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TENESSEES THIEF.

The Defaulting State Treasury Arrested
in Texas.
NASHVILLE, Jan. 6.-State Treasurer Polk
{ left Milan for Mexico last Thursday morning
where he bas mining interests. The Legis-
latnre today adopted resolution to investi-
gate the treasurer's account and to ascertain
II there were any accomplices. The defalca-
tions began five years ago, and $57 900 went
to pay for his Mexican mine. One hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars of the public
funds are in the Nashville banks.
CHATTANOOGA, Jan. 6.-The defalcation of
State Treasurer Polk is placed at $5OOO 600. His
bond was 100000.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. IA San Antonio
special reports the arrest there of Treasurer
Polk of Tennessee.
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HAVANA. Jan. 6.-Sugar market cont nued quiet:
quotations nominal in absence transactions; buy
ers refuse to pay reals Id per arrobe whicn pice
polarization.
Stocks in warehouses at Havana and Matanzas
20,HOO boxes, 81. Oh bags and IL ,4OO hhds; 70
ceipts for the week 40 boxes, 100 bags and 140O
hhds expnrfs 10 boxes zlO0 bags ANA 2 400 hhds,
all To the United states
Freights duiet; ad ng at Havana fer United
nominally at IS; loading ports on north coast
Outside pJrtsl for Cnited ates y hid sugar 70
1o3 2as ~ hid Molasses 2 Z5eD2 80.
Spanish gold 80.
Exchange weak; on Uuited States 80 days gold
at SgSE2 prem; short light 0hsG9A plem.
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A Canard.

Boston, Jan. IA report is printed to-day
which purported to give detailed account Of
the discovery in Siberia by one d. West of the
bodies of some of the crew which took the
sci was abandoned, The story is in the shape
of a letter from West to friend in Pittsfeld,
Mass, and it was stated the similarity of some
of the names found In an old bible by West to
those of Lieut.. Chipps men led the writer to
give.it out for publication. 1t is now learned
that this communication had previously been
offered to at least one Boston newspaper for q
consideration. The managers thoroughly in
ivestigated the matter at the time and found
the whole story utterly unworthy of credence
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BY TELEGRAPH.
MAINE.
ID A
THE COLD WAVE.
80 Degrees Below Zero in Penobscot
County.

MAcH1As, Jan. 7.-For two days and
two nights the mercury ranged fron
zero to % below. This moaning southeast
snow storm set in changing to light rain.
Saturday the Machias river was frozen below
Birch Point
BANGOR, Jan. 7.--Thermometer scored as
low as 36 below zero Saturday morning in the
northern portion of Penobscot county.
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SPORTING.
DAILY Beats sexton at BILLIARDS..

Duly BeatS Sexton at BiIIlards.
NEW YORK, Jan. GA match game of bill
lizards, carom cushioni, 800 points up, for 81 600
a side, was played this evening between VIM.
Sexton, the champion, and Maurice DAILY at
Tammany Hall. The game was won by DAILY
in the 115th inning by SO points. Sections
score Was 467. The time of game was 4 hours,
45 minutes. Daly's highest score was "A. Sex
toms 30. DAILY led the game throughout.
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.lusrtcas OF the Peace,

Gov. Robie has appointed the following
justices of the peace and quorum:
j. Gilman Reed, Brooklyn; Isaiah L. Shep-
herd, Castine; William G.. Foster, Clinton;
Charles j. Wardley, Bangor; Melvin NJ. Nor
gan, Ornerville; Harrison Wallace, Sears
mont; Fred Atwood, Winterport; Henry K.
Bradbury, Hollis; e. M. Rand, Portland.
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THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING., JANUARY 8.

METEOROLOGICAL
INDICATIONS FOR THE NEXT TwENrY-FoUR
HOURS
WAR Dept OFFICE CHIEF SIGNALl
OFFICER, Washington, d. o.,
Jan. 8, A. M.
For New Englano,
3 Colder fair weather, westerly winds, veering
to northerly, with higher pressure
SPECIAL BULLETIN.
The barometer is highest in Dakota and
lowest in the maritime provinces of Canada.
Generally rains have fallen in the Southern
States. Northerly winds prevail in the North
able. There has been great fall of tenpera-
ture from the upper lake region to New
Mexico A cold wave is passing to the south
ward, and Is central in the Northwest. A
"norther' will move over Texas to-day.
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Eartho,1ake i, Ohio.

CLEVELAND, Jan. Word was received to-
day that violent earthquake was felt in diff
ferent parts of northern Ohio between 2 and 8
O'Clock yesterday morning. People were
reused from sleep by the shock, and cases are
reported of chimneys topping over.
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Csiisornts gasnnhk stocks.
Rv Teleornnh
Chicago Live s,scs msrkes.

l (By Telegraph.b
! CHICAGO. Jan. -Hogs-keceipts IL 900 haa6;
| shipments "a o; strong: mixed at 6096 10; heavy
| 8 O0G6 90; light at 5Wa6 on.
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MoNTEyIDEo. Brig Backworth-147,4 ,45I feet
lumber, b000 box shocks.
ForeIKn imports.
GRAND RIVER. PEI. Schr Elizabeth W Smith
2941 bush potatoes TO A NJ Smith.
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Robbed of $4,000.

FS PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 7.-Herbert F. Gye, the
timpressario was robbed of valise containing
81 800 in checks and some money and iewelry
hast night.
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WASHINGTON.
The Tariff.

The Tariff.
WASHINGTON Jan. 6.-The Ways and Means
Committee is at work to-day upon the free list
of the Tariff Commission report with a pros
pect of completing it. Berax and boracic acid
were struck from the list on representation of
the borax producing interest on the Pacific
coast, where deposits have been discovered
but cannot be successfully worked without
some protection. A rate of 10 cents a pound
was recommended for borax.
The Appropriation Bills.
The House Committee on Appropriations
this morning ompeted the Notifications bill.
1t appropriates $172 600; of this 800 900 is for
improvements of harbor Notifications and $780,
900 for torpedoes and harbor defences. The
Pensions Appropriation bill was also reported
to the full committee this morning. 1t appro-
pirates 81 100000
The Star Route Service.
], c. Slater, d. w. Rhodes and T. B. Marche
were to-day appointed by the Postm aster Gen.
eral members of a committee to open all bids
for star route service received up to the close
of business to-day. About $4,000 proposals
have been received.
Collectors Charges.
Tie Treasury Department has promulgated
an order directed to collectors and other off,
GERS of customs, calling their attention to the
regulation that, on and after Jan. /, 'S3 mo 9TH
or charges will be made for weighing, ging or
measuring merchandise where fees for such
services are not established by law, than the
actual expenses incurred, and those will be
collected, including the payment of the
weigher, gauger OF measurer for the time en-
ployed, only when it is required 10 ascertain
the dntiable weight or quantity of such mer-
chandise, at the cost of the owner. agent or
consignee, as provided by sec. 1920, revised
statutes.
More Star Route Literature.
WASHINGTON, Jan. John A. Walsh, of
Star Route fame, publishes card in which he
reproduces the letters which he wrote to Presi-
dent Arthur and to Attorney General Brew
ster, bu. to which he complains he received no
reply. The letter to President Arthur charged
Special Counsel Bliss with taking extraordi-
nary means to prevent Senator Kellogg
Indictment on his (Walsh's) testimony al
thoagh this testimony was much stronger
against him than against those actually in
dlcted Walsh hints that the Attorney Gener-
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- iRfu.
LONDON Jan. Gu. S. 4s. 123i 5s ext 1854.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. -Iz.30 z. "a Ooss,,n nlAxs st
dull and easier; Uplands at 11-16d; orleans Ia
led; sales 5000 bales, spscuation and export 500
bales; futures steady.
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The Jeannette Search partr,

WASHINGTON, Jan. THE Navy Depart
ment received from Minister Hunt the follow
ing telegram.
have just received from Ensign Hunt the follow
ing telegram.
KIRIUsK, December 81
Please inform the Secretary al follows Aneauin
is seriously i'll in the hos lita with inflammation of
the lungs. Myself Manson and Bartlett remain
here Probable delay of two weeks. Leach, Lau-
terbach and Thomas proceed and await me at ir-
kutsk he Russian government has not yet or
dered its authorities to permit and assist In remov.
ing the bodies"
(signed) HUNT, Minister
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The following quotations OF stocks are rocalyeS
and corrected daily by Woodbury. b Monitor fnlasl-
oers of the oostou Stock Exshanyel corner OF MID
dla and Exa a-rar
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ESTABLISHED JUNE 90. iss2-.-yN.
THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.
Published every day Sundays ezcepted.) by tn,
PORTLAND PUBLISHING co
AT 87 EXCHANGE ST., PORTLAND, ME-
TERMS: Eight Dollars Year. To mai supscr.b
srs Seven Dollars Year, II paid in advance
THE MAINE STATE PRESS

TIE MAINE STATE PRESS
h published every THURSDAY MORNING at $3.50 a
year, If paid In advance at $500 year.
RATES OF ADvERrIsIEc: One inch of space, the
engtn OF column, constitutes square
xi.oO per square, daily first week. 7b cents per
week after three insertions less Sl.o0; continu
ing every other day after first week, 30 cents.
Half square, three insertions or less, 70 cents;
one week, 81. 90; 30 cents per week after.
SPECIAL NOTICES, one-third additional.
Under head of "AMUsEMENTs'' and AUCTION
sALEs," $500 per square per week; three inser-
tions or less, 81 so,
Advertisements inserted in the 'tMAINE STATE
Press (Which has large circulation In every part
Of the State) for 81 90 per square for first inser-
tion, and oo cents per square for each subs uent
insertion.
Address all communications to
PORTLAND PUBLISHING 90,
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/ Lady Cured of Rheumatism.

Baltimore, Nd, May ?, 1880.
My health was much shattered by
Rheumatism when / commenced
taking Browns Iron Bitters, and
scarcely had strength enough to at
tend to my daily household duties.
am now using the third bottle and
am regaining strength daily, and
cheerfully recommend it to all.
cannot say too much in praise
gift. Mrs. MARY E. BRAsHEAR,
I73 Prestmanst.
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The following quotations wholesale prio q ana
corrected daily by Store oroe. n Co., dry tloods
Woolens snd Fancy Coos, i44 to 1b2 Middle strseti
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Kidney Disease Cured.

Christiansburg, Va, 1881.
Suffering from kidney disease,
from which could get no relief,
tried Browns Iron Bitters, which
cured me completely. A child of
mine, recovering from scarlet fever,
had no appetite and did not seem 10
be able 10 eat at all. Igave him Iron
Bitters with the happiest results.
J. KYLE MONTAGUE.
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STRONG
FACTS/

A great many people are asking
what particular troubles Browns
IRON BITTERs is good for.
1t will cure Heart Disease, Paral-
ysis, Dropsy, Kidney Disease, Con-
sumption, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, and all similar diseases.
Its wonderful curative power is
simply because it puri6es and en-
riches the blood, thus beginning at
.he foundation. and by building up
the system, drives out all disease.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL

Portland Daily Wholesale Market.
PORTLAND, Jan. g.
Ihs Wholesale market was without change to-day.
Breadstutfs at the West more active, generally
higher and firm. Pork and Lard dull.
The following are to-dsy's quotations OF Flour,
Grain, Provisions. nc.
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A Catholic Priest Attempts to Boycott a
Newspaper.
NEW HAVEN, Jan. Father Fitzpatrick of
St. Patrick's church in this city expressed in
the New Haven Union had published an ac-
count of the panic iii that church at an early
MATS Saturday morning, caused by evergreens
and altar decorations catching fire from
candles. He counselled the congregation not
to bay, read or advertise or have anything to
do with the offending sheet.
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Portland Daily Press stock E.i-,.

Corrected by Woodbury. q MouIToH Investma,
Bankers, Cor. Middle and EXCHANGE streafa
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Heart Disease.

Heart Disease.
Vine ST., Harrisburg, Pa.
Dec. 2, 1887.
After trying different physicians
and many remedies for palpitation
of the heart without receiving any
benefit, Twas advised totry Browns
Iron Bitters. have used two bot
ties and never found anything that
gave me so much relief
Mrs. JENNIE Hess.
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PRICE 8 CENTS.
Tennessee. 1 soa2 ool
AnnlAn-

Potatoes.
Harlv lsoea ~ huah.
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For the peculiar troubles to which
ladies are subject, Browns IRON
BITTERs is invaluable. Try it.
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HUNT, Minister.
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Caring for the Babies,

"Why Few People Live TO Grow DID,"
was the subject OF recent lecture Of u
physician i'll Baltimore, in which he
pointed ont the manner i'll which the
most OF us are handicapped from the
very start in life.
He shows that while one hundred
years is the terminus to he expected
from the organization of man, yet only
one i'll four thousand reaches it. OF these
there are more women than men, more
foreigners than natives, mere colored
than white. The average of life in this
country is less than forty, which, after
allowing for epidcmics, casualties, etc,
is still mreasonably low. In speaking
of the care Of infants, he would not
recommend the span tan practice Of put
ting baby ont of doors over night to
zee if it is robust enough to live until
morning.
Cold is very trying to young children,
and the positive cruelty Of mothers in
allowing, for fashions sake, the legs of
children to be lightly clothed i'll winter,
was earnestly cond mned. When child
il in bed it is not enough to depend on
bed. clothing for warmth; no amount Of
cold clothing will make heat; it will sim
ply corfnc the amount Of animal heat al
rcndy in the body. If n child is put to
bed cold it may stay cold, although I'M
der pines of clothing. The ri"ht way is
to have artificial heat IN the room. not
only for its own warmth, but to make it
easy to lower the windows and let into
the lungs of the sleeper the oxygen-bear-
ing fresh air, which shall turn to heat in
the body itself.
Take n child in ordinary health out of
doors every good day, even in mid-win
ter; even IN infant in the first month Of
its life, wrapup carefully, and don't keep
out too long.
The best sort of warmth il that which
comes through exercise, not kept mp too
long. The food for babies il milk, and
nothing else. The theory of adding wa
ter is now almost wholly abandoned,
slid the speaker, except by milkmen.
But above all things the milk used by an
infant should be kept as fresh MS posi-
BILE; even II few hours in warm room
may bring disease to the delicate stomach
Of the child. If ice cannot be had, it IL
better to boil it Mt once. Beware of civ
ing starchy food alone to babies. The,
need nitrogen as well as starch. You
can almost starve child by giving it al
it will take of arrow. root and water. An,
don't be forever feeding. Often chill
simply wants drink, and then water
far better than milk. For other childrc
and adults ten is better than coffee; mil
and cocoon better than either. Cocoon
pleasant and nourishing, and does nc
disorder the nerves.
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How They Differ.

The contraricties of the Chinese, rs
compared with us, have often been com
mentcd on. The Rev. Sclnh Brown
writes about them in the Christian Ad-
uOcate. We shake hands as a salutn-
ton; Chinaman shakes hands with
himself. He stands at n distance, and,
claSping both together, he shakes them
up and down at you. We uncover the
head MS n mark of respect; they keep
their heads covered, but take off their
shoes for politcncss. We shave the
face; they shave the head and eyebrows.
We cut our finger nails; they consider it
nristocrntic to have nails from three TIC
five inches long, which they are Obliged
to protect in silver cnses.
The Chinamans walstcoat is outside
his coat, and his drawers are outside his
lrowscH. We hlackcn our shoes; he
whitcns them. We have soup as first
course at dinner, and dessert Mt last
they have dessert mt first and sonp nj
last. We want our wines ice cold; the
Chinese drink theirs scalding hot. We
bury in the earth; they on It's surface
With us, black clothing is n badge o.
mourning with them, white garments
indicate the loss Gf friends. In tina
land of opposites it is the old men who
fly kites. walk on stills, and play tn,
shuttlc.cock, and, to keep up their ode
ways of doing things, they play the lat
ter with their feet instead of their hands
In China, women do mcn's work, ant
men are the milliners, dressmakers, anC
washcrwomen.
With us the right hand is the place o
honor; with them, it is the left hand. II
dating letters we place the yearlast; the,
write the year first. They always speal
of the mariners compass Ctheir own IN
vention) as pointing to the south. W.
pay our physicians when we are sick
they pay while they are well, but as sool
MS they get sick the pay stops. Her
men kill their enemies; n Chinaman get
revenge by killing himself. We use
soft pillow; they block of wood. The.
Launch ships sidewise, ring bells from til
outside, and actually turn their screw
in the opposite direction from ours.
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Adventures Of a diamond.

There Is nm interesting story connected
with tic ,ddScntutcs Of Mrs. Ashhufs,
Bowle's dahicnf sa' ring: The lady on
Christmas day, in going iroti TA"ntieth
to Spruce streets TO. her residence oil
Spruce -lttcl tint Fifteenth, Philadcl.
phia, lost valuable diaifiond car;tinE.
She advert iscd her loss, with no immG.
diote result About tile middle Of jan
uary, isaat Johnson, Il tbtne tGlored
man, was employed to clean the siio~
out Of the gutter in front Of the house at
the south. west corner Of Nineteenth and
Spruce streets. In ttifnins ~ . s,tovel
of 3 ow, he found an earring, the stone
in which was apparently diamond. He
went into iewelry store N South street
and sbHt!pE tlis epr-tine''to 'lc propri-
etor, asked him to iniorm him how iriuc'i
it was worth. The jeweler said he
would give him 81 for it. Johnson de-
clincd TO sell it, and the jewelcr gradu-
ally raised the price to 50; but this was
also refused, rud JOHNSON nsked for the
return Of the stone. The jcwcjct de-,
cllphl 70 return II, and johnson went for
m officer, lhtttnine in about 90 min.
utcs with a policeman, lie demanded his
earring. The store-keeper then took
from case what was apparently the ear
ring, dpH returned u to the colorcd man.
few days Inter, Johnson hesrl Of Mrs.
Bowic's loss. and took the earring 70
her. Mrs. Bowie recognized the setting
IA hers: hut the stone had been changed,
and instead Of the three hundred and
tiftf-lbllnr diamond was piece of glnss.
Tie finder then informed her Of lis ex.
pcriencc with the iewcler, and The latter
was arrested on charge of changing the
stone during the absence Of johnson il.
search 81 nm officer. The icwclcr was
given n hearing before Magistrate South,
and was placed under 81 900 bail for his
appearance i'll court. Mr.. Bowie also
began civil suit against him for dana
gcs. The icwcler, while stoutly MAIN
tanning his innocence. made ovcrtur,s
through his counsel to pay 800 to settle
the matter. This was promptly declined,
and then he proposed to plirchaSc md
present to Mrs. Bowie diamond OF
equal brlliancy and value TO her lest
jewel. The offer was accepted and the
iewclcr has Just produced n diamond so
like Mrs. Bowie's own and such n per-
feet match for its mate that neither the
owner nor the best lnpidarics in town
can detect the slightest difference. The
lost diamond was an Indian stone OF pc
cuiiar shape and quality, quite unlike
the ordinary diamonds nowin the market.
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TIE BANK OF ENGLAND.
Items for Those who Contemplate Goins
Into Banking.

In the course Of five years the paid
notes OF the Bank Of England amount to
U7i5,NW in number, and they fill
1900 boxes, which il placed side by
SIDE would reach two and one-third miles.
If the notes were placed in pile they
would reach 10 n height Of five and two
( thirds miles, on il joined eld to end they
wotild form ribbon Il. AS miles long.
Their superficial extent IL said TO be
rather less than that Of HYDE Park.
They weigh over ninety and two-thirds
tons, and their original value WIS over
81, 100, $3.50 The greatest Of rogues
might he inclined 10 find some comfort
i'll the extent and intricacy of such
store Of old piper. OF course, however,
they are most Systematically arranged,
/ and any note Of the seventy-seven
millions may be pounced upon with the
utmost CELEBRITY and precision. AT the
cnd of five ycms these old notes are
thrown into II fulnacs specially con-
s'ructed for the purpose, aud burned.
il n n curious fact, however, that 50 firm
III texture IL :hc paper Of genuine Bank
81 Eng land note ;hat burning alone can
hardly destroy it. Tho authorities have
In little Glazed frame the remnants Of
II note which was in the great fire of
Chicogo. Though ctmplct, ly CHAIR d
and black, the paper still holds together,
and the printing of the note il said to be
sufficiently le2ihle TO establish its
genulneness aud to warrant its being
cGshcd.
There are some other notes here which,
were cnshcd after having gone down with
the Euiydicc few wears ago, and re-
duccd to little better than pulp. Indeed,
the scraps, and fragments which some
times come into the bnnk to I've cashed
have really ridiculous appearance. On
| tie occasion of u recent visit, for in,
stance. the officials hnd under examina-
ton number of fragments of discolored
paper, none much bigger than six
pence, and when put together presenting
to the unskilled eye not the slightest
resemblance to note. And vet it was
pretty confidently asserted TINT the paper
would he cashcd. II il beneath the
dignity of the Bank of England to take,
or even to appear to take, advantage Of
any possibility of establishing the identity
Of one of them, it is sure to he duly
honorcd. Even where note il entirely
destroyed, proper evidence Of the fact Of
destruction will he accepted and pay
mcnt made. A lost note will in some
cases he paid and there is one occasion
recorded upon which the liberal attitude
of the directors i'll case Of this kind in
volvcd them in loss Of 100000. A bank
director declared that he had lost n note
for that amount, and, upon his giving an
indemnity for the sum in the event of
the note ever turning up, the money was
paid to him. Many years after his death
IN unknown person presented the miss
ing note. The paper was il dcniably
good, and the Bank had no alternative
but to cash it, ns it was payable to
bearer on demand, and ~ the heirs of
The bank director who had lost it rn-
pudia'ed all liability, the money could
not be recovered.