The Portland daily press., 1872-12-18
News and Other Items,

One of the Centennial Commissioners esti-
mates the expenses at $7,500,000, and the in
come at $5,000,000, being a loss of 100000,
the payment of which he proposes the Govern
ment of the United States should euaran-
tee. =
There were transported over the Wilton, N.
H., railroad during the month of November
9529 barrels of apples and 544 barrels of cider.
the apples being mostly exported to Eng
land
The meanest man in New London is said to
be the proprietor of a lager beer saloon, who
rewarded the person who found his pocket
book, containing about 5000, by offering to
shake him for the drinks.
When Disraeli was about leaving Office in
1868 the Queen offered him peerage, but he
kindly declined anything for himself, adding
that anything Her Majesty could do for his
wife would be more acceptable to him than
honor conferred upon himself. Mrs. Disraeli
was, inaccordance with this suggestion, created
Vscountess of Beaconsfeld, and it is no exag
geration to say that Disraeli never saw q
prouder nome It than when he handed the
Queens patent to the perfect wife, to whom
and it is no disparagement to him state
shat fact-many of his triumphs were due.
Postmaster Barnes and Deputy Postmaster
Bracey of Bolton, Miss, have been arrested,
charged with robbing the mails, and sent to
prison. Thos. Saunderson, Deputy Postmaster
OF Springfield, Ohio, also charged with robbing
money-order letters of $4,000 has been held in
$4,000 bail for trial
The ''laborers" among the working men of
ID e
rnent than clerks and statesmen.
Hon. P. NJ. b Young will submit resolu-
ton in the House as soon as possible, authoriz-
ing Judge Polands committee to inquire wheth-
er the Union Pacific Railroad Company has,
through the Credit Mobilier corporation been
guilty of any frauds on the country. 1t is
claimed by the projectors of the resolution that
since June, 1868, the company has made $685.
100000 by fraudulent transactions.
divorce suit is pending at Baltimore in
which the plaintiff, being the husband, claims
that he married his wife under durance he
girls father holding pistol at his head while
he made the responses.
The pearl fishery of Ceylon has given out be
cause there are no pearls.
Mrs. Victoria G. Woodruff and Miss Tennie
G. ClaAin of New York, will both lecture in
Music Hall, Boston, next Monday evening,
Dec. 23d Subject: moral Cowardice; or Four
Weeks in Ludlow Street JAIL
The Journal O6ieiel of France publishes the
table of the returns from direct and indirect
taxation for the first nine months of the pres
ent year. The returns from the first show an
insignificant augmentation; those from the
second show a deficit of 1872, 1877, 900 francs
45, 332, 900 being attributable to the old taxes,
and $685., 900 francs to those recently imposed.
FORTUNE FOR THE CHASE FAMrLY.-The
Louisville (Ky.) Commercial says on the Sth
inst. that B. f. Chase, Esq. of that city, re-
ceived intelligence that the great English
ehancery suit of Tomley vs. Chase heirs involv-
ing an estate worth e52,OO00OO sterling, or
about $4,000, OOO which has been in the
courts of London for the last thirty years, has
been decided in favor of the Chase heirs, who
number about 100. Daniel Webster was at one
time counsel for the American Chase heirs, and
Robert Peel and Sir John Russell once endeay-
ored to make a compromise with the heirs
through Mr.. Russell