The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-05-13

A Miss. Vansel, near Waverly, Illinois, is
the owner of one thousand acres of land in
cultivation, and is her own general superin-
tendent.
The Massachusetts Legislature are asked to
compel railways to carry on the express busi-
ness and adopt a satisfactory fixed rate OF
charges.
Napoleon is eXtorting contributions from
commercial houses of France having Govern
ment interests, to cover the expenses Of the
Ptebiceite.
The railway fever has broken out on the
Island of Java, and the scream OF the iron
horse will soon make the nfdels stare and
tremble.
Railway carriages -SwSas3s ,ssssiGetd-
by means of hot sand placed in cases along
the side of the car and heated and renewed at
each terminus.
A bottle of salt water, taken from the end
OF Long Wharf, Boston, is said to be carried
to California by some excursioDists, and
poured into the bay of San Francisco, with
due honor.
"Don't beat your carpets" says some kind
hearted person; "try kindness and firmness,
and ifthat doesn't keep them down, send for
policeman and have them taken up"
A man in Hamburg, tried for the murder
of his wife, stated TO the court that he could
not be considered guilty of murder, as he killed
his vile in fair and honorable combat, having
placed a pistol in her hand and given her
every advantage of the laws of the duello.
Vanderbilt is said to be distributing his
| property to his heirs. After the manner of
John Jacob Astor he has lately transferred
| IS 100000 to one of his children for the noni-
| inal consideration of Is.
| The Louisiana Legislature, in repeating the
old and enacting new code of criminal law
and punishment, made no provision for hia-
| tus between the repeal of the old and the en-
actment of the new law, and by this means
some hundred and twenty-five criminals es-
capped justice.
| A Kentucky mother left her infant in
charge of an older child, boy of six. The
| child becoming fretful the boy, according to
| his mothers custom, administered dose of
laudanum. On the return of the mother she
found her dead babe, the lad having prescrib-
ed nearly gill OF the drug.
A Boston woman complains that she has
| stopped in sundry hotels in sundry places, and
| she never knew one to have clock in its la
dies parlor, of newspaper accessible to its
ladies guests. But there is always a mirror.
A family in Newport turned up their noses
very perceptibly at their tea-cake, the other
night. There was nothing the matter with
| it, only it was favored with spirits of camphor
instead of essence OF lemon.
Denver was built on the banks CT an extinct
| creek. The creek has now become con-
stant stream, needing to be crossed by bridges.
Salt Lake, in Utah, is seven feet higher than
tell years ago, and is rising annually. Civil
zation has brought with it vegetation into
some OF the Territories where before was an
arid desert.
The remains of Byron lie beneath a little
white tablet, without ornament or inscrip-
/ N n m in m
poverty strickenIvillage, few miles out OF
| London, a place known to but few of those
| who admire his writings, and seldom visited
even by the few.
8 One John II. Hennessey, q school trustee of
the Seventeenth Ward in New York, is being
hauled over the Goals for taking a brbe OF
| $l00 from poor girl for securing her an ap-
| pOintment as teacher in one of the public
| schools. A letter OF the accused acknowledge
ing receipt Was produced, and yet he denied
the charge.
| Lord Derby whose engagement is annoue-
ed in England, has waited good while and
finally married a family, as well as a wife. He
ls44 years old and the dowager marchioness
of Salisbury, Ihis intended, is 40, with five
children, the Oldest young man OF %. The
present marquis of Salisbury, better known III
politics as Lord Cranborn, is only her step,
son. The marchioness is daughter OF Ear
De Ia War;. and connection by marriage of
Earl Russell.
Rev. DIR. Chaplin of New York, before pro-
| ceedng with his regular services last Sabbath
morning. remarked to his congregation that
he always preferred being "wet down" by
thunder shower than by drizzling leak, and as
there was small debt remaining upon his
church of $4,000, which caused a leak of sew
en- hundred dollars per annum, he desired to
have it stopped. The box went round, and
when the contents were counted it was
found that the desired sum had been obtained.
The leak was stopped!