The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-29

President Pierce when in Bowdon College
cut his name on brick on the north end of
Winthrop hall, where it can now be seen.
The remains of the late Gov. John A. An
drew, which are inferred at Mount Auburn
will be removed from that place on Saturday
next to bingham, where a monument will I'M
doubleday be erected to his memory.
Joseph B. Felt, LII. D., of Salem, who died
few weeks ago, left among other legacies,
$4,000 to Atkinson Academy, New Hamp-
shire. He was graduate of this academy.
one of the Oldest institutions in the country.
and thus showed his interest in its prosperity.
Daniel Smith, of Wilmington, Vermont, has
been for some months past coughing almost
necessarily. A few days since, while cough
ing violently, he elected from his windppe an
ivory peg nearly an inch in length, which he
accidentally swallowed in February last. He
is doing WELL
The Farmer says that Mr.. John Conley, for
merly baggage master on the P. & K railroad,
has recently been made the recipient of an ell
egant gold watch and chain from Joseph Fitch
for the brave and generous act of rescuing
Miss Lena Willis, his granddaughter, from a
watery grave at Old Orchard Beach last sum
mer. We are glad to know that such noble
act is SO well rewarded -H
The Bath Times says that the faculty of
Bowdoin College have decided to do away
with the system SO long in vogue of three
days examination at the close of the summer
term, and the customary examination will
hereafter take place during the last three
weeks of the term. For the fall and winter
terms, examinations will take place during the
last two weeks of those terms.
A curious case in Iowa has just been termi-
mated by death. A lady of Rochester, in that
State, while drinking tea five years ago. was
caused to laugh by remark made by her faith
er. She choked SO badly as to cause strict
ure of the throat, which has gradually grown
worse until for the past three months she has
been altogether unable to swallow, and was
sustained only by fluids injected into her stom-
ach. Her death at last was from starvation.
Taunts are frequent that Great Britain looks
after her subjects with jealous care, while the
United States are extremely neglectful. This
appears, however, to be purely imaginary. A
dungeon has held in Milan for nine months a
British subject named Nathan, who is impris-
oned on the sole charge that he was travelling
in company with young Garibaldian from
Lugano, the residence OF his mother, where
Mazzini had been stopping. The Milanese
have successfully resisted every attempt at his
liberation. 1rt
PostmasterGeneral CreswelPs report will
embrace recommendation for the abolition of
the ranking privilege, and that the several
Departments shall be required to pay their
own postage. He says that under such an ar
rangement his Department would become self
sustaining, if not a source of profit. He will
also recommend that the laws regulating ad-
vertisements of the Department shall be chang
ed in material respects, and also the abolition
of the letter-box delivery system; also re-
duction of the rates of registered letters. He
will further report very small deficiency.