The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-07-14
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| Items.
The locality of Niagara Falls must have the
champion greenhorn. A fellow came along
with New York check for $500, for which he
| wanted $3.50. Greeny took the chance and
was surprised that the bank officers were So
mean as not to honor his check
This is one of the weeks of College Com
mencements in New England. Bowdoir
| and Tufts are among the number, and the ex.
| ercises are of the usual interest
| The Republican press generally applaud
| Gov. Hotfman's decided action in revoking the
| dastardly order of Tweed and Company.
Congressman Vooheers, of Indiana, does moi
favor the New Departure.
The Rochester IN. " Common Council has
passed a resolution OF thanks to Gov Hoffman
for UNFOLDING the rights of the people to as
semble and parade. The board is largely Re-
publican.
The newly elected President of Yale College.
the Rev. DR.. Noah Porter. is sixty years Old.
He was graduate of Yale in 1881, and after a
course of ministerial labor in New Milford and
in Springfield, Mass, was called iu 1847 to the
chair of PrOfessorshfp of Moral Philosophy
and Metaphysics in his alma mater, position
he has held until the present time. He is a
writer of considerable note. being the author
of Puritan and Jesuit Education" '"The HUI
man Intellect" "The American College and
American Public and Books and Reading. %
as well as frequent contributor to periodicals.
admitted that we An orleans are needless
FOLK. Even about money matters we would
seem to be incurably negligent. OF the $780,
700 letters registered at the dead letter bureau
IN Washington last month, one half were of a
business character, and II ZOO contained mon
eey, checks, drafts, receipts or other enclosures
having pecuniary value. 1t is only due to
the supererogatory Zeal of the Post Office en-
ployees that the number was not twice as great
That was an observing reporter who, in the
heght OF the excitement in New York on
Wednesday, noticed that Gov Hoffman "neyer
looked better" than he did when riding alone
the 9Th avenue.
The voice of the turtle is heard in the land,
It's the voice of the Democratic turtle. The
turtles got a hot coal on it's back, and that's
the reason you hear from it.-N. Y. Commercial.
or the 3O2 deaths in fifteen cities and towns
Of Massachusetts, during the week ending July
oth, % were caused by cholera infautnm, an
equal number by consumption, - by dysenterv
and diarrh9a, and 7 lat LOVELY from small
pOx.
The Herald says Col. James Fisk, Jr., is in
his room at the Continental, at Long Branch,
suffering considerably, his ankle being badly
swollen. He says he received all order from
the Governor to stop all Orangemen from
crossing the ferry from Jersey City. He came
back from the Opera House and heard of the
trouble. The fighting had commenced when
he made his way to his regiment to give an
order to lire and was set upon by the mob.
VIM. M. Evarts arrived in New York yester-
dav from Europe
Mobile has voted a million dollars of bonds
In aid OF the Mobile & Northwestern railroad.
A New York city grand jury rendered Gov
Holman vote of thanks for the course pur-
sued in issuing his proclamation.
The report that the flagship Severn is unsafe
is officially contradicted.
The Civil Service Commission has adjourn
ed until October.
Gen. Crook is sending out scouts to beat the
bush for an Apache hunt
Steamship City of Port au Prince was
wrecked on the 9th, on the Bahamas. All the
crew were saved, and fifteen have reached |
Baltimore.