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Year: 1872

BOARD OF MANAGERs-uLEaAL RETURNS.


New YORK, Nov. a
The Board Of canvassers have not found sin
gle election return in conformity with the law
and the prospect is that the entire local election
will be declared Illegal
Year: 1872

The New York Board OF Canyassers have not
found single election return made in conformity
with the law. Some suppose that the entire To-
cal election will be declared invalid for this rea-
gon Hardly
Year: 1872

SUPPOSED ATTEIPT TO RoB THE FIRST Ma
TIoS4L BANK OF VIRGN1A.-lt was reported
yesterday morning that the State Bank of
Virginia had been robbed some time during
the previous night of the neat little sum Of
s60,U00, and others had it that 1t was the
National Bank of Virginia which had suf-
fered the loss.> Both reports, however, were
entirely untrue. About 10 O'Clock on Tues
day night the attention of Private Watehman
Smithcrs was attracted by seeing some one
in the National Bank of Virginia, at the cor
ner of Eleventh and Main streets, standing
on ladder which had been placed immedl-
ately over the vault, In his hand was cam
die or lamp,and as there was slight draught


it ilckered in such way as to make the
officer believe burglar was at work, and
that the occasional light and darkness was
caused by dark-lantern. Finally the light
went out while Mr. Smithers was watching
it, and now he was assured that the thief
was aware that he was watched, and was
preparing to leave Hastily deciding what
course he should pursue he ran across
the street and secured the services OF several
friends, whistled up all the policemen in the
neishborhood, and called in the aid of a
number of other persotis. By this time bis
force numbered about twenty-five or per-
haps thirty men, who were eager to arrest
the bank-rohber. But their anticipations
were not to be realized, for when one of the
clerks had also been summoned and made
aware of the watchman's suspicious he sug-
gested that it was in all probability one of
the young men of the bank filing away his
letters. And so it turned out. The officer
whose duty it Is to file away these letters had
OCCASION to Use stepIadder, owing to the
fact that lately tile entrance TO the bank had
been altered, and the staircase which hereto
fore led to the place where the letters are
kept had been taken away. The young gen.
tleman was somewhat annoyed when he as
certaincd that there were so many loaded
pistols ready to fire upon him if he had at
tempted to run but the whole party had u
good laugh over the excitement, and went
home.
Year: 1872

"More money, madame; more money.
Have you forgotten that my money has
bought everything you have--even the
dress you stand in ?" Fair lady: "No,
sir; nor have l forgotten that your mon
ey also bought what stands in the dress.


A young lady, annoyed by lot o1
simpletons, who under her window al
night sing, "If ever l cease to love-
wishes us to say that if they will stor
that foolishness, come in and talk "busi
ness," they will confer favor.


Some of the niccties of Viennese Ell
quette are thus described: Again, mo OIL
Ger of cavalry dare carry parcel in uni
form, no matter how small it may be. :
book or, even fan rolled up in paper
though he may do SO out Of uniform
neither dare he enter a one horse cab,al
though he may drive about in two
horse vehicle to his hearts content. Al
officer of infantry or artillery, however
either in or out of uniform, may carry
what he pleases, and drive in whateve
conveyance suits him best. But, then
infantry officers are out of the pale o
fashionable society, while bold dragons
and gay hussars are its chief ornaments
Year: 1872

SoA1p1Na A BoY.-An incident of a fight is related by Gen. Custer, which, it's correctness being vouChed for, is worthy of being here repeated. Both parties were mounted, and the fighting consisted principally of charges and counter-charges, the combatants of both sides becoming at times mingled with each other. During one of these attacks bugler boy belonging to the cavalry was shot from his horse before any of his comrades could reach him, power fully built warrior, superbly mounted on & war pony, was seen to dash at full speed toward the spot where the dying bugler lay. Scarcely checking the speed of his pony, who seemed to divine bis rider's wishes, the warrior grasped the pony's mane with one hand and, stepping low as he neared the bugler, seized the latter with the other hand and lifted him from the earth placing hlm across his pony in front of him. Still maintaining the full speed of his pony, he was seen to retain the body of the bugler but a moment, then cast it to the earth. The Indians being routed soon after and driven from the field, our troops, mary of whom ad witnessed the strange and daring action of the warrior, recovered possession of the dead, when the mystery became solved. The bugler had been scalped.
Year: 1872

TIE FEMALE CoUNTENANoE. - There are certain particulars in which the female face is really a cheat, taking women in detail. What sweetness, what tenderness, what modesty, what delicacy in the handling of unpleasant facts, what sense of mystery, you can hardly fail to see in the face of many an ordinary pretty woman. Yet, if you take the rule, is the average young woman kinder, more thoughtful, nay, is she even cleanlier, than the average young man? There is a great deal to be said for the negative very great deal indeed. Compare the young women whom you see in streets and public conveyances, in the morning and evening golng to or returning from employment, with the young men. I de- clare, the fact has forced itself on my senses, that the young men are the cleaner and better. kept animals. As for tenderness and thought-taking, though every form of male waiting and hand ser vice is to me utterly hateful, would rather, # / must be nursed, have Corporal Trim at my side than the ordinary woman. The reader may safely assume, large as he may th1nk the assumption, that have present in my mind all that is to be said in the way of extenuation or explanation here but the fact re- mains, that by the majority of men, in the majority of cases, the female counte- nance is found beautiful mask. .-Tke St. Poul's Magazine.
Year: 1872

CANNING Eaas-An know how to can peaches and other fruits; and the canning of eggs to keep them fresh is but little diff ferent. Place the eggs in the jar, with the large end down; place the jar in boiling water, where let it remain until the inner atmosphere of the jar is at about blood heat, when seal and remove into cold yz,ter
Year: 1872

Jerry an' Me. No matter how the chances are, Nor when the winds may blow, My Jerry there has left the sea With all It's luck an woe For who would try the sea at all, Must try It luck or no. They told him-Lor', men take no care How words they speak may fall They told him blunt, he was too old, Too slow with oar and trawl, An this is how he left the sea An luck an woe an all. Take any man on sea or land Out of his beaten way, If he is young t will do, but then, If he is old an gray, month will be year to him, Be all to him you may. He sits by me, but most he walks The door,! ard for & deck, An scans the boat a-goin' out Till she becomes speck, Then turns away, his face as wet AS if she were wreck. The men who haul the net an line Are never rich an you, My Johnny here-a grown-up man Is man an baby too, An we have naught for rainy days, An rainy days are due. My Jerry, difident, abroad Is restless as brook, An when he left the boat an all, Home had an empty look; But will win him by an by TU like the window-nook. I cannot bring him back again, The days when we were wed, But he shall never know my man The lack O love or bread, While I can cast stitch or fill A needleful O thread. God pity me- I'd most forgot How many yet there be, Whose oodmen full as old as mine Are somewhere on the sea, Who hear the breakjn bar an think O'Jerry home an'-me;
Year: 1872

HORSES FEET.-A veterinary observer writes to Tue Prairie Farmer that it is mistaken notion that horse is better for ha aving large feet. He looks upon large feet either in horse or man as an indiea- tion that all the bones of the animal are soft and porous.
Year: 1872

TIr. L. ). Highly has recently purchased
the hull OF the Nictau-the English 6gig
which was burned to the waters edge some
two gears ago, in the giver opposite the
Third District, and subsequently made over
into barge-which he proposes altering
over into a floating elevator. She is $50
feet long, and of 900 tons burden, and he is
now fitting her up with two grain elevators
on her decio She is high enough to take
grain from steamboats, uppeB deck and
ships Iower hold, and will geadiIy handle
5000 bushels per hour. She also will be
able to carry 10000 Bushels of grain in her
hOIdo


This will be by far the largest floating
elevator in the world. The sides of the
barge are twenty two inches thick. # will.
therefore Be seen that this floating elevator
may be used to transfer grain on board
ships outside the bar. When steamships
or sailing vessels are unable to take a full
cargo, owing TO the depth of water on the
bar, the complement can be furnished by
this BARGE After the vessel has crossed
the bar and is ready TO go to sea she can
take OF the remainder Of her load.


When this work is completed, which will
be in a short time, New Orleans will have
four elevators, and there. is every prospect
that all Of them will soon have tuIl employ.
flrebt
Year: 1872

Sunday morning, Judge Cooley directed
the issuance of an order granting to Audi
tor Graham, now in the Parish Prison,
leave to visit his family at any time during
the day, according to his pleasure This
permissiontthe Auditor refused to accept,
and still remains as since the first day of
his Imprisonment.


Judge Howell, of the Supreme Court is
in town, and an application for writs of
prohibition against the Judge of the Eighth
District Court, the Auditor and the Gov
e7nor has been by him taken under advise
ment.
Year: 1872

The Concert itself will be the most brilliant Or
chestral display that ever occurred in the West.
One hund, ed performers. gathered from all parts
Of this country and from Europe, under the direc-
ton of Professor Hast will contribute to this grand
musical Carnival. And to afford ample room for
every ticket holder to enjoy such an unusual ma
sica1 festival the oncert viii be given in Central
Park, where arrangements have been made to ace
commodate all who may come.


Persons holding whole half or quarter tickets
will be admitted to both the Cor cert and Drawing
and none without such tickets will be admitted to
Year: 1872

Philadelphia has started a monthly
line of steamers for the purpose OF BRING
ing fresh beef from Texas preserved by
refrigeration. BY the process employed
the meat does not come in contact with
the ice, but is kept fresh BY currents OF
air forced through the ice, keeping the
store rooms cool and the meat pure.
Year: 1872

E BAR Room REMEDY for weakness of the
stomach is dose of Rum Bitters. They are
surcharged with Fusel Oil, deadly element,
which is rendered more active by the pungent
astringents with which it is combined If your
stomach is weak, or your liver or bowels dis
ordered, tone, strengthen and regulate them
with VINEGAR BITTERs, pure VEGETAs1E
SToMAcHIc CORRECTIVE AND APERIENT, free
fromalcohol, and capable of infusing new vital
ityinto your exhausted and disordered system.


nI0O-1w
Year: 1872

The secret of a surprising marriage in San
francisco: 1t appears that everything was
arranged for her wedding with her cousin the
linen and plate were all bought and marked
with their monogram, and when he broke off
the match, her mother determined that this
expense should not be wasted, looked around
for some one with the same initials, and that
is how the affair was arranged.
Year: 1872

The fashionable ladies in Paris are getting
tired OF scented pugs-possibly since the duty
on them has been doubled, ,-and now take to
kind of small white rat for pet. One on
each shoulder during a carriage drive, is the
correct thing.
Year: 1872

WHILE thanking the good people of Portland,
w for their kind patronage through the last sea-
son, would invite any, and all who to have any
see If will not give them the best satisfaction both
as to price, style and promptness of work. have also
on hand lot of excellent Hose which shall sell at
reasonable rate old ones also neatly repaired


x. MCDONALD, 200 Fore ST.,


jun9ltf Foot of Plum Sc.
Year: 1872

DURSUANT to warrants from the Mayor and Al
l. dermen of the city of Portland, the duly quail
fled electors of said city residing in Wards One two
three and four, and six will meet in ther respective
Ward Rooms in said wards, and those residing in
ward five will meet in the Machgonne engine house
ward seven will meetin the school house Vaughan
street. in said ward, on TUESDAY, the twenty-ffth
day of June instant at ten O'Clock in the forenoon
give in their votes upon the following question


whether the Inhabitants of the city of Portland
twill accept act of the Legislature of the State OF
Mane entitled act to authorize the city of Port
Gland to grant further aid in the construction of the
Portland and Ogtlensburg Railroad" "Approved
February 27 A. D. 1872 and will grant further aid
sin the construction of said Portland and Ogdens-
burg Railroad in accordance with the provisions of
said act to the amount of thirteen hundred and fifty
Thousand dOllars


The said inhabtans to vote by ballot on said uues-
ing further aid in the construction of said railroad in
accordance with the provisions thereof to the amount
aforesaid, expressing it by the word Eyes" upon
their ballot, and those opposed to the acceptance of
said act and to granting said aid expressing it by the
word "NO" upon their ballot.


The polls on such day of meeting to remain open
until four o'clock in the afternoon when they shall be
closed.


The aldermen of said city will be in open session at
the ward room in City Building entrance on Myrtle
street, from nine O'Clock in the forenoon to one
O'Clock in the afternoon each of the three secular
three O'Clock to five O'Clock the afternoon on the
last of said three secular days. for the purpose of re-
ceiyng evidence of the qualification Of voters whose
names have not been entered the lists of qualified
voters in and for the several wards and for correct
ing said lists.


Per Order.


HI. ROBINSON, City Clerk.
Portland June II. 1872 ie16dfd
Year: 1872

Massachusetts, is turning its unfinished
Hoosac tunnel to account by making up ex-
cursion parties to go and look into the big
hole. A band of music and all the materials
for nice dancing party are taken along, and
the people are said to conclude that it is not
so much of bore after all.
Year: 1872

Bridal fans containing the different terms
of endearment used by the husband during
his courtship are all the rage in fashionable
circles now. When the happy man gets cross
or forgets his promises, threat to lose her
fan usually brings him down to his work
again.
Year: 1872

A San Francisco journal states that wealthy
miner has fallen in love with Mrs Fair and will
marry her.


sick man was told that his wife would prob
ably marry again. "All right said he, for
there will be one man to lament my death


They have posted up notices on the outside of
the street cars in Pittsburg to the effect that the
car will not wait for young ladies to kiss good
bye.


A very pretty bow and knot for the hair, in
part-colored ribbons in the form of a rose bud,
are worn now. The set is called ''the Lucca."
They are very pretty.


At church wedding which took place recent
ly in New York, all the ushers were ladies', and
we're assiduous and polite in showing the guests
to their separate pews.


A new style of earring is single pearl or dia-
mond. with fastening like screw stud. 1t is
screwed by this into the lobe of the ear, 30 that
the stono seems to rest on the ear with no sup
port. They are quite pretty.


An upper-ten Fall River bridegroom left the
several hundred guests at his wedding in state
of suspense, recently while he repaired to a
pantry to lay in a stock of edibles that he might
save the Expense of supper for himself and wife
on board the steamboat,
Year: 1872

Geo. " Massey, Esq, of Dover, will address
a Republican meeting to be hold at the City Hall
tomorrow evening. His theme will be the finan-
cial condition of Delaware, and the intimate
knowledge which he Possesses of the manner in
which our State debt has been piled up under
the Democratic administration of affairs will
enable him to promptly and fully tear asunder
the tissue of misrepresentation, behind which
the party managers are seeking to cover up their
msdeeds. Every taxpayer should be present.
Year: 1872

NAVY PAY OFFICE No 90 BROADWAY,


NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 1871
Sealed proposals endorsed Proposals Fresh Beef
and Vegetables" will be received at this Office until 2
o'clock T. NJ the seventh tn day of December 1872
for the supply of hundred thousand 200 00W pounds
of Fresh Beef and one hundred thousand 100000 pounds
OF Fresh Vegetables, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and
station, as required.


The Beef must be Of good quality and equal to the grade
equal proportion of fore and hind quarters The yegea
bes must be OF the best quality the market Affords and
the Beef and Vegetables must be offered for by the
pound. IL


Bonds with approved security will be required in one
quarter of the estimated amount OF the contract aud
twenty per cent in addition will be withheld from tn
amount Of each payment as collateral security for the
due performance oi the contract which reservation will
not be paid until the contract Is fully complied with.
Every offer must be accompanied by written guaran-
tee signed by one or more responsible PERSONS that the
bidder bidders will his or their bid be accepted
ter into an obligation within five days, with good
sufficient surees, to furnish the articles proposed.
No proposal VIII be considered unless accompanied by
such guarantee, and the department the right
gunrant0rs certified to by the Assessor Of Internal Rev
for the district in which they reside, and unless
satisfactory evidence that the bidder is regular dealer
r the articles he offers to supply Is furnished with
proposal well to reject any proposal considered
advantageous TO the government.


Its to be nde rs00d that the contract will expire at
the close Of the fiscal ending 3d. 1873 without
regard to the quantities which have been delivered
and IN case the stipulated quantity OF either article shall
be delivered before that date leaving balance due
the other article the contract may be considered


J. o. BRADFORD.


Pay Director United states Navy.
Year: 1872

TO EAST TWELFTH STREET, ONE BLOCK FROM
llc Broadway, Second story front Room. hand
somely furnished TO gentleman and wife two gentle
men also single Room first class Board; references
changed
Year: 1872

How old are you? twenty-five? Thir-
ty? Are you happy to-day? Were you
happy yesterday? Are you generally hap
py? If so, you have reason to judge that
you will be happy by and by. Are you so
engaged that you have no time to be hap
py? and are you going to be happy when
you are old, and have not much to do =?
No, you will not. You now have speci-
men of what you will be when old age
comes. Look the presentin the face. That
is the average. What you are carrying
along with you is what you will have by
and by. If you are so conducting yourself
that you have peace with God and your
fellow men, and with your faculties, if ev-
cry day duty shall be pleasure, and you
Sake as much time as is needful for the cul-
ture of your social faculties, you will not
be exhausting life, and it viii be continu-
ally replenished. But if you are saving up
all till old age, habit will stand like a ty-
rant and say, ''You did not enjoy yourself
before, and you shall not now.n How ma
ny men there are who have ground and
ground to make a fortune, that they might
enjoy it in the future, but who, when fifty
or sixty years old, have used up all the en-
joyable nerve that there was in them.
During their early life they carried toll and
economy and fragality to the excess of stin-
giness, and when the time came they ex-
peeted joy, there was no joy for them
Beechey ~
Year: 1872

faults love thee still" and with all its faults,
and the last one seemed in his view the greatest of
all, he would follow it in November He would
say. nothing against Mr.. Greeley, but took him
under pressure, being willing to take something
bad in order to get rid of what he regarded
even worse. AS a gentleman from Connecticut
had expressed it, if he couldn't get straight
stick to kill mad dog with he would take a
crooked one. He would support Greeley
against Grant, but committed himself to none
of his doctrines.


q The reluctance with which Mr. johnson made
this statement showed that while he had made
up his mind to ''eat crow" yet he didn't shan
ker after it, y and took the Greeley pill pretty
much as child does castor oil, with very bad
grace. ----.-r-rseeer


et &'AesA THE BLOODY CHAsM


had been frequently alluded to during the can
vass, but he didn't want to shake hands across
it-he wanted to fill it up In this he expressed
the sentiments of Secretary Boutwell,, in North
Crrolina, who wished it closed by removing the
cause of rupture. .ar
HE stated again that he
t- ~ WAS NOT A CANDIDATE
for office, though urged to become one and
hoped that the shafts of malice would not be
leveled against adead man. OF course he meant
politically, for the speaker appeared in vigor-
Gus health and had he consulted his individual
preferences would have much rather given the
sage of Chappaqua stroke under the fifth rib
than to follow his plume


The audience present fell far short of what
was expected, well advertised though it was,
and possibly exercised a depressing infuen ce.
The Greeley collar appeared to chafe him and


if all his adherents are as hard to get the traces
Horrors Greeley, as a Missouri Confederate
designates the late editor of the Tribune, will
never occupy the White House
Year: 1872




Falling barometer, SOutherly winds, threatening
weather and rain areas from Lake Erie to Maryland
and Northeastward over the Middle and Eastern
States Southeasterly to nOrtheasterly winds the
Gulf and South Atlantic with partly cloudy weather
and occasional rain. Clearing weather in the North
west upper Mississippi Valley and on the upper lakes
with northerly to westerly winds extending Sun
day to the Ohio Valley. with lower temperature and
occasional cloudiness and rain.
Year: 1872

AN ARTIFICIAL MAN. A Paris journalist tells
oi man. recently arrived in that city, who is the
victim OF q steam boiler explosion to such an
tent rs to make necessary the following additions
to what was left Of natures handiwork af,er the
accident. One wooden arm and two wooden legs,
a glass eye. a nose MADE from the SKIN Of the fore
head IA silver jaw, palate composed of u bit of
caoutchouc and stomach consisting of n sort OF
truss He will make the tour OF Europe rs an ar
titcial curiosity.
Year: 1872

ALMOST A DROWNING CAsR-The engineer
Of tho steamer Celebrity, while leaning over
the rail- 70 draw bucket Of water, about II
O'Clock Wednesday morning. was thrown
into the river by the railing giving way. ow-
ing to IT, not having been fastened in its
place. Being unable to swim, he would have
beel drowned, bst for the presence Of mind
Of the pilot, who, hearing his cries for help,
threw Elm . life preserver, just IS he was GO
ing down for the third and last time. This
enabled him to keep his head above water
until . rope was thrown him when he was
landed none the worse for his bath. The
fireman Of tho steamer also Jumped in to his
a0istanoe. but would have been too late to
have saved him. had not the life preserver
been thrown.
Year: 1872

The time for holding the city election is now
close at hand, and it behoovss the Democrats TO
bs active and energetic if they expect success.


1t is time every ward was fully organized with
careful canvass in the hands OF energetic men.
Thus prepared to bring out every voter, the Dem
ocratic party could scarcely fail to secure tri-
umph; and ~ the fruits thereof our taxes and as
seesmeuts reduced and corrected next year.