The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-09-27
Current Notes.

The Chicago Board cf Education has adopt
ed rule prohibiting teachers from receiving
presents from their pupils, on pain OF dismiss
al from service.
A firm in Memphis have commenced the
manufacture OF ladies' shoes for the Southern
market. They employ thirty hands and turn
out 300 pairs daily.
A prominent Canadian gentleman writes to
an English paper predicting that Canada will
be independent or annexed to the United
States within the next six years.
A tailor was startled the other day BY the
return OF bill which he had sent to a maoa
zine editor, with notice that the "manuscript
was respectfully declined"
10 take the stain of any fruit from any fab
ric, put the garment in vessel, pour boiling
water over 1t, and let it stand.till cool, then
wash out, and the stain is gone.
AT sundown on Sunday next commence
the jewish year. 1t is the beginning of the
civil year, as distinguished from the ecclesias-
tical, which commences at the coming of the
Passover.
The first minister of the Second Congresa-
tional Society in Boston, came from the Epis-
| copal into the Unitarian Church, and his sue
| cessor went from the Unitarian into the Epis-
| copal Church.
They have mysterious disappearance, in
| New Haven of one Charles N. Virgins, but
| it is suspected that he is indulging i'm the ro-
mantle idea of mysteriously disappearing for
the purpose of observing the effect.
Since the closing of the liquor saloons at
Leslie, Mich, society has been established
which prohibits its members, on pain of 81
fine, from trading there until the LIQUOR traffic
has been resumed.
George X. Graham, once renowned in tbe
American literary world as a publisher of
Graham's Magazine of Philadelphia. and af.
terwards the proprietor of the North Ameri-
can, IS now prominent operator in the
long room OF the New York stock exchange.
The ledge Of solid silver half mile thick
and studded with diamonds, like raisins iu a
pie, mas turned up once more in Colorado,
ana may be expected to shoot out meteoric
g'eams OF richness from now till Congress
meets and lugs in so resplendent territory as
a State.
Josiah Thomas Walls, the negro who has
been nominated for Congress in Florida, was
born in Winchester, Va. His parents were
| free. He received an education at Harris
| burg, served three years IN cOlOred regiment,
| and alter the war settled in Florida as far
mer
A baby belonging to Fritz Hey of Kansas
| CITY, was awakened at an early hour on Sat-
| urday morning last by the smoke from a
burning tenement located next door. The
cries Of the child attracted attention inst in
season to save its father, mother and two 9th.
er children from suffocation. o'"
Republicanism is the prevailing epidemic in
Europe. France has got it bad. ENGLAND
SHOWS Signs OF it. Italy has broken out in
spots. Austria is beginning to feel ieverish.
spaln IS nervous and restless, and Portugaps
,a,s 'i,enIs nave great fears thas shehas exposed
herself to the kings evil.
New Orleans paper is determined to
make politics easy. 1t prints at the head OF
us editorial page notice: ave wish it 10
be distinctly understood by political aspirants