced, and a half-scorc OF artists
are seated at little tables, each with
his design, part OF that to be copied,
before him. Ii is incredible how they
can make the shades to reproduce
the color OF flesh. Accord
ing to the ancient method and that
now i'm use at Rome, the wall to lie deco
rated Is covered with layerof cement, and
the little blocks OF enamel are forced into il.
This takes infinite time unless two or three
workmen can work at once; but according
10 Salviati's method, of constructing the
mosaic upside down and stuck upon paper,
the work is easier and more divsible. lie
is also able to send his mosaics, entirely fin
ished, to the most distant countries and TO
put them in place without difficulty. Stuck
upon paper, the bits OF mosaic are pressed
upon the wall, which has been covered with
fresh cement, and the paper is then torn of.
1t makes no difference whether the wall be
yaulted,. horizontal, or vertical"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-19
How John Potts was Repaid for BE-
friending a Little Girl.
[fr0m tie New YORK sun.

CARBoNDALE, PA, April 9.-Thirty years
ago yesterday poor girl named Carrie
Roper, in garments tattered and torn, wan
dered to the home Of John Potts. Il village
blacksmith, in what is known as Brooklyn,
Pa, few miles from this city. Mr.. Potts
took the girl in and suggested to his wife
that they adopt her, they having no chill
dren of their own. Mrs. Potts objected,
feeling it her duty TO take one OF four OF
her sisters daughters if it was deemed eX-
pedient to adopt daughter. Mr.. Potts
would not listen to his wife's suggestions,
and determined to support the girl. He
sent her to a school in Bucks county,
where she took up the study OF music
with her academic course and graduated
with high honors. Two years after she
graduated Potts failed to learn Of her
whereabouts. His inquiries did not
bring any tidings of the girl, and he gave
her up as dead. His wife died in the spring
of 1877, and he lived alone. He still con-
tinued his business as blacksmith, though
unable to save anything from his earnings
with which TO pay of few mortgages on
his property. Two weeks ago strange
lady appeared at the post-office in Brook
lyn, and introduced herself rs Mrs. James
iutledge, of Pittsburgh, wife of Million
aire. She inquired for John Potts,
and was escorted TO his home. The old
gentleman recognized her at sight, and
was overcome with JOY at her appearance.
The lady had come to take Potts to her
home, where he was to enjoy the freedom
Of her home during his remaining days.
She paid off the mortgages on the Potts
property, purchased handsome monu-
ment for the grave of Mrs. Potts, and
started with her old friend for home in
Pittsburgh. Soon after their arrival she
made Potts gift OF $4,000 in United
States bonds.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-19
AUCTION 9ALES--Future Days.
BY. Thompson Brown,
Real Estate Agent and Auctioneer,
1113 Main street.
CLOSING-OUT SALE OF THE REAL
ESTATE OF THE
CITY PIRE-INsURANCE COMPANY,
IN LIQUIDATION OF ITS STOCK.
MANUFACTURERS, ATTENTION!
A LARGE PLATEAU OF GROUND, EXTEN-
sIvE RIVER AND RAILROAD-FRONTs,
AND CENTRALLY LOCATED.

BY authority OF the committee appointed by the
directors OF the City Fire-Insurance Company TO
sell all IT. real estate for the purpose of llquidating
It's stock. will sell at public auction, the prem
ises, on
FRIDAY, APRIL 2STH,
at {: 80 r. NJ this EXCEEDINGLY VALUABLE
PLATEAU OF GROUND. lying between the
Richmond and Allegheny railroad and James
river, and Immediately adjoining the Tredcgar
Company's works on the west, fronting on the
canal (aifording abundance OF watcr-power) 1877
feet. with river-front of gel feet.
For manufacturing purposes or large coal-yards
or for railroad storage purposes 1.-THE railroad nav
ing its entire 'front.' no better place can be had
aud It's proximity to the centre of the city renders
this property exceedingly desirable and valuable
With but Etlle expense bridge across the canal
puts this prcberty near the centre Of the city.
TERMS: One fourth cash. balance at six, twelve,
and eighteen months. interest added. secured by
trust-decd. j. THOMPSON BROWN,
NJ 10 Auclionccr.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-19
vne ctruck nsIly Patterson ,
STANTON. April 10. 1885,

III the Editor of the Dispatch
Toscttle the much-vcxed question, "Whc
struck Pilly Pattersory" l send you the
following transcript from the records Of
the County Court OF Augusta:
"Areusr %. Is6o.-WIliam Patterson,
hate Of the parish Of -, in the county
Of Augusta, who stands Indicted ior lar.
ccny and receiving stolen goods,
was led to the bar In custody OF inc
taller Of this court, thereof arraigncd and
pleaded not guilty. Whereupon came
fury-to wit, Andrew b. Cowcn and eleven
othcrs-who, having heard the evidence,
upon their oaths found the defendant
guilty. II is therefore considered by the
Court that the said William Patterson
and receive on bis bare backten stripes,
which the sheriff OF the county Is directed
TO cause 10 be inflicted forthwith"
II any doubt remains on the subject, re-
Ter your readers 10 Colonel Rudolph Turk,
hate sheriff Of Augusta. and numerous
Others who saw Turk when he "struck
Billy Patterson" AUGUSTA.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-19
An Enraged Alligator.

While on our way home from Savannah
Friday morning last Conductor f. NJ. Dug
car, OF the Macon and Brunswick railroad,
related TO us the following account OF the
freaks of an enraged alligator: On last
Wednesday morning DR.. Blaine and James
Wright. OF Glynn county, went out deer
hunting, carrying with them two young
puppies unused to tracking and hunting
the deer. After remaining out in the
woods several hours they heard the pup
pies running through the swamp and bark
ing furiously at some kind OF an animal.
After few minutes the animal was bayed
by the dogs in water the depth OF three or
four feet. The two gentlemen hurried to
the dogs, and found the animal to be a COW.
Mr.. Wright then waded to where the dogs
were, in order that he might quiet and
carry them away, and just as he reached
them monster alligator attacked the dogs.
Thinking he could brighten the ugly mon
Ster away and save his dogs, he picked up
a cudgel lying near by and struck at the
monster several times, but without any ef-
feet towards dispelling his presence, and
only to enrage his 'gatorShip to such IN
extent that he made several desperate
lunges at the cow, and finally he succeeded
in seizing herby the neck, and pulling her
under the water drowned her in few
minutes. The alligator then disappeared,
and the gentlemen returned home for the
night. Next morning Mr.. Wright went
down TO where the COW was drowned the day
before, and there beheld the alligator, the
conqueror OF the COW, lying beside his vic
tim, as il guarding her. Mr.. Wright fired
five or six shots into the alligator, and
finally killed it. When measured the mon
ster proved TO be nearly twelve feet in
length-one Of the largest ever seen in that
section Of the country. Mr.. James Wright
is one OF the most responsible men in
Glynn county, and he related this TO Mr..
Duggar himself. Hd,ckinSuaie Ca Ne,cS.