The Portland daily press., 1872-04-26

The ice broke up in Lake Champlain on
Monday night, and the first steamer went
across Wednesday. The lake has been frozen
over since January s, the longest time on rec
ord. .istaeta a...
Mrs. Fair, the California man-slayer, is re-
ported to have made more than $50, 900 by
judicious speculations while she was waiting
to be hanged, and has consequently risen so
much in public esteem taat her acquittal on
her new trial is confidently anticipated.
The English Attorney-General has con-,
sented to release the Tichborne claimant ON
bail, but the necessary forms have not yet
been complied with.
San Francisco is divided between three DIFF
ferent theories of earthquakes,-to wit: Mr..
Stewart says that the syngizies of the correla-
tive parallax are coincidal with photospheri-
cal undulations, and consequently the scorial
Henry Carlt IN says that Tyndal holds, with
himself, the sy lochronous facul@ are due to
the inductive revolutions of the foci of isolat-
ed nebulous matter, and that therefore syn
gizies are clearly not equinoctial solonoids.
But the academy of science believes that het-
erogenous parallexes prismatically converging
are net due to the siliceous inductions of pho
tospherical asteroids, but rather to parabolic
qualification of igneous zygema.
With the May flowers, crocuses, high-toned
poetry, biliousness and other incidents of
sweet spring, the inevitable organ grinder has
appeared on the street. As we write the ex-
crutiatinely plaintive strains of one of these
instruments Of torture pervades the place.
The frosts of another winter will afford relief
Until then no mortal power can save US.
GAN Flesh is Grass-Haf a Ton of 1t Gone
to the Grave" is the feeling way in which
the Cincinnati Enquirer heads a notice of
the death of Mrs. Amelia Brooks, who weigh
ed over 900 pounds.
Referring to the report that Kossuth was
living in extreme poverty, the Des Moines
Register says: "We are informed by MIR.
Ruttkay, of this city, nephew and constant
correspondent of the Hungarian patriot that
the statement is entirely without foundation.
While Kossuth is not rich, he has an income
sufficient for all his wants and lives in COM
Portable style. He is now seventy years of
age"
The movement to place Senator John Scott
of Pennsylvania, on the Grant ticket, as Vice
President is said to be gaining ground.
A Western hen having laid a large egg con-
tanning smaller one within its shell, re-
porter, whose brains have evidently run down
into his calves, chronicles the phenomenon as
''a veal within veal"
They have a church in Chicago for women
only. Whether it's because Chicago men
can't be persuaded to go to church, or be-
cause the ladies wish to avoid male-diction in
their liturgy, we are not informed.
Reports have been received in Delaware
that lady connected with one of the oldest
families there is under arrest in Florence, Ita-
ly, charged with ill-using little girl, which
she had taken from the State as travelling
companion during her visit to Europe.
James Gordon Bennett name was append
ed to the call for the New York Grant meet
ing. This is the first time in many years
that Mr.. Benefits namc has been used for
such purpose.
A Connecticut company is putting up a
factory for the building of carriages made en-
tirely of India rubber, except in the axles and
tires. A decided superiority is claimed for
the material over woodruff perhaps it is
stretched little.
The women of Rome propose erecting a
statue of Garibaldi in that city this summer.
A large amount of enthusiastic resolutions
have already been raised.
The inquest on the body of Mrs. Maines,
OF Boston, whose brother-in-law, WIN.
Maines, was suspected of numbering her, re-
suited in finding that she died OF suhocation
| caused by excessive intoxication.
Miss Cunningham, the regent OF the Mount
| Vernon ladies' association, publishes brief
denial of the charges lately brought against
her bv Mrs. Briggs. She denies that she re-
ceiyes any salary for her services, and says
| that all mouey received is spent for the bene-
fit of the estate, and that it has only been by
close economy that the necessary expenses
have been met. To this Mrs. Briggs responds
by demanding detailed statement of receipts
and expenditures. If there is nothing to
conceal, why the need of such secrecy?
The Pittsburg Commercial good-naturedly
remarks of Senator Schurz that he is a great
rhetorician as well as a great logician, and