The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-11-22
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=. 1886 Items.

The Hub is delighted because Jim Fisk. Jr.
ate his Thanksgiving dinner in that city. ~,
| Inc Washington correspondents saw tina,
| twenty-five of the relatives of the Presitlenl
dlned at the White Bouse, Thursday. - Ts
Citizens of Hartford, Conn. are talking o
| erecting statue of Rev. DR.. Bushnell in thei1
| City Park q .,.--.- ~
A young man who died in ST. Paul. MINI
on Friday, left $4,000 each to two of hi,
college classmates. ........... .....,8ol5o- :
| q Inc Labor Reform Party of Boston have
nomlnated Nathaniel e. Chase, a stove dealer
ior mayor. .aWoa lesEslE rgst~8H 80 fscf oil "a
| North Carolina horse-thieves have been sbsrn
enough to steal two horses from circus travel
ing in that State : ~ '-' -
5helburne, Vt. has this year furnished for
Shipment ten thousand barrels of marketable
apples, Fruit growing is becoming more a
speciality of Vermont farmers. -, = = -
"A Methodist Episcopal educational conven-
ton recently IN session at Montpelier, VT. nro-
posed to raise $4,000 for seminary fund by a
weekly ten cent subscription. y. -. y = p
Not to be outdone by the government. the
Wasnerwomen OF Troy are forming a union
winch IS to be the biggest wiring" in the
country. = '-''
Fifteen members of the Press of WASHINGTON
went TO Richmond to spend Thanksgiving, and
were entertained by their contreres OF the lat
ter city.
st. Joseph's Convent, in Toronto, Ontario.
was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night
Inc inmates succeeded in getting safely out of
the Building The loss is SIS. 900. II kkWfN {
At recent sale of bankrupt estate in
portsmouth, more pounds OF silver were sold.
IMAM the owner had ever ack now lodged to pos
sesslng ounces, in his sworn statement to the
Revenue Collector. rrt-r4 --r 49, - -
Duck stuffing, well seasoned with onions.
was recon- mended to a lady, at Thanksgiving
yvh
party requested some of the same o1ocE med
icIne. h-e u o.4.. -.I- : y
Posthumous evidences of an extinct race
have been discovered in Arizona. What with
lbs, the Cardiff giant, the copper workers of
Micolgan, and the last races at Jerome Park,
widr held is opening before the American eth
Dologist. t'ss' "'-
While the United States steamer Lincoln
was cruising lately in the vicinity of st. Paul
lslano, IN Behrlng Sea- one of the boats ar
tempted to land on the island and was swami
ed Three sailors were drowned Richard LIv.
lhgston, Lewis Garlin, and John Beck.
Within two months the country has lost by
deatn one ex-President, two ex- Secretaries OF
the Treasury, the Secretary of War and an er
Secretary OF War, two ex-Senators one ex.
P,o.tmasfer-General, the Rear Admiral and a |
Major General. - 49, y
me New York papers say that French sail |
or on board the q. s. sioreship Guard com
plains or brutal treatment at the hands of his |
superior officers. After serving t,-eipbt |
hours without rest, he fell asleep on his post
lor which he was strapped to the m zzep ripg
ing OF the vessel for eight days, and fed scanti.
~ upon bread and water
A dreadful crime was perpetra,ed at Pleas.
INT Grove, near Huntington, Penn, on We'd
1esday night Two men entered the dwelling
If John PEI ghtals, and shot him dead and liz
rally split his wife's skull open with an axe
They also shot dead lad amed Gardner
Gated at supper, between and 7 o'clock. The
nurderers we're arrested.