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lurk . lSlanu.
" hid. (bd.)2 O092 90
BoRaire ....2 0042 80
lCadiz, du, pd2 O0@ 2 80
Cadix. b'dl / 759 2 90
Liverpool.
j Duty paid 1 rs az 90
!! In bond ] 5061 rs
IGr'nd butter. Is " box
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8righ,en Cattle Market.

For the week ending Wednesday, Sept. 6.
Amount of stock at market-Cattle l 07S; Sheep
and Lambs 1880; Swine 10.677; number of Yves,
tern Cattle S3S, number of Eastern, Northern Cat
Il Cows, sc. 240 veas 10 horses 1873
Prices Of Beef Cattle v 100 tb.live weight-Ex-
ira oug lily at 6 60a6 rs; first quality az OOa
37l3 second quality at o0a5 871s; third quail
ity at 50G5 S71a; poorest grades of coarse Oxen,
Bulls etc. at 8 00aD4 371a.
Brighton Hides at 7Sl7 "a " ID.
Brighton Tallow 612c % fb.
Country Hides, heavy at 7c " ib.
Country Hides light, at &c y H.
Country Ialiow 4ll41ac " ID.
Calf Skins I09l Is " ID.
Sheep Skins 2bd50c each.
Lamb Skins at 50GS5c each.
Working Oxen oaly few pairs offered for sale
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he trade has not been much different from that
OF ore week ago. The supply of Cattle in market
was light. most of which were bought by butchers
there being but a light call for shipping Cattle.
Mich Cows and SpriDgers There was fair sup
ply supply in market. We note sales of ] Cow and
Calf at Sl65: new Mich Cow S55; 2 do S65 each;
do $50 each; 2 extra Cows and Calves Ayrshire
/ Durham, for $125.
Prices Of Veal Calves ranged from at s@714c y
h, live weight
Store Oattle-Not much call for them:
Sheep and Lambs-Western Sheep cost 5i9@61S
W ID live weight Lambs 61sQ74c.
Swine-W estsrn Fat Hogs cost landed at the
slaughter houses, $51s@$6c y ID live weight.
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Manil la. ..151S9161a
Manila Bolt
Rope ...... 17t9
Sisal. ......l01a@ 121s
Drugs and Dyes.
Acid Oxalic... 160 1S
-" tart 49,. b3d 55
A.cohel & gal, 3 S592 80
Alum 49,. 49, So $
Ammonia.
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WESTPORT, Ms. Scbr Hibernia-733 otis fish
Is bbls fish oil bbls mackereI 100 de eggs to Dana
& Co.
BARBADOS. Brig Cors-4oe punmolasses to
E Churchill g. Co.
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PAySON TUCKER, GenI Manager,
+. e. BO0THBY, Gen'l. Pass. & Ticket Agt.
Portland, June 10 1888 iu1 Z
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Hides and fellow.

The following are Portland quotations on Hides
and rrorou.
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Maine Steamship Company
Semi-Weekly Line to New York.

IN and after Saturday the second day of June
~ next, the steamers ELEANORA and FRAN
IONA will leave Franklin Wharf, Portland every
WEDNESDAY, and SATURDAY, at ID. M. and
leave Pier 80, Fast River, New York. every WE'D
NESDAH and SATURDAY, at 4. p. m.
During the summer months these steamers will
touehat Vineyard Haven on their passage to and
from New York. Passage in State Room, IS;
these steamers are fitted up with fine sccomoda-
tons Tor passengers, making this very desirable
route Tor travellers between New York
and Maine; or for parties desiring to take a
pleasure excursion in the summer months to Vine
yard Haven.
Goods shipped by this line destined beyond Portland
or New York, will be at once forwarded to their
destination on arrival.
Tickets and State Rooms can be obtained at 90
Exchange Street.
Ii. COYlE. Jr., General Agents
Portland, MAY 10 1883 dtf
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SUMMER ARRANGEMENT
Portland G OgdenSburg +. R.
ONLY LINE THROUGH THE NOTCH.
BURLINGTON, W.,
OGDENSBURG, N. W,

BURLINGTON, W.,
OGDENSBURG, N. W,
AND WONTREAL.
On aud after Monday June 95th.
fSS3, until further notice Pnasenu.r
Trains leave Portland AS follows:
S.25 A. M.-For Fabyan's. Lttleton, Lancaster.
and ali points on B. @. M. R. R., st. Johnsbury'
Burlington, Ogdensburg and all points on o. & t.
@. II. r., Newport, Sherbrooke, Montreal and ali
points on Southeastern Railroad and branches.
This train, equipped with elegant Parlor cars and
new passenger coaches and baggage cars. will run
through without change to Montreal, with through
cars to Swanton and Burlington VIA st. johns
bury.
1885 D. M. transfer station / 90 D. M EXPRESS
for Glen House, Crawford's, Fabyan's and ali
White Mountain Resorts, win not stop at So
Windham, White Rock, Hiram or Brownteld.
6.25 p. For Bartlett and intermediate stations.
Trains arrive IN Portland:
$40 a. m.-fromBartlett and local stations
g. 90 noon from Fabyan's and all Mountain points
81 p m.--from No. Conway mixed train leaving
No. Conway zoo p. m. for Portland and way sta
tions.)
7.45 p. m.-Express from Montreal, Burlington.
0gdensburg &c.
J.HAMILTON. Superintendent.
CHAS. ~. FOYE, a. ia
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Book Tor Every man! Young, mfddlc-
aged aud Old.
The untold miseries that result from iudiscretion
In early Ire may be alleviated and cured. Those
who doubt this assertion should purchase and read
the new medical work published by the Peabod,
medicHl Institute. Boston. entitled The Sch
ence of Life; or, Self Preservation. 1t Is
not only acompete and perfect treatise on Manhood
Exhausted Vitality, Nervous and Physical Debility.
Premature Declire in man, Errors OF Youth, etc.,
but 1t contains one hundred and twenty-five pre-
scrptions for acute and chronic diseases each one
of which II inva,ua BILE so proved by the author
whose experience for 81 years Is such as probably
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contains 800 pages, bound IN beautiful embossed
covers, full gilt, embellshed with the very finest
steel engraving guaranteed to be finer work In
every sense-mechanical, literary or professional
than 9py other work retailed in this country for
$500, or the money will be refunded. Price only
1.26 by mail. Gold Medal awarded by the Ma
tonal Medical Association to he officers of which
the author refers. Illustrated sample sent on re-
ceipt of six cents. Send now.
Address PEABODY MEDICAL INSTITUTE, or
DR.. w. III. PARKER, No. Bulhnch Street. Boston,
Mass. The author may be consulted on al diseases
requiring skin and experience. my3odSee
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RumfOrd Falls & BuUkfieId
RAILROAD.

.----------r Leave Canton for Portland anG
Lewiston 4.45 and 8. 45 q. N.
E<Ss-@7 Leave Portland for Canton, at 900
a. m. and 80 p. m.
Leave Lewiston at 9.45 q. m. and $50 o. m.
Stage connections with Byron, Mexico Dixneld,
Peru, Lvermore, West Sumner and Turner
l.. l.. LINCOLN, Supt
Portland. June. 16. 1883 oct14dtf
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BuRNRTT,s COCAINE

Promotes Rigorous and Healthy GrotcM Of
the Hair
1t has been used in thousands Of cases where
the hair was coming out, and has never failed
20 arrest its decay.
Use Burnett's Flavoring Extracts-the best.
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PACIFIC MAIL 8. s. co.
e Il To CALIFORNIA,
sSs.ssg&ss JAPAN, CHINA,

Sandwich Esiands, New Zealand and
Australia.
Steamers sail from New York for Aspinwall ON
the LIST, 10th. and goth of each month, carrying
passengers and freight for all the above named
ports.
cisco.
Steamers sail from San Francisco regularly for
Japan, China and Sandwich Islands, New Zealand
and Australia.
For Freight, Passage, sailing lists and further
information, apply to or address the General Eas
tern Agents,
C.L. BARTLETT a co.,
no state Street. Cor. Bread ST., Boston
- or TO W. ID. LITTLE & CO.,
teb0dN 81 EXCHANGE St. Partland.
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Wit and Wisdom.

Walls have ears. OF course they have. You
remember how quickly the walls of Jericho
tumbled to the racket.-Boston Transcript
Rev. De La Matyr, the Greenback parson,
has quit politics and breaches the gospel again.
There may be such a thing as fiat" gospel,
Pest
Nine. B., who is over 60, has a daughter who
look almost as old herself. They look like
two SISTERS, cried journalist who saw them
pass by. Say, rather. two mothersi" replied
Taupin with an affecting air French
Many times you want to keep meat or fish
for several days. Lay it in solution of Rex
kagnus over night and you can keep it for
weeks. You can also keep milk week or
more by stirring in little of the "Snow Flake
brand"
II every man, woman and child in the Unit
ed States should each contribute $3.50, the
amount would just equal the national debt.
Let's pay her off. But don't let's begin this
yesr-some other year.-Philsdelphia News.
The fruits of 20 years practice of such sx-
tent and magnitude rs probably never fell to
the lot of any Que man fully set forth in
the unique medical work publ shed by the Pea
body Medical Institute, entitled "The Science
Of Life" Read the advertisement.
The man of the name of Inkster, reported
shot full OF lead north of Grand Forks, ID. I.
has proved TO be indelible, and has visited his
brother, who gave him the first account of his
murder. He will lay himself out now to prove
his identity, and to give himself more than an
inkling of his NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ameri-
can.
he GOT UP IN A CURRY.
Aud whyP Simply because hornet had
stang him. Only that, and nothing more. It
was small thing, that hornets sting, but it
made him feel as il ten thousand red-hot fur
naces had suddenly condensed all their red
holiness into that one spot. Painl Tortured
Agony L didn't last long, for bottle of
Perry Davis Pain Killer happened to be at
hand, and few drops neatrslized the sting,
bringing blessed relief. just remember that,
when any of these singing creatures get the
best of you.
The editor of the Corpus Christi Critic put a
substitute in his chair, and this editorial re-
mark on his return tells the story: "That
short-legged, knock-kneed, box-ankled, pigeon
toed, band y-shanked, hOok-nosed, curly head
ed. suburn-halred, squint-eyed, long-eared,
open-ja wed, hatchet-faced physical dwarf, bat
mental giant, who pro temmed for us Sarur-
day, awaited himself of the opportunities af-
forded to accuse US of all manner of things"
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The man of the name of Inkster, reported
shot full of lead north of Grand Forks, ID. t.
brother, who gave him the first account of his
murder. He will lay himself out now to prove
his identity, and to give himself more than an
inkling of his acknowledgements Ameri-
can.
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SUMNER SITUATIONS.

You are In car or on shipboard. You want
to get right along on yonr trip without inter-
ruption Or danger from changes of tempera-
ture, water food. You are at the seashore.
You want to enjoy yourself without the draw
back Of summer complaints from over-estiDg,
imprudent bathing. and the myriad of little
excuses which are. almost inseparable from
seaside life. You are on the mountains, and
don't want check on your spirits by Iheu-
matte OF Granny conditions. You are in the
field, and don't want to stop work Gu account
Of water-coic or dysentery. You are at home,
and don't want yourself or any of your family
30 suffer in stomach or bowels from summer
complications. Certainly not. That is the
reason you always have a bottle of Perry
Davis's Pain Killer within reach. You know
Just how to use it and what it will do, and it
would be forget fulness or folly on your part to
be caught without specific which has always
befriended you.
I was winding up into Cooper Institute the
other day, thinking how strange it was that
Peter should have lived so long in New York
and yet kept honest, when suddenly / came up
on q large, benevolent-lookiDg man cursorily
RAINING his eye over the directory. Just as
came opposite TO him he started back, evident
ly Ia great excitement, and pointing to a con-
spicuous sign on the board, he read in a loud,
wild, rapid tone, Free School Of Art and De-
sign for Women" "Great heavens!" he ex-
claimed, his voice choking with emotion, "ths
ought to be stopped Our women are thous-
and times too artful and designing already.
This must be stopped" and inquiring of me
where the nearest police station was, he sprang
through the window and was gone.-The
Jadge
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Girls IS baseball players are not to be re-
garded in the light of a success, if the experi-
ence at Philadelphia may be taken as deter
mining experiment. They showed remarka-
bic costume and striking grace of figure, but
their determined lodging of balls they should
have caught, and the eccentric throwing that
made calculation of direction impossible,
rather detracted from the science or definite
interest Of the game. 1t has been found that
the girls cannot catch without aprons. and
must be pointed at an acute angle away from
the line of selection before they can fling bell
70 . desired point.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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SAILING pays OF STEAMSHIPS.

MINIATURE ALMANAC. SEPTEMBER 6.
s ~ rises % High water tP M. I'll
san sets. Moon sets...,..,t, S43
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Railroad ReceipfS.


PORTLAND, Sept. 5.
Received by Maine Central Railroad, for Portland
"a cars miscellaneous merchandise for connecting
roads, SO cars miscellaneous merchandise.
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Nine. B., who is over 60, has a daughter who
look almost as old as herself. "They look like
two sisters" cried q journalist who saw them
pass by. "Say, rather. two motherst" replied
Taupin with an affecting air French.
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aha
Superiine and
low grades g 6094 so
X Spring and
Xxx Spring. g 0o96 90
Patent Spring
Wheats ~ 509S 90
Michigan Win
ter straights5 2595 10
Do roller. b 25G6 so
st. Louis Win
ter straight 6 00G6 25
DO roller. g 50SG6 10
Winter Wheat
atents,67 5G7 26
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The following quotations of stocks are reported
and corrected daily by Woodbury. g. Moulton, corner
of Middle and Exchange streets.
uOaTnS sracRa
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(By Telegraph)
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 5-12.30 p. M-Cotton market
firm; uplands at 11-16d; Orleans l3-16d; sales
12,U00 bales; speculation and export 1000 bales.
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starch
-
Grain

GRAIN.
b. M.Corn, car lots 81
Mix Corn, car lots ta66
Corn, bag lots 7o@72
Oats, car lots. LAB
New Oats. .........42
Oats. bag lots. -.
Meal " .6S
CottenSeed. car lots 2S 20
CottonSeed, bag lots30 90
SackedRran car lot,
IL 00,a19 90
do bag lots. -. % 50
car lots s23ia@25
do bag lots :. 20 so
Proyisious.
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California Mining stocks.
By Telegraph.)
Gloucester Fish Market.


The Virgins scarce and prospect Of light reeeiptss
in March keeps the market firm, with moderate
stock and fair trade
Georges Codhsh-We quote Georges at S7I4 and
$o1s " qtl for large and medium: old Georges S612
and so v qtl.; Cape Shore at S615 and S5l4 good
quality Bank S6s4 and So % qtl: Bay Trawl S63sl1
and S4ee; New shores S6s4 " qtl for large and So
for med; \. f. Goldfish at 81 " qtl.; choice Nova
Scotia dry Bank S5s4.
Cusk at SO y qtl; Shore Haddock at s40S41s,
Hake $314 9S31s, American Pollock at S31a Eng
ish -cured do $4A u qt.
Boneless and prepared fish 4Zs to &c ~ ID for
lower grades and 7l4 to 91sc for genuine Goldfish.
Smoked Halibut 12c ~ fb: Smoked Salmon at tic;
Scaled Herring at 2Sc " box; No l at 25c; tucks
zoe. Smoked Alewives 81 Is y hundred.
Mackerel at Sl5a SIG, S12dS13 and $9150S10
" bbl for Is, 2s. and 3s
Herring-We quote new round Shore S4ssds5 y
bbl.; choice Nova Scotia split S614; medium do at
S4A small do 81 Bay of Fundy gibbed at 81 Nova
Scotia do $414 Labrador S71a.
Trout at $1415 FS Dbl; Picked Goldfish sta Had
dock $612, Halibut Heads S31a, Tongues at S13:
Sounds at S13, Tongues and Sounds at S13, Ale
wives So W; Swordhsh none Halifax Salmon S2l@
$22; California do 10; Shad a. S111a Fines S15.
Fresh Halibut-Sales tl-day at 1874 and 1212c
" ID for while and gray.
Frozen Herring-Si P 100
Market Fish-sales yesterday 81 ID cwt for large
Goldfish and Sl15 for Haddock.
Pure Medicine Oil 81 90 q gal crude do al Soc
Blacklist Oil 65c; Cod do 44d45c; Shore do at 436
44c; c;Porgie do, none on market.
Porgie serap,S15 y ton; Fish do S12; Liver do SO;
Iivers 30d36c 3y bucket
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Assault upon an omoer.

About half-past 10 o'clock last night officer
Morse met a man named Murphy and "Black"
Jack Sullivan at Gorham's Corner, both of
whom were intoxicated, and ordesedethem off
the street. They refused to move, whereupon
the officer undertook to arrest them. Both re-
sisted and fight ensued in which the advan-
tage was with the officer, though struck heavily
in the face several times. Seeing that Murphy
and Sullivan were likely to be secured, four or
five of their sympathixers in the crowd which
had in the meantime collected came to their
aid and in various ways impeded Morses
efforts. Finding that the odds against which
he was contending were too great Morse drew
his revolver and discharged it. Though no
one was hit, the crowd dispersed with even
more celebrity than a meeting at the sight of a
contribution box, and in few moments Cor
hams Corner was as quiet as a cemetery.
Sullivan and Murphy disappeared with the
rest, but later in the night officer Morse, with
officers Skillings and Frank, found them and
locked them up.
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THE FRESHETS.
900 Houses Under Water in Shaw.
neetown.
DESTITUTE AND SICK IN NEED OF
ASSISTANCE.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, March 2-Fred H Wi.
ness of Springfield, Ill.,, who was sent by Gov.
Hamilton to investigate and report upon the
state of affairs at Shawneetown, arrived here
yesterday and at once telegraphed to the Gov
ernor that help for the sufferers was mpera-
lively demanded, and that to be effective it
should be immediate. He says the situation
there is terrible and beyond his powers to de-
scribe. There are between 800 and 600 houses
in the town, every one of which is under wa
ter. Only 80 are habitable and these only in
the upper stories. More than 100 houses have
f1oated from their foundations. About 800
persons are receiving relief.
From oDe-half to two-thirds of Gallatin
county is flooded. Fences are gone, corn has
been destroyed, stock drowned and people
driven from their homes. Dysentery, pneu-
monia and malarial fever prevail and are in
creasing.
The river at Shawneetown up to midnight
"Wednesday night had fallen about three feet
in four days, and is now falling half an inch
an hour.
CINCINNATI, March 2.--Gen ID. McCreary
and William Hunt, Jr., the committee sent by
the Philadelphia Relief Committee to make a
perse nal inspection of the suffering localities
along the Ohio river, have visited New Rich
mond, Ohio, and Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
They left $2500 at New Richmond and $1,000
at Lawrenceburg. The committee has gone
to Louisville.
BERLIN, March 2.-The Empress of Ger
many has given 1000 marks to the fund for the
relief of the sufferers by the flood in America.
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THE LATE HON. ELISHA Il. ALLEN
Tribute to Him of the Hawaiian Bench
and Bar

A meeting of members OF the bench and bar
of Hawaii was held in the supreme court on
the morning of January 25th, for the purpose
OF expressing their respect to the memory of
the Hon. Elisha II. Allen, late H. HIN.
charge d'affairs at Washington. His honor
Chief Justice A. Francis Judd, with their
honors Associate Justices L. McCully and B.
H. Austin occupied the bench. Appropriate
resolutions were adopted, and several ad.
dresses were made. In the course Of his re-
marks his excellsncy the minister of foreign
relations said: May it please your honor-al-
though this is meeting of the bench and bar
to render honor to departed brother, it is fit.
ting that 1, as an officer of the government, in
official relations with the departed, should
speak. The country has received serious
blow in the loss of the departed minister and
statesman. had an intimate opportunity to
know his eminent value as the representative
of this country in the United States. You
have all seen SO much in the American press
setting forth the great considera alton entertain.
cd for Minister Allen. 1t may be said a great
foreign nation has mourned for him. Her
chief public officers closed their festivities to
do honor to his memory, and representative
of her president and cabinet accompanied his
remains to their last resting place. 1 had the
honor to receive yesterday despatch from his
excellency the minister resident near our
court in which was conveyed the personal ex-
Pressions Of regard and of coincidence of the
President of the United States. How earnest
and marked has this regard been manifested
a regard that feel could only be awakened by
superior personal character. The weight Of
years was no hinderance to the value of the
- tns, A -
was not necessary that he should be active,
pushing, or lobbying. When he knocked at
the door of President of the United States or
Secretary of State, it was readily opened,
and his lightest word received the most
courteous attention. Such was the effect of
his weight of-character.
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NEW YORK.
The Elevated Railroad Fare Bill


ALBANY, March 2-The veto of Governor
Cleveland of the five cent fare bill after debate
was made special order for Wednesday even
ing next in the Assembly to-day.
Decision in Favor Of the estern Union.
State Attorney General Russell has rendered
decision Oh application Of j. G. Reiff to COM
mence suit 10 vacate The charter of the
Western Union Telegraph Company. He de-
MES tho application on tie ground that the
state has sued the company f., $3.50, 900 taxes
on its $50 ,O000O capital stock and for the peo-
pie now To begin the suit proposed, claiming
that large portion of this stock is illegal
would embsrrass the other litigation, The
only one in which the people have real in
terest.
Death of a Niece of Robert Emmett.
New YORK, March 2.-Mrs Margoret EN-
met, daughter of Thomas Adds Emmett, and
niece of Robert Emmett, the Irish patriot, died
in this city yesterday, aged 80.
The New Custom House Appointments.
A. j. Perry, nominated Tor General Apprais-
er Yesterday, was a classmate of President Ar.
thur He has long been identified with the
Historical Society and other leading literary
organizations of Brooklyn, and stands high in
the legal profession in this city. He was al
alternate to one of the Brooklyn delegates to
the Chicago Convention.
Mr.. Burt Declines.
Ex-Naval Officer Burt says that he should
decline the nomination of Civil Service Exam
iner. r. Burt says the nomination Is re
Duke to him on account OF his civil service
principles, aud remembering that his successor
as Naval Officer is TO be Surveyor Gr4ham, a
man who has never been in sympathy with
civil service reform principles, be could only
look upon the nomination as @ rebuke, and M
could not and woulc not accept the office,