The Portland daily press., 1869-07-30
GOPHER,



Hon. Lafayette s. Foster has received a
tender of the Professorship at the Yale law
school, which was vacated by the death of ex-
Governor Dutton.
James johnson, of Maine, was recently rob-
bed of $4,000 by cyprian, in New York, by
means OF the panel game.
The weavers employed in the cotton mills in
the old district Of Kensington, Pa, are now
on strike for higher wages, and in conse-
quence nearly thousand persons are out of
work; 1900 or 1900 looms are idle, and all the
principal mills are closed. They demand an
increase of fifteen cents a cut, and the propri-
etors stubbornly refuseSto pay the advance
The Hartford Evening Post says that on the
arrival of the afternoon train from Providence,
Monday, the conductor engaged hack to car
ry sick lady, who was unattended to the
hospital. Arriving there, the driver found
that his carriage had two occupants. The
lady was cared for, and is now doing well.
Tho Washington correspondents say that
Gen. N P. Banks and the Hon. B. F. Wade
are at the head of movement which has for
its object the prevention of the sailing of the
gunboats now building for the Spanish Cow
ernment.
The amount of money sent through the
mails by postal mon,y orders is increasing
about one hundred per cent. annually. This
year the aggregate foots up thirty million dol
lars, against sixteen millions last year. and it
is estimated that the amountwill again double
| next year. ssssa - e fs
The Union and dEGeutral Pacific railroads are
quarreling to see which shall receive the gov
ernment bonds on the fifty miles of road be-
tween Ogden and Promontory Point. :,
The conclusion of the libel suit brought by
Judge Purcell OF Washington against the re-
porter of the National Republican, for describ-
ing ducking he received on account of inn
proper conduct in neighboring town, is
awaited with much interest.
Ex-Secretary Seward arrived at Victoria,
Vancouver's Island, last week Tuesday, and
received very fattering reception from the
people and authorities
The Supreme Conclave of the Order OF the
Seven Wise Men" is in session in Phiadel-
phia. 1t is q secret society Of German origin,
recently revived in this country.
Everybody present remarked the unostenta-
tious manner Of the President at the Long
to humility. II there be any truth in the pro-
verb that such qualities always accompany
true greatness, the sdversaries Of the Presi-
dent have vastly underrated him.
The story is circulated (starting atlChcago)
that Commodore Vanderbilt, seventy y-five years
of age, and but few months widower, pro-
poses to unite in marriage with miss seven
teen years of age. IS 8a, .44T s8 sse
The Commercial Bank of Bristol, Rhode Is
land, is temporarily closed for an investigation
of its affairs The cashier confesses that he
has allowed certain parties to overdraw to a
considerable extent. The parties deny the
charge Of oyerdraft, and say thatif any defalca-
tion exists it is attributable to other causes
The bank is State institution, with a capital
of only $4,000. 5a
Work on the He'll Gate distractions in New
York harbor will be begun Immediately.
The coal miners of Scranton who are en-
gagged in the strike are becoming extremely
destitute. Some families are reduced almost
to the verge Of starvation
Many of the four thousand colored residents
of Alexandria, Va, are rich. They have six
churches and five school houses. Two-thirds
of them were slaves before the war. Il m
A Havana dispatch Of yesterday says the in
surgents are quite active in the central depart
ment. They have lately burned and destroyed
great deal of property about Trinidad. A
few days since a large bandsof insurgents at
tackled Puerto Principe, but after short en-
gagement were beaten off with considerable
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