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THURSDAY MORNING. July Y. 1870
REPUBLICAN NOnilNATim ~
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FOR GOVERNOR,
Sidney Perham,
OF PAU1H.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES TO CONGRESS,
1st District—JOHN LYNCH.
2d District—WILLIAM J’. I'EIE.
3d District-JAMES G. HEAINE. .
4th District—JOHN A. I’ETLRs.
For Senator.,
Oxford • • THOMAS P. CLEAVES,
OTIS HAYFOKD, JR.
Far Sheriff.
Oxford, • • • LORENZO D. STACY.
For Connty Attorney,
Oxford, - ■ ENOCH FOSTER, Jk.
For County CoumU.lon.r,
Oxford, - - • ALBION P. GORDON.
For County Treasurer,
Oxford, - • • FREDERIC E. SHAW. (
Republican County Convention.
The Kennblican voters of Kennebec county are
requested to aeud delegates to a Convention to be ■
held at
Sraatto Ball. Atgunta, Wr4«e*4aj, August lOlb,1
at 11 o’clock A. M , for the purpose of nominating'
three c .ndidates for Senators, one County Commits j
•loner, Couu.y Attorney, County Treasurer, Sheriff.,
and to transact all other business that may proper
ly come before the Convention.
'The basis of representation will be a# follows:
Each citv. town and plantation will be entitled to ,
one delegate and an additional delegate for every l
seventy-fire votes cast lor Joshna L. Chamberlain |
at the Gubernatorial election of ltWH. A fraction of <
forty votes will be entitled to au additional dele-.
gate. \
The cltlea, towns tnd plantitiona are entitled to |
tne following number of delegates : I
Albion, 3 Pittston. »!
Augusta, It Ueadfleld, 4
Belgrade. 4 Ron*, 3
Benton. 3 Sidney, 4 j
Chelsea, 2 VassHlboro’, 81
Cliatoa, 4 Vienna, J|
China, 6 Watervdle, 10 i
Farmingd&le, 3 W.»yne.
Favettc, 3 West Gardiner, 41
Gardiner, 10 Windsor, 3
Hallo well, « Winslow, 4 .
Litchfield, 3 Wlnthrop, «
* Blanche ter, 3 Clinton Gore.
Monmonth, 5 Unity Plantation, 1
kit. Vernon, 4
Total 132.
Wm H. Libby, Augusta, l
L. T. Boothby. Water, ille. RsjmWicun
J. L. Srot»t>\RU. Gardiner, > County
Joseph T .WoonWARP. Sidney. 1 r\>mmittre.
Charles Jewett, Clinton J
May 27, 1870.
UOWAliD.
Hon. J. W. Forney, editor of the Phil
adelphia Press, in that paper of the 4th
inst., in an article concerning Howard
University at Washington, said :
“General O. O. Howard and Howard Univer
sity are terms synonymous. They have both
been grievously slandered, and they both
promise to outlive their enemies, though by
no means their benefactions. The General,
after whom the Howard University is called,
has passed through two great wars—one of
them beaded by Robert lL Lee, in which he
lost an arm, and the other headed by Fernan
do Wood, in which he was threatened with
the loss of something dearer than his arm,
viz: his reputation. Well, the loss of his
arm saved his lile in one war, and the salva
tion of his repulution will save his life in the
other. We are glad to say that if Robert E.
Lee could not kill O. O. Howard at the head
of the Confederate army in the South, Fer
nando Wood could not kill his good name at
the head of the Confederate party in the
North.
“And we really think no better thing could ;
happen to the District of Columbia than that
this good man should be saved from slander. ;
He has been a rare benefactor to the District; '
and now that lie 'has escaped the brand, we j
shall look to see his fine sense and bis bold i
enterprise doing yet more to vitalize the cn-!
ergies of the people of tiie Nation's Capital, i
“We attended the Law School of the How- j
ard University, closing its second year on |
Fiiday evening last, and we fell, in listening i
to the students, all colored people, one of
them a lady, that there were some discover
ies as useful as the telegraph and the steam
engine, if not so wonderful, and among these '
the capacity of the freed people for all the
duties of the highest citizenship deserves to 1
be enumerated.
“It was five years last April since Robert i
E. Lee surrendered to U. S. Grant, and now
we have a University for the education of the j
colored youth of America in the city of Wash- ;
inglon, and a colored law school larger thaan
any known in the South composed of wnitc '
students in the century before.
' Of the ten papers, four were read and six i
spoken. The longest did not cover fifteen j
minutes—a rule that compelled condensation
on the hardest of subjects. There was not a I
mistake ot taste; no pretence of oratory; |<
no affectation of style. All was quiet, mod- I j
erate, and constrained. The old lawyi rs
present, Horace Maynard, of Tennessee, and 1
A. G. Kiddle, of Washington (formerly or :
Ohio,) were surprised at the decorum ot the j
Saxon and the severity of the logic. There j
was a negro who talked in the Scottish dia- j
left, and whose legal lore seemed to have •
been learned under the direction of the old (
Edinburgh prolessors. There was a Hebrew, j
not so dark, who recalled hy Ins manner the ^
graces of benjamin in the Senate, of Memin- j
-ger at the bar, and of Disraeli in I'arliament.
There was a colored woman who r,ad to us a 1 \
thesis on corporations, not copied from the j ^
books, but from her brain—a clear, incisive i
analysis of one ot the most delicate of legal 1
questions. We rather think if Jeremiah S. I ,
Black, George Mtarswood, Ciiarhs U Lunor, j ”
ami George 11 - lYnilleloi bad been asked to
listen to these arguments without seeing the
faces of the speakers, they would have gone
into raptures over logic and learning worthy
ol any white man’s country or parly.
‘‘Our good friend the Dean, the Professor
John M. Langston, made no loud parade over
his pupils, and that was best. He seemed to ;
feel that they were simply vindicating a great
truth-—that any of God s creatures who choose i
to profit by the blessings of civilization are ,
s cure to succeed.
this is what we would add of the How
ard University. The coining vindication of
ita gallant founder is auspicious of its own
▼ indication. In twenty years it will be to the
District of Columbia a tar greater thing than
the Smithsonian or the Coast Survey. The I
intellectual success of its students will he fol
lowed, as indeed it is already accompanied,
by the money success of its managers. The
colored youth of South America will no longer
lie sent to Pari* to gather learning without in
sult. They will rally to the capital of the
only really free country on earth. Scholastic
superiority will go band in hand with financial
confidence, and many a rich anti-slavery man
and woman will provide in their wills for the I
moat generous maintenance of the Howard :
University. If we had been secessionist* we !
would say ■
‘•Let ua, then, moderate our censures of
the gallant soldier, however bitterly we may
hate the cause for which he iought. as we re
member how he vindicated his ow n Integrity,
bow hs helped the Xatiuq> Capital, and how
be aided the deserving colored man and
woman."
Negotiation* for a new postal treaty
have been reopened b.v ,lll! French Min
ister, under instruction* from bis (Govern
ment. Postmaster General ('reswell has
submitted modified proposition*, which it
D hoped will be accepted by the French
Government
POLITIC At,
The Temperance Advocate publishes a
letter from lion, X. G. Hichborn, in which
j he Says that the position of the republican
party on the temperance question renders
the farther continuation of the third party
unnecessary.
The Oxford Democrat says : “Our Con
gressional nominee, the talented Frye, will
give strength to the ticket. He hies as
many admirers in our county as in hisown,
and is deservedly popular throughout the
District.”
LETTER FROM MR. BLAISE.
House of Representatives. )
Washington, July 4, 1870, £
To <Ac Editor of Ike Advertiser:
I find the following editorial paragraph
in your issue of tire 1st instant:
“Speaker Blaine has procured for Wm. B.
Snell of Monmouth the appointment of judge
of the police court of the District of Colum
bia.”
By what authority you feel justified in
making this unqualified statement, I am at
a loss to know. But you will, I trust, give
me space enough in your columns to say
that 1 had not the slightest instrumentality
in procuring Mr. Snell's appointment;
that I did not in any way endorse or re
commend him ; that I was not so much as
: asjpcd by himself or his friends to aid him :
j and that, in short, I did not even know
! that his name was mentioned in connce
1 tion with the office until the appointment
I was made by the President.
Very respectfully, &c.,
J. G. Blaine.
i —Portland Daily Advertiser, July 6fA.
I In relation to the employment of female
compositors, the “Printing Gazette," of
j Cleveland, Ohio, says that it is often aston
ishing to note with what rapidity time
j levels the caprices of men and transforms
! the bleak mountains of prejudice into fields
| luxuriant with the fruits of progressive and
I liberal ideas. A few years ago the pres
| ence of woman in a printing office was an
infliction of the most intolerable sort,
against which the hand of every male
printer was raised as something that
threatened the utter demoralization of the
! business. There are some yet above earth
1 who still teel this way, but they are, we
I apprehend, few in number, and the tide
| sets steadily against them. For example,
: wo find that in Xew York city it is estima
ted that three hundred women are em
ployed at type-setting, and the Union reg
ularly chartered by the International body,
numbers some fifty or sixty memeers. In
San Francisco there are a number of
! women in the business, who have a
j “Woman's Co-operative Printing Union.”
which is in a flourishing condition. Quite
recently PhiladelphiaTypographical Union
Xo. 2 admitted a lady to membership,
without restriction of any kind, and she is
now working regularly in an office of that
j city. Typographical Union Xo. 7 of Day
I ton has three female members, who enjoy
all the privileges of the body, and the
Chicago Union has had a woman as its
Corresponding Secretary who is described
as “an efficient officer, a perfect lady and
j a good compositor.” It being thus estab
| lished that women may not only acquire
the art of printing, but be recognized in |
it as entitled to the full privileges of men,
we may not unreasonably anticipate that
at no very remote period in the future the
fair sex will constitute a large fraction of
the craft, for certainly there arc few trades
! that offer a stronger invitation to women
than that of printing, what everviews may
be entertained as to her adaptability for
it.
•The flection in Illinois on Saturday last
I resulted in the adoption of the new Con
stitution, including the several amend
ments submitted to separate vote, with
the possible, but not probable, exception
1 of Minority Representation in the Legis
lature. A Chicago journal estimates the
pecuniary saving to the State by this
change in the fundamental law at some
thing over five millions of dollars per an
num.
The glorious results of the first fifteen
months of President Grant's Administra
tion are thus briefly summed up by the ■
Chicago Republican:
“The reduction of the public debt $105,000,- I
000; continued peace with all mankind, and
entangling alliance* with none; a reduction'
oftho expenses of every Department; honest
collection of revenues ; ousting and punish
ment of dishonest officials; improved public
credit; improved finances; economy; rigid'
accountability wn the part of officials; and
general peace, quiet, and restored law and
order in all parts of the Union."
OEXERAL XEl\S.
Brazilian advices indicate the early eman
cipation of her two million slaves. Don
l’edro favors emancipation.
Hon. E. B. Washburn, Minister to France,
is improving in health. He goes to Carlsbad, i
in Bohemia, this summer, to try its healing
waters.
There were twenty-one bidders for the mil
lions of government gold sold in New York
last week. Total bid $2,5*90,000, ranging from
111 to 111.56. The award of one million was
at 111.51 and 111.56.
Senator Sprague says ho has never intend- 1
ed to employ Chinese labor in his mills.
The Secretary of the Treasury will sell i
$1,000,000 in gold every Wednesday this
month, and buy $1,000,000 in bonds every
Thursday.
Seven hundred and sixty-seven Chinamen
, arrived in San Francisco last week, and since ,
! January 1st, 8142 have arrived there.
I •
Dominion Day (July 1) was observed
throughout Canada as a general holiday. In
Toronto a monument in memory of thevolun- 1
teers who fell at Ridgeway in 1860 was un
veiled, and the Governor General delivered
! an address.
A sharp shock of an earthquake was experi
enced throughout Greece last Friday. The
town of Sartori* is a heap of ruins. An ia
1 l*nd in that neighborhood suddenly disap
- peared at the time of the shock,
i A despatch from Rome says two-thirds of
. the lathers of th« Ecumenical Council will go
homo as soon as the infallibility dogma is
officially promulgated.
Hans Christian Andersen, the story teller of
Copenhagen, a lew days previous to the death
of Charles Dickens, had received and accept
ed an invitation from the latter to pass a few
week* next autumn at Gad's Hill.
The President spent bis Fourth of July at
Woodstock, Conn.; Vice President Colfax at .
Meadville, l’a., where he delivered an oration ;
and Secretary Fish at bis home on the Hud- ,
son.
General Sherman and Lieutenant-General
Sheridan are both apprehensive of a speedy !
and wide-spread Indian war, ami are making
preparations for the event.
The people of Illinois voted. Saturday, on
the new constitution for that State, and the
returns, so far as received, indicate that it has
been adopted by a large majority, and that all
the articles submitted to a separate vote, in
cluding that providing for the representation
of minorities, have also been adopted.
Judge Chase has rendered an important de
cision in the United States District Court for
Virginia. The case was this: E. S. Talley,
administrator for the children of John Starke,
deceased, having in his hands the sum of
05.000 belonging to said children, invested
the same, in the year 1863, daring the pro
gress of the late war, in Confederate bonds.
Judge Chase decides that the investment com
plained of is inoperative, and orders an ac
count by the defendant with the complainants,
and the payment of such a sum as may be
found.
Eighteen thousand emigrants left Liverpool
in Juno for various American ports.
The two “wild Australian children” that
constitute a side-show in Forepaugh's circus,
arc a pair of Warwick county, Indiana, idiots.
The Evansville Journnl says the children
were apprenticed to the showmen in that city
by their father not more than three years
ago.
The lay delegation question in the Meth
odist Kpiscopal Church is at length settled.
The German and Swiss Conference at Carl«
ruhe, the last to vote on the admission of lay
delegates to the General Conference, east all
its thirty-nine votes in favor of the change;
and the entire vote of the ministry of the
church is 4,946 for and 1,589 against lay del
egation ; a majority of more than the three
fourths required to sanction a constitutional
reform, the lay members of the church and
the General Conference having already voted
in favor of it.
Mrs. Kliza II. ISarbcr of Portsmouth. N.
II.. widow of Jethro L. Barber, was burned
to death Sunday afternoon. Her grandson
Daniel had left her about half an hour before
fire was discovered in her room ; she was then
sitting at a table near and back to a stove,
eating strawberries. Shortly before 5 o'clock,
Mr. David Marshal, a neighbor, discovered
smoke issuing from the house and with others
entered Mrs.' Barber’s room, found it on fire
and full of smoke, the old lady lying dead
upon the floor, her clothes being burned oft
and her body blackened and burned to a crisp.
The fire was speedily extinguished, and itwas
found that the chair on.which she had been
sitting was scorched and a closet door against
which she had fallen was badly scorched and
had some of the flesh from her face adhering
to it. Her body presented a horrible specta- j
cle. No doubt the fire was communicated to
to her clothing by the stove. Mrs. Barber
was 78 years of age. was lame, and feeble in
health'; so much so that she probably had
not sufficient strength to raise her voice loud
enough to be heard by any one in the house
or on the street.
©otnrsstic Netos.
Tbr Fourth of July.
At Bath the Fourth was celebrated by a pa
rade of the local fire department. A purse of
a silver pitcher was offered for the best play- j
ing. The contest was quite spirited, the
t rumpet being won bv Deluge No. 3. which
played a stream 195 feet and 8 inches. Ken
nebec No. 1, came next, having played 135
feet.
Bangor had no celebration and devoted it
self all day to a circus.
Several races took place at the Knox Trot
ting Bark in Rockland. A large crowd was
present in the afternoon. The principal race
was a sweepstakes for a purse of 8550, be
tween A. W. Worcester's Buck-kin McClel
lan anti H. Bradley’s Black Walnut. The
race was won by Black Walnut in three !
straight heats. Time 2.39 1-2 ; 2.34 1-2 and
2.34 3-4. A race for a purse of 81'X» between
John Shaw's Beauregard, L. R. Ballard’s
C’ushnoc, and A. Worcester’s black mare
Annie, was won in three straight heats by
Beauregard. Time 2.42; 249 3-4 and 2.42
1-2.
In Lewiston the day was celebrated with
much eclat by a parade of Fantasties, public
literary exercises, balloon ascension, fire
works and other exercises.
There were celebrations at Farmington,
Mechanic Falls and Wayne.
At Boothbay, some 300 or 400 persons as
sembled on Mouse Island, and enjoyed the
day in the most nonchalent manner. The
harbor was alive with boats sailing to and fro,
while the Spray made regular trips from the
island to the harbor and returning. What
with a chowder and picnic refreshments and
a dance the time was passetl as pleasantly as
in more metropolitan districts.
At West Waterville the demonstration
was of the humerous sort—all about the
Waterville bridge question. Our correspond
ent says words would fail to convey an idea
of the appearance of the motley crew of Fan
ta6tics that collected, or of their curiously
constructed vehicles. Banners were in abun
dance, bearing inscriptions somewhat per
sonal in many cases. Among them were;
“Contractor—$30,000;’ ’“Six Thousand Dol
lars Saved I” “Cadi Raid for Free Bridge Vo
ters ;” “What Makes You so Mum, Benny?”
This Benny was the only one in that sec
tion of the town who signed the petition and
voted for the free bridge, and nobody hat
ever heard of his saying a word about the
matter. The inevitable “Shoo Fly” of
course came in and "Ilow’s This For High?”
One banner had a bridge broken into, painted
on it, with the inscription “Not Strong
Knough!” In the evening the Masons and
tlieir ladies held a strawberry festival, which
passed off pleasantly.
The Solid Mca of ftarflncr. .
The taxes in the city of Gardiner for the
present year have been assessed. The Re
porter says the aggregate of taxable polls is
$2,146,653; number of polls with property
584, single polls 235. The State tax is S13,‘
085.16, county tax 93,071.10, city appropria
tions #31,525.00. overlayings #2,349.10—!
making a total of #50,030.36. 'Tlie percent
age of tax is 2 1-5. Single polls are taxed #3,
dogs are taxed #1, and are 167 in number.
We give below the names of persons paying
#75 and upwards, w ith the amount of tax :
Joseph Adam- 128 40 M Lawrence cut 90 20
TW Andrew* & co. *7 95 John Laurence 125 00
Arthur Andrews 97 75 Eben Libby 112 27
GWBachelder est 192 50 J It Lincoln 120 31
J C Bartlett 177 47 1* Maher 118 80
Bartlett A Wood 378 84 C II Marr 80 oO
1’ N Bur-tow 85 00 Jnsiah Mtixcy 77 81
Hai’suiw A Nickerson Mis* M Milliken 83 00
141 35 .T $ Mitchell 327 39
J II Barrow a 70 00 J L Mitchell & Co Mb 00 i
John Berry 196 72 N O Mitchell 509 00
Arthur Berry 71*8 31 Mary A Moore 103 18 j
El bridge Berry 89 58 John T Moore 111 91 :
Fred A Berry* 98 50 S G Moore 115 13
Sifamai Bowman 197 15 Jurors Nash 137 65
A hied Bradley 102 00 Daniel Nutting 85 80
S Bradstreet est 410 80 Robert Norton 192 20
Abby Bradstreet 755 20 DC Palmer 84 95
NS W’Bradstreet 1183 30 G S Palmer 88 06
PGBradstreet 1175 GO Win Palmer 93 20
Jo* Bradstreet 338 50 Parson-A lfuley 110 00
C P Branch est 99 00 C II Partridge 152 05
Charles Bridge 75 GO Lincoln Perry 107 07
Mrs s K Burgess 101 50 Joseph Perry' 211 45
M R Burnham 198 36 John Plaisted D»7 09
J R Byrain 81 »>5 F A Plai6ted 222 50
Bartlett A Dennis 107 25 S L Plummer 189 35
Mr- K A Castner 75 9ft J F Purrington 101 35
G W ('base 8*1 10 Robinson Reed 98 81
Lorenzo Clay 87 15 Jame- Reynolds 75 06
Jason Collins 248 i*2 F G Richards 393 00
L I) Cooke 373 60 F G Richards trns 110 00
Copsee.ook Co *»13 25 Richards A Co 1333 20
J A Cox 11*6 GO F *4 Richards tms 273 00
William Cowell *204 41 J T Richards 135 90
Christ Church 154 0** W F Richards 129 50 j
Chas Panforth 102 00 Oran Richardson 77 25
Jacob Davis 77 00 'V S King 171 86 j
J K Davis 93 20 P ^ Robinson 120 00
David Dennis 86 60 G L Rogers 84 4*.*
Dmglev Bros 310 20 G 8 A * i L Rogers 192 50
J G Donnell 113 00 ()C Rollins 218 60
Mrs Annie Kills 173 80 Sumner Smiley 76 82 j
Bernard Esmond 84 19 R A Sager 111 90
Mr-CA Farnham 126 50 Ezekiel Sawyer 107 49
Foy A Buffum 1*9 **<* H R Sawyer 8*» 55
Ephraim Forsaith l*v3 «»0 G > Steward A Co 88 00
It H (.ardinerest 62.3 T*» John Stone 169 11
K H Gardiner 482 17 Mrs E K storra 114 03
Gas Light Co 1H»<*0 S A E Swan 110 oo
Don as P Gay *3 6*3 Chn* Swift 215 20
Uti us Gay est 77 00 Jas Tarbox est 1-3:1 10
W R Gay* 288 99 Marv Tarbox 176 66
II Goldsmith 84 85 Will*. Turbox 269 20
Gooden A Brown 105 00 S W Tarbox 91 55
W B Grant est 346 50 Tibbott- A Lander 127 6ft
i Daniel Gray 30* 1*6 F Trott 173 50
Joshua (irav 554 76 I N Tucker A Co 321 20
Pelham Harden 163 32 I G Yanuah 209 *25
R T Hayes A Co 118 80 Hiram Waitt 15** 77 ,
Reuben*Ileselton 75 94 C A White 12*1 10 (
T Hildreth 2d 168 00 J I* White 95 30 i
P C Holmes & Co 317 2<> C A A J D White 424 *»
E (7 Hooker 107 61 N M Whitmore 4*-5 11
Samuel Hooker 91 66 S Whitmore 185 9.3
Hooker, Libby A C > C W Whitmore 1*8 10
125 40 Mrs S M Wilcox 79 70
Mvrick Hopkins 502 96 J S Wilson 102 *>6
! 11 It Hoskins 172 40 Sanford Wilson 85 50
I Betij Johnson 31166 R Williamson 157 00
: It E Johnson 196 00 A F. Wing 130 60 ,
B F Johnson 95 52 M Woodward 111 57
Mr- Julia Kimball 209 40 Mrs O Worcester 83 16 !
J M Lnitubee 94 96 Stephen Young 1255 1*0 .
Chas Lawrence 126 76
Son-Resident*.
Mrs II F Allen 76 08 Harriet Littlefield 107 80
Mrs M A Elton 111 28 PA K R It 440 5*0 |
J A Jackson 70 4** J A J T Stone 275 00
H \V Jewett 325 GO
Tbr Fourth at Mt. Vernon.
The anniversary of the Nation's Indepen
dence was celebrated at Mt. Vernon village.
Firing guns and the ringing of bells com
I menced about midnight and continued at in
tervals until six o’clock in the morning. At
that time quite a crowd witnessed the march
j ing of one hundred and fifty “fantastics" led
! through the village by the Mt. Vernon Cor
; net Band, causing much merriment. At 11
a procession of Sabbath school scholars re
paired to a grove where nearly two thousand
, persons had congregated. A picnic dinner
was served, and pithy speeches made by E.
Kempton, Esq., S. Burbank, M. D., Kev.
W. H. Clark, Mr. Chas. Webber, Kev. J.
i Edgecomb, J. Bean, Esq., nnd Kev. Mr.
Brook. But while all were in the highest
glee and every one seemed elated over the
success of the day, the sad news casting
gloom on every countenance, reached the
grove that a lad of thirteen years (son of
Sanders Morrill of Vienna) had been drowned
*n the lake near the village. F.
The feldspar quarry at Topsham, is owned
by a company in Trenton, N. J., who quarry
out the feldspar and ship it to Trenton, where4
it is manufactured into a nice quality of ware, j
The Bath Times says the quantity existing j
there is immense. The whole ledge is com-!
posed of immense beds of feldspar and smoky
quartz, which sometimes mix up into a hand
some graphic granite. Several thousand tons
of feldspar are now quarried out and corded
up ready for transportation. Interesting crys
tals of feldspar and quartz are frequently ob
tained during their operations. The feldspar
is not a pure whit#, but of a greyish cast,
but it is said to be of excellent quality for
use.
Tuesday morning Oscar Sylvester com- !
plained at the Portland police station that he :
been robbed by one George W. Booker, a fel- i
low from Hallowell, who slept with him at 1
i
the Portland House on Monday night. Book- !
er got up in the middle of the night, stole $.'5o 1
out of Sylvester’s vest and then left for
Washington street, where he passed the night.
Deputy Sterling started as soon as he heard
the complaint and soon arrested the thief at a
house on Washington street. A girl with
whom Sylvester was on terms of intimacy,
was also arrested and a portion of the money
recovered.
A new and dangerous counterfeit fifty cent
fractional currency note of the new issue
with the Lincoln vignette, has just been put
in circulation It very nearly resembles the
genuine. The paper used in the genuine is
pink tinted. The counterfeit is somewhat
greenish in color, and the face is somewhat
blurred. The words "fractional currency,”
and Vie stamps are darkly shaded", which is
not the case in the genuine.
The Bangor Whig learns that Sir. Arnold
of poxcroft, met with an accident on Satur
| day last, which is feared will prove fatal. He
was at work on his new mill at Sebec Lake
removing the staging from the roof, when he
fell to the ground, a distance of 27 feet. He
has been unconscious most of the time
since.
Henry A. Lovejoy’s house in Andover, was
burned June 24th, at half-past three o’clock
A. M. The Oxford Democrat says ho lost
everything, and his family barely escaped
with their lives ; the children had nothing but
their night-dresses m.
The new steamer, which lias been built for
the Boothbuy route, by Mr. Win. Pattce, was
successfully launched at the ship yard of Mr.
Rogers, in Bath Tuesday. The Times says
she has been called the "Salsano," which is
the ancient Indian name for the Back river
whose waters she will make her home.
The Lisbon paper mill is to be rebuilt at
once.
Hallowell House
SECOND STREET,
H ALLOW ELL, : : MAINE.
MK. J . B. HILT, would respectfully inform hi»
ftltndt, and the public that he ha« opened the
above named house, and has fitted it up aa
A First Class Hotel.
This house Is about two rods from the depot, and
is within a few steps of the express office and the
business street of the city.
In connection with the house there is a
LIVERY «f TRAXSTEXT Stable.
' This house will be opened to the public on the
Fourth of July. Thankful for the favors which lie
has received at his former place of business in Lew
iston, tin subscriber guarantees to give complete j
satisfaction to the travelling public.
J. B. HILL, Proprietor.
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STEAMER
(APT. WILLIAM MITCHFLL.
ON ami after Wednesday, June 22d. the ''learner j
Flla "ill leave Augusta at s oYnloek A. M , |
every MONDAY, WKI>M-:sD\Y and FRIDAY,
for Hallowed, (iardiner. Richmond, Rath, and
Portland.
Returning, "ill leave Portland for Augusta, and
intermediate landings on the Kennebt i . every
Tl FM>AY. THPRsDAY and >ATt RDAY. at
7 A M.
Parks:
Augusta to Portland, $1.50
Hallowed to “ 1.10
Lardiner to “ 1.25
Richmond to “ 1.00
Hath to “ . .75
FROM VKilSTA to YEW YORK.
Passengers by this route will be ticketed through
t“ Ne" Y ork l»v the Steamers FRANC ONIA and
1'HKIOO. which leave Portland for New York every
Monday and Thursdav . Baggage trucked in Port
land free of expense. Fare from Augusta to New
York: Cabin, #*>.50; meals extra: Deck passage,
$:» no.
The Flla connect* also at Bath, each trip, with
the steamer spray for Booth bay.
This boat w id stop at any of the ice-houses on the
river on display of a white flag as a signal.
For further particulars npplv to
♦tt-jnne-id B. F. MQR>K. Angn-ta. Agent _
FOR BOST <)> !
Spring Arrangement!
THE STEAM Kit
STAR of the EAST, i
(10MMENCEP her regular trips H orn the Ken- ;
nebee. THURSDAY. Mav 15th, lc70, and will,
until further notice, run as follows :
Leaving Gardiner every Monday and Thursday J
at 3 o’clock. Richmond at 4. and Bath at 6 1*. M. j
THE STEAMER CLARIOY,
Will leave Augusta at 12 M.. Hallowell at 1.45 P.
M . connecting with the above boat at Gardiner.
For further particulars inquire of W. J.
Tuck. Augusta; If. Full* r A Son,. Hallowell; |
T B limit, Ganliner; J. T. Robinson, Richmond;
J. E. Brown. Bath.
Gardiner, April 11,1870. flOapr j
Portland & Kennebec Railroad.
Summer Arrangement, May 23, 1870.
ON ami after Monday. May 23d, next, the Port*
laud and Kennebec Railroad Company will put
ou an additional passenger train to leave Portland
for Augu-t.i and intermediate stations at 7.10, and
will be due at Angur-ta at 10 A. M.
Returning in the afternoon. Leave* Augusta at
3.1.1 and connecting with the ew»ui ig exj*re?s for
Boston, which leaves Portland at •* 1* M and ar
rives m Boston at 10 1*. M. j
L. L. LINCOLN. Superintendent.
Millinery Goods
SELLING AT COST !
The subscriber being about to remove from the
State w :11 sell her stock of
MILLINERY GOODS
-AND
Till? DCMKIBI.E NT AM):
WHICH SHE NOW OCCUPIES,
At a Very Low Price!
For the next thirty days I will sell my goods AT ‘
COST, in order t«* close out my entire stock.
Anv one desiring to purchase my present stand,
can do so at a low price, if application is made at
once.
LIZZIE A. CAGE.
Augusta, June 11) .870. Mm
CLAPP & NORTH,
Successors to Edward Fenno,
BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS,
155 H aler Si reel,
Augusta, 2VX o . ,
HAVE Ju?t received large addition* to their as
sortment of
Miscellaneous, Blank and School Books,
IIII3L K 8,
Testaments anil Prayer Bonks !
Letter, Note, and bill Paper,
ENVELOPES, of all Sizes and Stylos .
INITIAL STATIONERY,
BLANK FORMS of all Kinds,
Slates and Sponges,
PENCILS, PENS, AND PENH0LDER8 !
INK AND MUCILAGE,
WAX, for Wax Flowers !
Also a fine assortment of
FANCY GOODS,
REVENUE STAMPS of all sizes.
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House For Sale,
\NY one wishing to purchase a
new First-Class DWELLING
HOUSE, located on one of the prin- !
cijwil streets In the city, can hear
or one by calling at this ofllce.
tmayltett ___
Cough Candy -
\\r I vnoarHIi’) COUGH CAiraicure;
\y COUGHS, COLDS, WHOOPING COUGH Mil
nil Throat trouble*.
2 Doors south of Granite Block, Market Sq.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
Fancy Goods, *old by
ianl-lyt W. WENDENBUBO.
James W. Bradbury, Jr.,
II. S. COMMISSIONER,
Office with Bradbury & Bradbury,
WATER STREET, - - AUGUSTA.
SOU
A LOT OF
Organs & IHelodeons
.IU3T RECEIVED, TO REST, OR
SELL AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICES I
Also New and Second-Hand
r Pianos. Rent free to those who
P thing of buving. A new lot alid
f kind of Mefodcon Stools as low
Jib each Please call very
rsoon or write for further par
ticviar*. Also for sale, at extra bargain* two nice
Piano*, add to let or sell four or live Second-hand
R M. MANSUR.
_ _ ttl'-Julyfc*_
A NEW “SUNDOWN” FOR SALE.
IT is a*of thorough and stylish make as ha* been
offered for sale in this city, having a patent
changeable top. It will be sold at a reasonable
price. It atay ue seen at the brick atable of Dow
A Dunton. K. M- MANSUR.
July l»t, 1870. ♦«*
BOS W O B/ T BE
HA VINO REMOVED TO
STORE NO. 174,
(2 Doors south of Bridge itreet,) which ha* been expressly fitted up for hi* business, where
will be found a VEftY LARGE STOCK of
SPRING WOOLLENS!
Of* the Latest Fashions,
WHICH WIT L BE CUT AND MADE VP TO ORDER IN THE
Very Latest Stylo.
ALSO, WILL BE FOUND
A LARGE STOCK OF
Ready Made Clothing,
-AND
Gents’ Furnishing Goods
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
It. T. BOSWORTH.
Augusta. Mar. 7th, 18*0. f7m»r-tf
NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!
WE IIaVE JUST RECEIVED, and auk now opening,
One or the Largest and Best Assorted
STOCKS of DRY GOODS!
Ever Opened in Augusta.
Splendid assortment of BLACK SILKS,
of the best manufacture.
PLAIN, PLAID ^ STRIDE SILKS
IN GREAT VARIETY.
IRISH AND LYONS POPLINS In all Shades.
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
Organdie Muslins, Iron Bareges Grenadines, Lenos, Pongees, Mohairs, AJpacas, Freneb
and American Cambrics, and an endless variety of common DRESS GOODS.
White Goods, Woollens, Shawls, Toilet Quilts,
C O T T O TV GOODS, &o.
OUR USUAL FULL LINE OF
Parasols, Sun l mbrellas, Fans. Hosiery, Gloves,
FANCY ARTICLES, SMALL WARES, ^
All of which were bought for CASH, and will be sold at the lowest market rates.
Fowler, Hamlen & Smith.
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MANSION HOUSE,
! STATE STREET, : I AUGUSTA, ME.
, riMHS Il'wwe is provided with Bath Rooms,
X where Hut and Cold Baths can be had at all
times. |« has also a First-Cteas Billiard Hall, tor
Uousts only. C--greeted with the House is a tergs
and commodious Sample R<*>m, on WaU-r Street
ceutrally located, where Sample Agents can show
I their goods, fine o 1 charge..
The Proprietor, than krai for the liberal patronage
which the above lb-use has enjoyed since its open* 0
itg, takes pleasure in informing his patrons that he
will run Free Carriages to and from the Cars and
I Boats until further notice
Connected with the above House is a Livery Bta
ble, where good teams can be had at reasonable
rates. W. M. Til AVER, Proprietor.
O. P. Com arm. Clerk.
New Goods!
New Goods!
We are now opening our stock of
K U >1 i\I E II
Dress Goods
Comprising nll^he
NOVELTIES of the SEASON!
We call special attention to our stock of
BLACK SlI.lvB!
For Ladies’ Suits and Out
side Garments.
Also to our
JAPANESE SI EM 8.
In Plutn, Plaids, and Stripes.
I
N. B.—Always on hand,
Androscoggin Remnants
OF DROWN COTTON8.
Barton & Bussell.
June 13, 1870. _ttf
PIANO TUNING.
riMIE Subnorfper woun mrorm me
| 1 ritizvm of Augusta and vianity
I that he WU1 girc 9er»on<il attention to i
* tuning l*fnno.q. orders left at his res |
itlmoe. #T WuitlWV Htreet, w H5 receive proni)i
* M. C. MILUKKN,
Tuchiii of Piano and Organ
ARNO, H0D8KINS A CO.,
MANtFACTUKEllS OF
Organs & Melodeons,
One door nonii Cook’s Ditto STOW, (up s-talra,
Water St., Gardiner, M«.
FIWIKIR cases are made of solid Black Walnut
JL throughout; their keys are made of the finest
grades of Ivory, with ivory fronts; they use the
Munroe Patent Heed,
which for evenness and purity of tone,
Cannot bo Snrpaaeod.
Thoir instruments contain all other improvements
essential to
First Class Instruments.
For full particulars call or address
ah.to, BondKin* a
GARDINER, ME. |
8 Oct. Portable Melodeone, (new) *60.00
6 Oot. Single Bead Organs, 76.00
6 Oot. Doubla “ “ 4 atopa, 126.00
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Arctic Refrigerators!
SANFORD'S PATENT.
Call and See Them.
6. If. JO.VFS,
May 18.1870. tlw
Fore Men and Urals!
Brushes, Combs, Soaps and Perfumery;
cioick toilet m run articles ;
Physicians’ k Apothecaries’ Goods
Part Spnn. Urd, Krrowif aid JuUfMt Oila.
Charles k. Partridge,
DRIGGIST AND APOTHECARY,
Water Street, corner Market Square,
(UNDER GRANITE HAI L,)
Has on hand a Large Selected Stock
kept fresh by constant additions.
All" BILLS AT
The Low est Market Bates !
FOR GENUINE AND RELIABLE GOODS.
Partridge’, Dreg Store, Hater Strait, coner larket S<juar
tljan70ly
S. F. Davenport,
Agent for the sale of the celebrated
SINGER
SEWING MACHINES
-AI-SO AGENT FOR THE
FLORENCE
SEWING MACHINE
Hallowell, Maine.
Place of business has been removed to nearly
opposite Western Vnien Telegraph Office.
Machines Repaired and Exchanged.
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New Summer Goods
JUST RECEIVED AND
(SELLING CHEAP!
At B. Kimball's.
Grenadines, Bareges, Organ
dies, and other thin
Dress Goods.
Barege, Crape, Lama and Grenadine
Shawls, Black Silks, and Trim
mings for Garments, Silk
Parasols, S UN
Umbrellas,
AND SEA-SIDE SHADES !
FANS in many Shade, and Styles.
Those DOLLAR KIDS in OFERA SHADES, ar
selling very rapidly. Come and get a pair.
The undersigned Is also sole agent for thoee
Elastic Mprtsig Foriua i
which ensure a good titling drees.
a KIMBALL,
East side of Water at.,
t3w-Juue!3 Nearly opposite the Cony House.