The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-12-02
News and Other Items.

| In consequence of the probable death of Mr..
Greeley President Grant did not attend the re-
ception of the diplomatic corps given by Secre-
tary Fish.
| General Bowerman, the Baltimore Custom
House defaulter, has been pardoned by the
| President
A dualn factory in Milwaukee, Wis, ex-
| ploded Thanksgiving Day, killing four people,
The German minister to this country denies
| the statement that he has been notified from
home of an increase in the rates of travel to
and by ocean steamers owned by German COM
panies, in order to prevent emigration.
The billiard match between Cyril Dion and
John Deery for $1,000 and a diamond cue at
New York Friday night was wen byDion ON the
ninetieth inning by q total of 1900 to 1901
General John Lynch, an American, was kill
ed by the troops of Baez while he was in Hay
tian territory.
1t is reported that the report of the Mexican
Commission on the border troubles is to de-
mand the courtmartialling of General Cor
tina, and the holding of the Mexican Govern
ment pecuniarily responsible for damages
At New York, Friday, Abraham ID. FEEDER,
alias Clark and Moreys, was indicted for send
ing obscene literature through the mails
Judge Shipman held him in bonds of $1,000. and
in default he was.taken to Bridgeport for COM
mitmept. ~
Two convicts were pardoned by the Cover
nor of Massachusetts on Thanksgiving DAY.
+ according to custom. The fortunate jailbrds,
whose cages were thus thrown open, had been
imprisoned. the one thirteen years and the 9th
er seven years. The first was a life sentence
for arson the other a twenty years term for
burglary. They are both young men.
The Secretary of the Iron Association makes
the number of blast furnaces built building, or
projected, this year, in the United States, at u,
with capacity of 100000 tons.
The people of Philadelphia are much con-
cerned lest the President shall forget to men
ton the Centennial celebration of 1876 in his
message, and in order to remind him of it
Judge Kelley and other Philadelphia Congress
men have telegraphed to him on the subject
AT recent county teachers institute in Iowa,
one-third of the teachers were unable to spell
correctly the name of the eapital of the State,
and over one-half could not spell half the words
given.
An Irish woman at the west end of the Hoo
sac tunnel lost her husband one day last week.
She brought her wedding dress along with her
mourning weeds to the funeral at North Adj
ans, and was married Immediately after the
last sad rites" were performed.
Kansas is making rapid progress in divorce
matters. In recent case the cause was heard,
the divorce granted, aud the lady remarked in
twelve minutes. The Kansas newspaper which
furnished the above statement clinched it by
saying ''the lady was timed by Judge Bliss's
watch
The English iron trade has been obliged to
submit to q decline in prices. For some weeks
there has been a tendency that way, which was
Stoutly resisted by the manufacturers, but they
have been forced to yield concedng prices on
all kinds. The fall reaches, in some instances,
s0 per ton. A number of failures have taken
place in consequence.