The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-11-13

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Two young ladies from Boston went tt
Brighton to distribute Labor Reform ticket.
election day. It's said that they were treated
with the utmost courtesy, but the count show:
but IL votes for their ticket out of 474.
of the 81 deaths in Boston last week, IL were
caused by consumption, 8 by lung diseases, {
by typhoid fever and by Group.
Following the example given by the Irish
Bishops, the Catholic inhabitants of Berlin
have demanded the suppression of "mixed
teaching" and asked for the establishment Of
Catholic schools. s0s lr s r1
% A boy stealing chestnuts in the suburbs was
caught by the irate proprietor. ''What is
your name, You young rascal?' he asked
Tweed" blubbered the boy. With nervous
gasp the frightened farmer dropped the dein-
quent and fed. ="
An ingenious and highly scientific prisoner
broke out of Jail in Iowa by building a fire
against the limestone wall and, after it was
sufficiently heated, throwing on water, caused
the wall to crack open. Ad % asfesa
A Danbury Conn school-boy disturbed the
symmetry of family heirloom by saving off
the tops of his great grandmother bed-nosts
for set of croquet halls. And the night he
did it he slept very warm
The Post-office Department, in conjunction
with the Canadian Post-office Department, will
this week establish line OF international NOS
tai railway service upon the route to Halifax.
made continuous by the recent completion of
the European and North American Railway
by which the United States mails from Eu.
rope by steamers touching at Halifax will be
forwarded overland from that point.
In Trenton, N. j., recently, child, while
asleep, was so badly bitten by rat that it
came near bleeding to death. -4..
Liberal GeImans are protesting against tbe
expulsion of the Jesuits from Germany. con.
sidering it violation of the liberty of con-
science. . t-H-- -.r- N
The English mint, owing to the unprece-
dented demand for gold coin, caused by Bis
marck's indemnity business, finds the greatest
difficulty in keeping a sufficient quantity of
silver 10 circulation. Its whole available ca
pao'ty is devoted to coming sovereigns. One
snip building firm in the north of England re-
oently applied to the deputy master of the
mint for silver, saying they could not get
enough with which to pay their seven thousand
employees their daily wages. The average ao-
nual issue ofsilver in England is only about
100000, and the diversion of gold into new
channels has quickly made silver scarce
The Lamoile Valley (yt.) railroad directors
expect to run an engine to South Hardwick on
the 10th inst, and will soon have the cars run.
ming to that point, which is about twenty.six
miles from st. Johnsbury.
The Pope has shut hi.nself up in the Vatican
and it is rumored that he will never again
leave his retirement The art galleries are |
now open for only few hours one day in the |
week.
AT Mandalay, in Burmah, woman and her |
Two children have growth of hair over their |
foreheads, noses and chins from three to twelve |
inches long, and in texture like those on a |
Skye terrier
The trade between California and Japan for |
me present year has largely increased over
'nae Oh 1867, which was larger than any pre-
'eains year. The exports for 1871 amounted |
70 Sl'9z9oOo' again 81. COZ 900 in 1869. The
exports OF Hour to Japan and China. in 1871
amounts to 100000 barrels, against 137 ono bar'
els in 1869. Among the recent arrivals in
california for shipment overland to England
we're 1900 pounds of crude India-rubber and
o tons OF English walnuts from Central
lmerica. Coffee is also beginning to reach
from Central America.
GER notices the "rosy protuberance" now visi-
lie on his face. Evidently, Jupiter has been
out" too much O nights,