The Portland daily press., 1872-11-16
News and Other Items.

Among the almost countless manufacturing
enterprises of st. Louis, a wire milrh has been in
successful operation for some years past. Eng
lish operatives of first class ability are there
reducing wrought iron rods of English make
into many sizes of wire, and an immense trade
is growing mp and out of it.
OF 487 railroads in the United States, 3O7
have gauge of four feet and eight and one
half inches, and the remaining 1870 vary in
gauge from three feet to six feet Between
these extremes land including them) there are
no fewer than eighteen other gauges operated.
Emilia CASTELAR, and King Amadeus of Spain
met recently in side path in the Madri d par
do. The king, who had never been introduced
to CASTELAR,, approached the great Republican
orator, and, shaking his hand, said to him,
'Senor, admire your genius" "And l." re-
piled CASTELAR,, admire your majestys cour-
age"
The Morcerata Hymenopteric, new style of
wasp, is devastating the pine trees of Michigan
Andy johnson wa, successful in battling the
wicked intentions of a midnight burglar the
other night. Andy just sat up in bed and roar
ed, and the fellow effected an immediate exit
through the window.
Roswell Miner of Steuben, n Y having got
a particle of the poisoned mucous from gland
cred horse in his eye, suffered great agony for
week or more, and finally died. Instances of
human death from contact with glandered
horses, are by no means uncommon, and own
ers of animals 50 diseased should be required
by law to destroy them
An Indianapolis girl is afflicted with a ma
MIA for stufing small articles into her ears.
The doctor who is treating her has already
washed out five pieces Of straw, two of coal.
an apple seed, two small chicken bones, a
piece of gravel and black beetle.
There is an old fellow out at New Salem.
Ind, who processes belief in the devil as the
true object of divine worship, and to him he
offers down his daily prayers. He recently
tried to start prayer-meeting after his own
creed, but the enterprise failed, and he is the
only pillar of the faith
A Bridgeport man thought to put his philos-
ophy to practical test by slightly burning the
fingers of his two young children in order that
he might leave them alone in room with a
hot stove. His wife, who doesn't 90 much ON
science, caught him at it, and went for the
philosopher, sitting him down on the stove
until he roared for mercy.
The ladies of Oshkosh, Mimi, are compiling
a list of the disreputable houses in their city
and the gentlemen who visit them.
Some Princeton College students did very
disgraceful thing the other night in smearing
with tar all the seats in the college chapel, and
even the Bible.
In Craquet, N. B., complaint was recently |
made against woman who had made way with
d enid and upon searching her residence, the
skeletons OF two children were found and the
pody OF child in perfect state.
l nc boston Adoertaser gives list of ten kill
co. nine woundep and six missing from the eff
fects of the fire.
A memorial meeting in honor of the late Cen
Geo. G. Meade is to be held in pbil.do,,,,,;.
next Monday afternoon, at which annronr;oto
addresses are to be made by DISTINGUISHED
speakers. Thirty thousand dollars have been
,aised in that city for his family, who have no
property, and it will probably be increased to
)ne hundred thousand.