The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-30

tious citizens of St. Louis by advising line IN
let capitals alone, and confne their ambition
to the building of factories, the construction of
railroads, and the development of the aericul-
tural resources of Missouri. They had been
awaiting the venerable Kentuckian for week
past and anticipated great things from the
speech he would make in favor of the measure
which called the Convention together. s.-
The Worlda Tribune are quarrelling about
their circulation. The Tribune says: We re-
new the proposal, several times made hereto
fore, and will submit our books, if the proprie-
tors of the World will submit theirs, for exam
ination by competent Judges, and if our daily
circulation does not prove to exceed the World
we will pay $1,000 to any non-sectaran CITY
charity that may be previously fixed upon: it
being also agreed that the result of the exam
alton shall be conspicuously published for three
successive days at the head of the editorial
columns of both papers.
Yesterday noon a mason, named Carlton
Parker, living on fremont street, Cambridge,
Mass, was fatally injured by being struck on
the head by brick while at work on the wall
of the new building No. Ga State street, Bos-
ton. The brick fell about thirty feet, crushed
his skull, and threw him nearly twenty feet to
the pavement in the rear of No. 62 State street.
Mr.. Parker died while being conveyed to the
hospital. He was known to many in Boston
as formerly master mason, and the builder of
fremont Temple, the original Parker House,
DR.. Neale's Church and other buildings. He
was a man highly esteemed, about GO years OF
age and leaves large family
A Philadelphia Jenkins" describes the
grand dazzling wedding OF Bishop Simpsons
oldest daughter, Wednesday night, at which
the President and wife were guests. The GER
emony took place in the Methodist EPISCOPAL
Church. great crowd (about 5000 people,
were present One Bishop and fourteen cler-
gymen participated in the ceremonies. The
President wore black dress cloak with velvet
collar and facings, black vest, cut low, with
Byron collar and white necktie. Mrs Grant
wore an elegant blue silk, embroidered with
white flowers, black lace shawl, diamonds and
garnets. The altar was profusely and elegant
ly decorated with orange trees, bearing rich
golden fruits, variety of rare exotic plants in
full bloom, cages of singing birds, and an aqua
rum of living fishes. The bride was array ed
in white corded silk with an immense train
beautifully set off with pearls and orange bios.
SONS. The bride and groom sail for Europe in
the steamer to-day. ~ -..-,.
A Masonic excitement far exceeding any
that took place in the State of New York dur
ing the celebrated Morgan period has just
stirred Chritiana, the quiet Capital of Nor
way, to its utmost depths. The Freemasons
Hall was for several days the scene of violent
demonstrations, which all the force of the po
lice and the military were found necessary tt
quell. Among the lower class there is be-
lief that in every seven years the Freemason:
have to discharge one of their secret duties a
the expense of their fellow-citizens, by sup
plying few plump bodies to tickle the appe
tite of the Grand Turk, Trynetyrkem, or swine
shouted Turk, as he is irreverently denominat
ed in the vernacular. Under the present pan
ic, which is precisely similar to that deserib
ed by the popular poet, Wergeland, more thai
twenty years ago, young people of the poore
class and servants refuse to move out of door
after dark, and are the subject of unfeignet
terror. The people arrested by the police in
sist that fourteen bakers have disappeared
and one tailor and an unknown number o
young women and boys are also supposed t.
be on their way to the Sultan's table. Tn
popular belief on the subject amounts to
frenzy.