The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-12-29

Mr. Moffat of Ohio, tried to melt bullet out
of his gun He succeeded Aged sixty-two.
A London correspondent says the great body
of the English people have regarded the illness
of the Prince of Wales with something very
like indifference.
Oswego, KS, has ladies' brass band, COM
posed of the "handsomest young ladies' that
the editor of the Register fever saw in this or
any other country.
Taxation is thing of so much concern in
Florida that mans conscience, the other day,
would not allow him to sell sarlsages until he
found out the amount of revenue stamps to 90
on each link.
Poor thing" observed a tender-hearted
Bridgeport lady, in speaking of death of
young friend, "she has just got a forty-dollar
set of furs, and beauties they were; but she
don't need such such things now' What do
you suppose she meant by that?
During the present year 79vessels sailed from
cetown, Mass, for the Grand Banks
her foreign fishing grounds and have
led without the loss of single vessel,
ing into that port 1880 quintals of cod
-, 1000 quintals of halibut and 1895 barrels of
| fish oil. In 1870 there were Sc vessels which
brought in Ss70s quintals of cod, 26GI quin--
rals OF halibut, and 140Ssbarrels of oil. There
was loss of three vessels.
A resident of Kalamazoo writes to 'school
board in Ohio that he will take school, as he
has fought terms school and 1 attended 1
colledge yrs at detroit, michigan and am 26
yrs avage.''
Montpelier (Vt.) paper says the great Brat
tleboro' cooperative life insurance humbug has
come to grief, aeoue proseQuies having been en-
tered in those cases where parties in Washing
ton county have refused to pay their assess
ments
A Mrs MCGUIRE and two infants (twins),
were recently found frozen to death in a howell
near Bennington, Vt while the husband and
father was away on drunken spree.
EThe Boston Herald says ga quiet little speci-
men of the manly art was given Wednesday
evening in retired spot ins Brookline, tMass. by
Tim Hargan and George Williams, for 5000
side. AS the men stepped into the ring they
looked rather unequally matched, Hargan
weighing about No. while his opponent turned
the scales at 172. Both men were game, how
ever, and each went in to win. Hargan drew
the first blood, throwing Williams in the first
round. The second was ended by the two men
clinching and falling together After some
sparring Hargan struck Williams stunning
blow back of the left ear and knocked him out
of time. The fight lasted about an hour and
twenty minutes" aa
Commissioner Douglass is about to dispense
with the services of 800 surveyors of dstlleries,
and expects by this means to save not less than
fifty thousand dollars to the Government annu-
ally. The work of these officers will be devolv-
ed upon the assistant assessors of internal reve-
nue..
LADY" entering a crowded horse car in
Boston, said: rs any gentleman here gentle
man enough to give me seat?'' Evidently the
gentlemen did not like her method of endeayor-
ing to obtain seat, for no one arose.
Mr.. George Lunt for many years editor of
the Boston Courier, has been engaged to fill the
editorial chair of the Washington Daily Patriot.
Senator Sumner has in his Washington home
painting by Mr.. Duncanson, a colored artist of
Cincinnati. The subject is scene from Loeb
Katrine, Scotland, made famous in Scott LADY
of the Lake, and the picture is said to possess
decided merit.
The committee of investigation report every- :
thing correct in the government printing office.
There were los cases of measles in New York
Inst week.
There were % bids for government gold in
New York Wednesday at 10S09 to 10S S.
NJ The Monadnock railroad depot at Peterb9ro.
OF the freight was saved Loss $4,000. ;sESs
Charles Brown alias Peterson, has confessed
the murder OF two Cinnamon at Puget Sound