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PORTLAND DAILY PRESS. established june 23,1862. vol. 11. -----—— Portland, Friday MORNrNo optotifk j i«7o .... ______— TERMS $8.00 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE. THF PORTLAND DAILY PRESS SUMMER RETREATS. WANTS, LOST, FOUND. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. published every (Sundays excepted) by tho tiny _miscellaneous. MISCELLANEOUS. the government of the new union that has THE followed £ POKTLANV PUBLISHING CO., PRESS. the war shall he administered in the GEORGES Agency for Sewing Machines. tidiest and most sympathetic Ihlth of the prin- At 1C9 Exchange St, Portlaxd. HOTEL, WANTED IV. S. that DYER, No. 373 Middle St. All WHERE WHERE ciples triumphed in| the struggle—and a Year in FRIDAY MORNING, OCT. 4,1872. we Teiims: Eight Dollars advauce. MAIN STREET. Custom Coat and Pant Makers kind* of Machines for sale aad to let. both interpreted and amended the Con- ' stitution, the and -AT- Repairing. politically, by war, decided THE MAImTnTaTE PRESS THOMASTON, MAINE. as a permanence that the equal right* of eve- s. THAYER MOULTON & Bakers. and Gleanings. ry citizen are the sacred cf the whole Is published every Thursday Morning at $2 50 a SON’S, Gossip guard in advance, at This well known and favorite house has W. C. No. 13 Pearl St. That is what the want to people; that does y at ; it paid $21)1) a year. old, during 191 Main St. COBB, people know TO OUR unity not depend upon any he past winter, been remodeled tate or thoroughly repaired, FRIENDS, Mr*. has made her any section of the nor nd supplied with new furniture, in to ME. Harriet Beecher Stowe country any Rates of Advertising: One inch ol space, In style equal BIDDEFORD, Booksellers and In that Hotel of the is now for Oct 2—lw*is Stationers. majority section; that the Villon is length of column, constitutes a “square." any day; opened permanent debut recently in a new role as a reader of 50 and tranalcnt boarders. HOYT, rOGUl BREED, No. 01 Middle the na- $1 per square first week; 75 cents per affairs,but dally The rooms are and the her own at It was !!lVSmu'tof,fT5ntioiml of tho week after; three insertions, or less. $1 00; continu- light airy, arrangement, be- Wanted. Street. works, Springfield, Mass, authority sovereign people of other ing such, that each room has a view upon Main a thelTnited States. ing every day after Hist week, 60 cents. st., quite a success, as she is as “From Half three sireet unsurpassed In beauty, none In the State. WET NURSE. at <& reported excelling mygb;rtV? says square, insertions or less, 78 cents; one by Apply Book Binders. the “a cloud has it a most for visitors No. in the nation, rested upon con- week. $1 00; 50 cents per week alter. Making pleasant resort from cit- A 32 St. Lawrence Street. proper expression of the Yankee dia- my ies the summer season. WM. A. QUINCY, Room Printer’. stitution, and the and Special Notices, one third additional. during oct2-lw* 11, Virginia Kentucky re- The larvicr will he with the No. Ill lect. solution! have me Under head of "Ajuihmejients,” $2 00 per square kept fully supplied best Exchange, Exchauge St. threatened every moment the market at all times aud THE PUBLIC. per week; three insertions or less *1 50. affords, seasons, and no Boarders SHALL A No. 35 Plum in the hands ot the Democratic pains or exiause spared to make the condition of all Wanted. 8HACKFOKD, party Advertisements inserted in the "Maine State WHY A I am who the House rooms with board for a Street# mysterious stranger, with hlonde Thank God, released. I am no more a Press" (which has a circulation in may patronize agreeable and happy. good gentleman and flowing large every part Central and commodious also but a no a of the State) for St tto for first SAMPLE ROOMS are TWOwife; good accommodations for two or three hair, hat and blanket chilli, man; longer confederacy, but per square insertion, in connection with Board Bonne' and want to know picturesque fringed and 50 cents for each inset- open, the house to accommodate gentlemen. reasonable at No 4 Locust St. Hat Bleachery. They that too. a nation; no more States but I per square subsequent Oct 2-dtf with separated am tion. Traveling agents. scalp locks, walks the streets of Virginia m S SAWYER A — tile United States of America, one and Coaches leave the House to CO., Bleacher., No. 131 AT — indi- Address rail communications to connect with all the and defies the Steamers at Rockland Middle Street. City, curiosity of the public. visible. If a man has received or PORTLAND PUBLISHING CO. touching from cast or west Wanted. injustice Also to carry i*ssongers to and from the cars. injury, and his neighbors will not protect him Carlcton's well-known SMALL bouse, or half of a bouse, within ten Livery Stable is connected in the local courts under the local and with the House. A or fifteen minutes walk of City Hall. Carpenters and Bnilders. C0G1A Brigham \ oung is afflicted with a disease law. HASSAN’S, refuse BUSINESS CARDS. All old and friends Address Rent, Press Office. octlw* of to aid him, I will defend him,” says acquaintance at the Lynde WHITNEY & MEANS, Pearl Street, op- the heart that may him off at J_______ House, where the carry any the new born nation of the war. undersigned officiated aa Clerk po.ite Park. time. “Amen,” from its opening, are Invited not to forget his present BECAUSE echo Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and Port resilience. He will be at home and to mee* WANTED. Haying searched the markets of Royal. happy the as she sinks R. W. GAGE & CO., them all. WILLIAM K. Dentists. “Amen,” says Kearsarge, BICKFORD, active capable man to do the A little was the Alabama. young figuring Dll. W. B. orer II. H. business we buy direct of the manu- girl puzzling, as little will “Amen,” shouts Sherman, as Proprietor. ANin a lumber to take account of lumber. JOHNSON, Hay’.. aJol)bin? girls (Succcsors to Gage & Davis,) Cn miles H. Clerk. office,and not “U to ret*i,ers an'1 soare »‘ii- he marches to the sea. Oloyk, One who is to make himself useful. aUal ^ [>uzzle over too for and she “Amen,” says Gen- Jluic 18T2. willing generally cu8tumer“ at ihK »“• things big them, Thomaston, 1st, jel3iltf Apply to BERLIN MILLS CO. Dye-Honsc. other dealers Pfl« eral Grant, as mid the music of four pay.°Ur made up her mind that after all it was not so heavenly COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Oct 4-d3t* P. SYMONDS, India St. Velvet Cloak, millions of breaking chains General Lee sur- sice a ADAMS dyed and duinhed. thing to be omnipresent, “God could renders to him the broken sword of 84 and 86 La. Salle St, CHICAGO. hOUSE, slavery. Lost. POSTER’S Dye House, 34 Union Street.* NEW YORK AND BOSTON tot go anywhere.” [Loud applause. | This is the new Union; R. Old Orchard Me. or near on the war W. Gage, J. W. Tillson. Beach, Saco, Music Hall, Saturday evening. Sept. was not fought for nothing. Its gos- ElT' l.itsTal advaueos made on Oonsiguments. IN*28, a small AMETHYST inlaid wltn letter B. is Furniture-Wholesale and Retail. » pel yet unseen, To which Oct 2—d3t Thin popular house is now ready to receive The finder will be rewarded on it at the of- : Scene: A hotel undeveloped. lerving metropolitan telegraph will trust it? I boarders, regular and transient. fice of GEO. S. HUNT, 111 Commercial st. ocld3t* WALTER COREY A CO., Arcade, No. party you do not, of course, Prices from SI.00 to 1.23 i»er >ffice, early Monday $ day. 18 Free 8treet. morning. Young gen- repeat the itory of the Democratic party. Miss. Jennie MRS. M. A. WlUTTfcN, House to be tleman after You know that its Taylor, Let. GJRORCMS A. Wo. 56 Ex- operator, repeated call* for strength and its Proprietress. WHITNEY, PRICESTELL! For the most mastery TWO attractive were in the story house, containing nine room3, cen- 8t. of all foung lady operator in a branch at last principles and the spirit known stable change Upholstering kinds office, Teacher of Piauo Forte. jyi; A trally located; connected. Possession as the South, which in our is not and Music, Nov 1st. done to order. ^ts a response, and click, polities given Gent fine half 10 then, “click, click, never was to much a toWM. IL hose, cts.. worth 25. place as an idea. The Ap ly JERRIS, Real Estate Agent. Indies plain cotton dick” he back Will recirive a limited number of TO LEI. Oct 3-dlw* Furniture and House hose, 8 cts., worth 15. (fortissimo), telegraphs to her South was not New it was not pupils. Apply Furnishing Goods. Ladies merino '* York; Boston. at STOURBRIDGE'S. Hose, 15 cts., worth 25c. I-' Mr. REN J. AHAMS, cor. and Fed- vehemently, “I have been trying to catch you When Toombs said he would call the roll uepe&ekcki*—B. J. Laug, Boston ;H. Kotzschmar, Exchange House to eral or the last of his slaves on Bunker he said so G. W. Mars ton. Portlaud. aep27-lw* Brick House to Let. Let. Street*. half hour.” In a moment the Hill, be- cause knew he ~ of two house No HOOFER A he had slaves in Boston. The located near the (lirl’8 High School. Kent part story 23$ Lafayette EATON, Old Foal Offlcc, ollowing spicy teply came back to S400. to XTPPERst, containing 6 finished hard and N-O-V-E-L-T-l-E-S! tripping most cherished Democratic HlUl Apply rooms, plenty Exchange Sweet.
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