The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-06-09

Central Park is to have Geological Garden
similar to that in Regents Park, London.
The State of New York henceforth pays gold
for both interest and principal of her debt.
The International Photographed Union, in
session at Philadelphia, has done very grace
full and sensible thing by electing Miss Angus
ia Lewis of New York, Secretary.
A school house at Broadalbin, Fulton coun-
ty, n. Y, was struck by lightning Tuesday.
instantly killing the teacher and iniuring some
of the scholars. UIHt tu.
Secretary Boutwell, will soon appoint CONT
mission to superintend the destruction of sew
eral hundred captured counterfeit plates in
passAas;Aa- at the secret service division
A well informed correspondent OF the Man
chester, Eng, Guardian says the leading min
istera reform measures will be shelved for the
year. The land bill, however, is safe, and
probably the educational bill. .-..t al
The New York Baptist Association at their
anniversary Tuesday night resolved to with
draw from cooperation with the New York
City Mission and Tract Society, and support
missions of its own. ss.s-s..str.Ef
The railroad war between the Erie and Van
derbt is resulting in material reduction Of
fares to the West. Mr.. Gould published a
statement Tuesday declaring his intention TO
fight it ont with Vanderbilt if it takes ten
years. "A
The annual musical exhibition of primary
school children of Boston took place Wednes-
day in Music Hall. Twelve hundred children
joined in the exercises, which were pronounced
perfect success by the school committee on
music, endorsed by the immense audience
| present. ..
| Throughout England the wheat looks finely
and the crop is larger than expected. The
| grass is unusually thin and the hay prospects
| are discouraging. Oats, barley and beans look
poorly. The farmers expect but half crop Of
potatoes and the root crop will yield about the
same as usual ..+
The Montreal express train on the Harlem
extension railroad met with an accident We'd
nesday morning at Clarendon, N. Y, where
| the bridge had been washed away by heavy
| rain. The engine and three cars ran into the
| river. The fireman is missing and supposed
to be killed. The engineer broke his leg and
was otherwise severely injured.
A melancholy accident occurred off Port
Hastings, Eng, Tuesday. A large party we're
out on pleasure yacht when squall came up
and capsized the vessel. 1t is not known how
many lives were lost, but the number certainly
| exceeds twelve. This calamity casts gloom
over the city of Hastings, where the unfortu-
| mates resided.
The corner stone of the new Masonic Tenn
| pie on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 23d
street, New York, was laid Wednesday noon
FIN II
Williamsburg delivered the Grafton. There
were 10000 masons present, including the
| grand lodges of New York and Pennsylvania.
A banquet was given at the Metropolitan Ho-
| tel in the afternoon 7s
A cable dispatch of Wednesday afternoon
says that after the most careful investigation
it has been ascertained that the reported mas
sacre of Jews in Roumania is a baseless fabri-
cation. -
The ceremony of distributing diplomats to
sixty-eight graduates of the Naval Academy
took place at Annapolis Tuesday. Secretary
Robson addressed the graduates and Admiral
Porter delivered the diplomas. The highest
honors were awarded to George L. Dyer of
Maine and the second to r. G. Peck of Massa-
chusetts. ..t..-ff.s -.-It....1t
The New York Sun publishes a a letter from
brownsville, Texas, detailing the project of
the fillibusterng invasion against the Mexican
states between the mountains of Sierra Madre
ana the Gulf, with Gen. Rosecrans in com
mand. The letter states that an understand
ing exists which will establish a government
with Gen. Rosecrans at the head, and ulti-
mately be turned over to tho United States
government.
The Princess Editha, the pretended daughter
of King Leopold and Lola Montez, turns out
to be Claudia Solimon, daughter of former
book keeper of John Hecker. She was edu-
Gated in a convent in Bavaria and became
nun. After her fathers death she returned to
this country, and is charitably supposed to be
insane. Tuesday night person dressed in
pantaloons, short skirt, cbignon and Broad
way hat settled her bill at the Astor House