April 07,1881

DAILY PRESS. _PORTLAND1 ESTABLISHED JUNE 23, 1862—VOL. 18. PORTLAND, THURSDAY^ MORNING, APRII?7, 1881. PRICE 3 CENTS. __ _^. i THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS, CITY PROPOSALS. [Zion’s Advocate.] Here is certainly a good record for Maine. ADVERTISEMENTS MISCELLANEOUS THE PRESS. But, if we take tbe number of convicts in jails, Published every the The So-Called Degeneracy of day (Suodajs excepted,) by as well as in the are even more ~ Maine. prisons, figures PORTLAND PUBLISHING CO«, startling. In Massachusetts, in 1873, there CITY OF Notice to Contractors. THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 7. were in State and or At PORTLAND.- A few weeks ago there appeared in the prison jails 4,'JU2 convicts, lot) Exchange Portland. one to St., 1 every 400 of population. In Maine, iu Portland Press, a communication by Hon. C. Terms; Dollars a subscrib 1873, there were in and exclusive Ki|dit Year. To mail Office of the trustees, Every attach6 of the Press is furnished prison jails, ers Seven ) regular W. Goddard, in which statistics were mar- of tlioso Dollars a Year, if paid in advance. Assessors’ Notice. Maine insane Hospital, ( imprisoned for violation of liquor law. * with a Card certificate Bigued by Stanley Pullen, Augusta, Me., March 24th, 1881.) shaled to show that there had been an “enor- 313 convicts, or one to every 1,000 of popula- Assessors of the of Portland hereby All railway, steamboat and hotel managers tion. In other the THE MA1KE STATE PRESS City Sealed will be received at this un- Editor, words, number of criminals notice to all liable to taxation proposals office mous” multiplication of crime in Maine during rHEgive person'* will confer a favor us credentials in Massachusetts is three as as in is 12th, 1881, at 11 o’clock A. upon by demanding 1 times large published every Thursday Morning at $2.50 a n said city that they will b« in session every Tuesday, April M., the This communication r all the materials and all the of to our past thirty years. Maine. — year, if in advance at §2.00 a secular from the first to the fifteenth of *10,000 furnishing doing every person claiming represent journal. paid year. day ^ t)or iu a new on the was In all of A native of now of a next, at their room in required erecting pavilion widely copied. parts tho coun- Maine, pastor church in \]>ril inclusive, City Hall, or for : ounds of this institution, parts thereof, as a was Rates of Advertising One inch of space, the Tom ten to twelve o’clock in the forenoon, and in which an Western State, who somewhat troubled r and of F. II. Archi- try prominent journals, opportu- i cngili of constitutes a From three to for plans specifications Fassett, writes to us for columu, “square.” live o’clock in the afternoon, We do not read lettors and communi- by Judge Goddard’s statistics, first 75 Tie ut, which may be seen at the office of the Treas- anonymous for an assault, direct or indirect, the §1.50 per square, daily week; cents per purpose of receiving lists of the polls and nity upon the facts. “With a largely native week three insertions or er of the Proposals should be addressed cations. The name and address of the writer are in popu'ation after; less, §1.00; conticu Mtatea taxable in said Hospital. ‘Maine Law” is never allowod to city. the Trustees of Maine Insane Hospital, pass unim- and a 'Maine Law,' he says, “Maine should ill* every other day after first week, 50 cents. And all such are notified to Augusta, all oases not for < persons hereby and endorsed for Pavilion.” indispensablo, necessarily publics- make her no boast. She Half square, three insertions or 75 make and and i3., “Proposals The called attention to the statistics which ‘Dirigo’ empty ought leas, cents; bring to said Assessors true per- tion but as a proved, ■one 50 ard reserves the right to reject any or all propoe- guaranty of good faith. to lead in all virtues.’’ we think she week, $1.00; cents per week after. fect lists of all their |>olls and estates, real and WORTH this communication contained, and made Well, “ s received. Wc canuot undertake Special Notices, one-third additional. personal, or held them as executor, to return or preserve com Joes. If there is any other State iu the Union, by guardian, I ~ Under J. H. MANLEY, them the basis of numberless editorials on head of "Amusements” and ‘‘Auction or on the first ) munications that are not used. where law is in which administrator, trustee, otherwise, SILVESTER properly administered, Sales/’$2.00 per square per week; three inser- of and be to make oath OAKES, } of is crime the lay April, 1881, prepared AND SUMMER «J. S. CDSH1NG. Committee. “Tho Degeneracy Maine,” “Morals in there less in proportion to popula- tions or less. SPRING ) $1.50. to the truth of the same. tion, let the fact be shown. Advertisements inserted in the have mar28 dl2t Maine,” etc., etc. These statistics, it wa.3 said, “Maine State And when estates of persons deceased to Press has a Judge Goddard's statistics have been used (which large circulation in every part been divided during the past year, or have changed The consumption of opium lias increased show a “startling of mental and moral aie for decay show the inefficiency of the “Maine Law” in of State), $1.00 j>er square fdr first* inser- hands from any cause, the executor, auministrator, for and 50 cents roposals for Cut Uranite Stairways. 70 cent, in this in the last ten and constitute a “revelation of the the of crime. The enemies of tion, j*er square for each subsequent or other person interested, is hereby warned to per country strength,” suppression pro- insertion. notice of such and in default of tice of Building for State, War, and Navy criminal records of the State in ail hibition are again hoisted by their own petard. Address give change, which, all communications to such notice will be held under the law* to pay Departments, years._ I). cannot be without the tax assessed, although such estate has been Washington, C., April 1,1881. seriousness, contemplated | PUBLISHING CO. EALED PROPOSALS for furnishing and deliv- General Grant told a St. Louis report- __PORTLAND wholly distributed and paid over. a feeling of wonder and pain.” Poe in His Own Defence. And wbo to with this HATS 5 ering all the cut granite required for two wind- er the other that he did not want to person neglects day The statistics in this communica- ! any comply Now In stock. Fine and medium Hats a We sell tlie best in the north of the for presented notice will be doomed to a tax according to the specialty. £ g stairways wing Building 1 in this talk “I am out of that said tion were the result of a comparison of the ENTERTAINMENTS. laws of the State, and he barred of the right lo $2.50 Stiff hat in the market. If yon want a cheap Hat we have them s ate, War, and Navy Departments, city, will politics. now,” received at this office until 12 M., of April State Prison Report for tho year 1851 with A Heretofore Letter in make application to the County Commissioners for 50c and 28, the General as lie wound the conversa- 5 Unpublished $1.00 and thereafter in up that of the 1880. The were as fol- for any abatement of his taxes, unless ho shows J >81, opened immediately pres- year figures tce of bidders. tion. The Which he Denies the Charge of Intem- New that ho was unable to offer such lists within the reporter was seeking his opinion lows: Portland Theatre. instructions for bidders, t I’AXK Cl time hereby appointed. Specifications, general of the perance. KTIS-LESSEE AND MANAGER. afck forms of and information as to Garfield administration. Percentage Jgg^Jn no case where the Assessors have been HAT proposal, °f KNOX SILK tiere of the be seen, will be put to the disagreeable necessity, of making a copies drawings may 18ol 1880 increase. and and rnishea to of established Friday Saturday, Saturday Mat- doom will the possession of Government bonds proprietors granite Nashua Telegraph: The Boston Post Murderers. 4 21 425 Iu the Baltimore American appears a letter and old Silk Hat. Entire new stock. jrks their to this office. inee, April 8th and Sith. or deposits in the Savings Banks be allowed as a $3.50 your upon application 1 5 400 Dr. E. Snod- THOS. LINCOLN says that “no one complains that Bill Manslayers.. written by Edgar Allan Poe to J. of plea in mitigation of suoli doom. CASEY, Murderous assaults. 3 7 133 Engagement the Renowned Comedian and of editor of the Baltimore Satur- Character Stephen Marsh,)* apleod2w Lt.-Col., Corps Engineers. Chandler is not smart; the complaint is that Arson, etc. 4 0 125 grass, formerly Actor, Lot C. Assessors. Nelson, [ he is too smart.” Rape. 1 9 800 day Visitor, in which Poe emphatically denie g Cyrus K. ) OVER TALL HATS Only Democrats make 1 li Ladd, PULL Attempts to rape. 500 Blank schedules will be furnished at the rocm ■ the that he was of habi's. that and have reason to Felonious assault. 0 4 .... charge intemperate of the Assessors. a business Hat. compaint, they Sol Something new, O 4 .... The letter was found the widow of Dr. Smith make it. Robbery by Russell, March 1881. td _ In bis now famous character of Portland, 31st, aprl Piracy.

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