The Portland daily press., 1871-08-01
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A difficulty occurred at Republican Mass
Meeting in Gouldsborough, North Carolina
Saturday, ocoasioned by some drunkenness
among the colored men which led to the arrest
of one of them who was retakep nv his f,;ands
He was at length recaptured. In the riot ono
negro and one policeman were killed and sew.
eral injured.
MIR. Bloomfield, of New York, is not what
would be called gallant man. He nromisea
the widow Murphy he would mary her and
borrowed her $500 to fit up for honsekeenino
and then went and married another younger
and prettier woman. Widow Murphy was
irate.
Nebraska has been visited by a very heavy
rain storm, doing great damage. More than
eight inches of rain fell in few hours.
Brick Pomeroy has been sold by himself Nv
some means he became the possessor of a pri
vate letter from a member OF the Alabama
Legislature which, as specimen of illiteracv
beat Josh Billings highest effort. Brick pub.
fishes it as sample of the intelligence OF Radi-
cal Legislators in Alabama 1t now turns out
that the author is one of the bitterest Demo-
Gratis in the State.
Saturday morning, in New York, BENJAMIN
F. CsOper, wealthy retired produce merchant
while temporarily insane from the effects Of
drink, procured carving knife and went into
his wife's bedroom, where he commenced a
murderous assault on her. She fiually suc-
ceeded in escaping from him after receiving
| several but not dangerous wounds on the face
! aud arms. Cooper, after he committed the as
slult, went up stairs and cut his throat with a
| razor, and now lies a precaIious condition.
Physicians say the wounds of both are s.vera
| but they may survive.
Out in Nevada the other day. two "road
| agents " boarded stage; went through the
passengers, and seized the mail bag when sud-
| denly The driver appeared, knocked the fellow
| down with the butt of his whip, and starting
up his team, threw the other fellow to the
| greuId, as he was perched on Wheel and hay-
ing recovered The mail bag. At the next sta.
| ton a rcOwd was made up who captured the
robbers and "lost" them.
Advices from Toronto, Canada, say that the
crops, which gave but little promise at first are
| now excellent, and there is reason to believe
| that the general yeld will be above an average.
| Fall wheat throughout is a fine CROP and
though the spring crops are not SO good as they
| might be, the weather of late has done much to
bring them forward rapidly. A short hay crop
was expected, but the yield was really large
| The breadth of grain sOwn this year is very
large, but probably not more than will make up
the deficiency of last year, which is said to
have been 800 900 bushels. Last year grain
had to be imported from Chicago
The following recipe for gettiny up fashion.
| able bet will be appreciated by our fair readers
"Take one old hat, flat or sundown-tbe more
wriukled and crumpled up the better-soak fol-
| several hours, until soft and piabe as a dish.
cloth, in strong solution of vinegar, I've, ben.
| zine and beef brine. When flexible, take it out
OF soak, place it on the top of peaked poi ate
hill, pound the edge for forty minutes
with beef hruiser or rolling pin, hang it on
wrinkled squash to dry, when dry, trim with
ribbons, posies and Japanned tin trinkets, tc
| suit the taste"
10 forwarding to headquarters an army letter
from Lieut.. Davidson of the 10th U S. Cavalry
| expressing fear of a war between the Cheyen
| mes and Klowas. General Sheridan makes the
| following Endorsement Much of what Won
hear may be set down as Indian talk. It is
| well known on the plains that the Kiowas are
a most cowardly and at the same time the most
| noisy and troublesome of tribes. lido not anti.
| cipate any hostiities from them, nor do think
/
any of the other Indian tribes. If agents will
only hold on stify to the policy that, when In
| dams commit crime they must be punished, the
Indian question will soon pass into thing Of
| the past"
| Out in Oregon, the other day, "ayoung man
called upon the editor of the only paper in the
county and asked permission to look at the files
of that paper for 1869 1t was granted While
the editor was in bed, waiting till his wife could
wash his shirt, that Young man carried away
| the file, pOr was it ever seen again until his
lawyer offered it in evidence during the trial Of
| an action for $4,000 damages for an alleged
libel, which that young man brought against
the editor. 1t is gratifying to learn that the
| plaintiff reco 1ered six and a quarter cents
damages, and was arrested by the editor on
| charge of stealing books, convicted and sent to
the Penitentiary for seven years"
THE MOUNTAIN HoUsEs.-The public houses
at the White Mountains, with the exception Of
the Glen House, do not appear to be doing SC
large business this season as usual, the tide o.
travel having apparently set toward the West