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JAMES MILLER, No. 01 Federal Stree diate capture of the Turkish position is not hard the the immense stock of goods before purchasing elsewhere, ^STAfiD slate writing work, uncompromising contempt of word, sir! They are glorious, sir, far be- looked for by military critics who have made whatever seems to ear and Real Estate Agents. pleasant eye, imag- yond my expectations! There are not twenty a of the situation. Those ination that were the of some ENTERTAINMENTS. JOHN C. PROCTER, No. 93 Exchange study who recall unlovely heritage men in Boston who could have written thoie Street. the series of assaults on Petersburg in the of our forefahers. The trials of the house- playsl" last into whose home these The Steamer Charles Houghton WALTER COREY & Watches, Jewelry and Silver Ware. year of our civil war, and the obstinacy keeper pleasant grand- Gen. McClellan will have an important *■ mothers were as CO., _M'V WATKINS, one of the Kelt with which it was defended will look suddenly introduced inmates paper in the October Harper’s on the The Will leave Portland Pier J. A. MERRILL Ac 139 Middle St Reg- CO., ,®111 be found hardly Sw r,?* v *? ‘A1® Century, may and the curious but not unnatural influence they ular of the J. A. MERRILL. A. KEITH. at 407 Cumberland to see the Russian over the Army United States, in which the FRIDAY AND Street, corner of Mechanic, for a breastworks of SATURDAY, few weeks. were able to exert upon the household are de- advocates of reduction S3 Free sep4d2w the Turkish this season. will find few crnmbe of at 2 o’clock p. m., Street, stronghold The cribed in a vivid, unexaggerated and well writ. comfort. Alter protesting the siege threatens to be a long one, the war the against proposi- n. • ten siyie, rue cuapier wmcu inciuaes ine tion, he devotes FOR FREEPORT. 8. RICE. PORTLAND J. H. ROOFER. w. w. in since the nearly half his paper to sug- dtt hilton, longest Europe Crimean. The sept training of a willing bat not a deft band-maid- gesting how the army may be reorganized into 25 Cents. 0 baa brilliant success of Prussia in her attacks on ,ePt4Tickets> d2t jPortlan<Jl returned from the West en, is bright and fall of good suggestions. The more effective usefulness. Among the illus- Relocated Austria and France have led us to look for whole tone of the book is fresh, pointed and trated articles of the number will be the lead- CITY HALL, 499 Congress St., Cor. similar exploits by the great northern em- refined. It is original without being grotesque, incr nunor rvn \fnfnw,n ir_rr_• n Brown, and a of pire, capture Constantinople as careful in detail without lapsing into tedious- cott Spofford, who describes a real with- A chLice selection of goods will be sold at low place speedily made a3 that of Paris. We ness, and natural without tendency to twaddle. out a Wednesday evening, Sept. 19th, prices. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry repaired forget romancing; stirring description by Win" promptly, and satisfaction The book is the first of a New JOHN E. guaranteed. d3t* that the Prussians are the first soldiers in literary essay L. Stone, under the title of The Camp of Bur- DeWITT.President York and is full of of her future of Europe and their generals the only ones de- lady, promise goyne, the battle at Saratoga; a paper on D. H. success. Walras BARNES, AecOMltailt serving the name. Hunting, descriptive and humorous, W. L. Still in of the defensive by Alden; and the conclusion of Horace Assets, $8,129,925.68 -IHIS"-- examined.balanced,and closed- spite strong posi- Notes and Announcements. miPLMH CONCERT BOOKSopened,-trial Balances and Cash E. Scudder’s of A Accounts investigat, tion held by the Turks, their opponents have description Qronp of Classi- ea; Complicated accounts adjusted. Special atten- Francis Fairfield calls Miller cal Schools.” — TO — tionto Gerry Joaquin bankruptcy matters, the settlement of estates- gained some advantages which if well im- examination of “The Poet of the About ten All Policies issued after which shall have been in force three agencies, and other matters requiring Epic Wigwam.” years ago, W. C. Prime picked op April 1,1877, 106 services of a proved, may lead to a capitulation at Plevna, thorough accountant.