The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-05-23
News and other Items,

fHtn avenue lots fronting Central Park,
New York, sell for $50, 900 apiece.
A Cedar Rapids editor envies the census for
embracing 1900, 900 women.
Hard times in Persia induces the gypsies to
sell their daughters at the ridiculously insuffic-
lent sum of S. cess EeF
The intelligent compositor has broken out at
Natick, where, aided by the vigilant proof
reader, he entered into conspiracy against a
dead clergyman, and remarked: FRAUD after
fraud departs"
Clarified" the New York correspondent of
the Springfield Republican, writes to that paper
that the Tribune begun in 1S41 on a capital of
$1,000 borrowed money, in 1850 yielded profit
OF $4,000, and of late years its profits have ex-
ceeded $4,000 a Asy'5 aa hiii'e' a1t'ie
At a church fair in Little Rock, Ark, a set
of bedroom furniture was voted to young lady,
with the understanding that, il she was not
married in year. the furniture should be re-
turned to the church. The young lady is now
in the field a candidate for matrmony
There is quite an influx of English immi-
grantsinto Virginia. A party is att present
prospecting in the State who propose to pur-
chase fifteen Thousand acres of land provided
English families have recently purchased and
settled in the vicinity of Gordonsville alone and
number of others are expected to join them
soon. .s.....
Secretary Boutwell, has nearly completed the
arrangement by which three hundred millions
of the new 5 per cent. loan will be placed in
Great Britain and on the continent of Europe
without the aid of the syndicate.
The Canaan Reporter says: "Our early peas
came up this spring in two days after they
were planted. Anybody's will if they let the
hens run in the garden a-ri
The ratification of the supplemental article
by the Senate is considered certain, though
many Senators who expect to vote for it do not
hesitate to express their regret at the necessi-
ty.
In the annual report of Bishop Johns to the
Episcopal Council at Norfolk, he condemned
the growing indulgence in round-dances among
communicates in the Episcopal church.
The official Democratic paper of Washington
contained an article yesterday understood to be
the work of Judge Black, designed to prove
the inexpediency and improperly Of the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Greeley at Baltimore.
Considerable excitement exists in Dewy, n
H., on account of the discovery in the woods
not far from the village, of the dead body of
school boy in his 4eens, named G. w. Andrews
Marks upon his person indicated that he had
been murdered. 1t is reported that he was call
ed for at school on Saturday by male relative,
who went into the woods with him. Nothing
more was heard of the boy until his dead body
was found. He was the heir to considerable
property.
The Tribune, speaking of a contemporary says:
1--WE should not be able to distinguish him from
the editor of the World, or the owner of any
other place of prostitution % This is ''inde-
pendent journalism
A. A. Thompson, prominent New York
Democrat, writes to the Tribune that he sup
ports Greeley for President and to show
his value to the reform" party, asserts that he
voted successfully for Douglas, Breckenridge
and Bell. AS these men were candidates the
same year, the correspondent is evidently
man of power in his party-repeating power,
we mean.
Among the graduates of the National Uni
versity Law College, Washington, at the late
commencement were Charles E. Beal and G. A
Whitcomb of Maine.
The ST. Adams butter market was active on
Tueseay at prices varying from 20 to 81 cents
for the various qualities.
Bayard Taylor sails for Europe June 9Th, to
be gone two years.