The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-03-04
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| - 1t now appears that in addition to receiving
| pay as an army officer, which was sufficient
to place him in easy circumstances, the late
General Anderson was by marriage one of the
| heirs to the estate of the late Nicholas Long
| worth, the famous wine manufacturer of Gin
| cinnati, and was, therefore, possessed of great
| wealth. rsssts-s s5FF.gRv &5s
The apportionment question is exciting
| much interest in the Legislature of Iowa, that
State having three additional members in the
next Congress-; and letter last night from a
member of the lower house states that there
are now in that body eighty-three declared can
| didates for the next Cong ress ~
| The Artillery Association of the Army of the
Potomac will meet in Providence, R. l., March
| 18th. .s1ssie raaad5zA
Miss Kate Reynolds, the distinguished &C.
! tress,, will appear at the Boston Museum on
Monday evening in a new play Of novel con
struction and great interest," entitled "a Scra
| of Paper" vioau 10 sssslia llf .Ltassei
The New York Herald complains that the
streets are in frightfully filthy condition, Mr..
Brown, the contractor for cleaning them, being
| amyth except when the time for quarterly pay
comes around.
France and Austria having offered an asylum
to the Pope, the New York Herald claims that
it protfered him a shelter in this country at the
very beginning of the troubles. layus.
The Wdtchmdn thinks that, as the Springfield
Republican has got a new press, and as things
work prosperously with it, it should next get
religion, as it is a great sinner ~
Bachelors may breathe freer. According to
tho rio ~
been at all cobbled or changed the privilege of
ladies to pop the question expires with the 18th
day of February After that the female pepper
has no legal right to pop. -,s4zgs
Aunt Susan says:-"Suppose all the men
were in one country and the women in another,
with big river between, and no boats or bridges,
nor nothin'; good graciousi what lots of poor
women would be drowned ''saa3 e 9s8.3fe. /.
Joe Coburn, the pugilist, got into trouble on
Wednesday night on the way from Westches-
ter, n. X, to Fordham,; and resisted arrest.
He assaulted James Murphy, Superintendent
of the Fordhaim Railroad, who gave Joe
sound whipping, after which he was locked up
in the station house all night and bound over
in $500 for assault. Mr.. Murphy was surprised
when he found that he had conquered the Amer
lean fistic champion. It's y Ge5
:. A Mrs. Margaret II. Garner of Springfield,
Ill, gave her hand and heart lately to Mr..
Olive, making the seventh husband the lady
has thus garnered to herself. Seven is a lucky
number, and Mr.. Olive win probably stay put.
Canada's Parliament has passed to third
reading measure granting 81, $50, 600 in aid of
railways now in course of construction In. On
{ tario hMs hll.h hHa HASItG 1axIE9 - : -
as Our London dispatches show that the news
papers of the English metropolis have not yet
done with the Alabama question. The 7hun-
derer has again spoken, and this time lays the
blame, if the treaty fails, at its own DOORS
They have summary way of getting rid of
the present encumbrance'' of an office in
France. "A newspaper appears, and he disap-
pears The cable says:--"General PAdmirault
threatens to resign as Governor of Paris be-
cause the Rdppel newspaper is permitted to re-
appear" al 81 ,aAsak'A n "a
Punch has begun to make fun of the Aineri-
lean "casa.'sJ When the angry sore reaches
this stage we may be sure the worst humors are
out of it and irritation will soon subside -
e A clergyman found frozen in Minnesota the
other day and taken to st. Paul had his life
saved by the amputation of both arms. He
may expound the word, but he cannot pound
the pulpit cushions He can join hands, but
cannot baptize. His best vocation would be
that of an agent soliciting aims sasDlir
/ The Judges Of the United States Supreme
Court on Wednesday. attended in body the
funeral of a venerable colored man who had
been doorkeeper of the Judges cloak-room
since 1888. These were rites which the Supreme
Court felt bound to respect, and the Judges
honored themselves in thus paying tribute to
honesty and fidelity in a humble station.