The Portland daily press., 1872-12-10
News and Other Items.

Bayard Taylor has settled with his family at
Gotha to spend several years. He has had
enough of rambling about and means to rest.
We are indebted to the Washington Chroni-
Gle for the information that George Washing
toms nurses are dying off like sheep.
1t is said that the house of VIM G. Fargo of
Buffalo, of Express fame, is the finest in the
State, if not in America
The Philadelphia Centennial Commission
suggest that the coin of the United States
struck in the year 1876 bear such devise and
inscription as will recognize the great event
then to be COMMUNICATED.
The widow and family of ex-President Tyler
will winter in Washington.
Hon. Galusha A Grow has been made Pres
ident of the International Railway.
Mrs. Dust, wife of the bandmaster of Brit
ish regiment, has presented her lord with three
little specks Of dust, boys of equal age.
The Boonton, N. j.. nall factory, started over
100 years ago. has grown to cover sixty acres.
A Miss apple tried to commit suicide at Mar
iposa, Cal, lately because she was neglected
fruit Miss Apple wanted to be one of a pair.
/. The Christian Leader (Universlist) is now
edited by the Rev. E. H. Chaplin. The cream
of the clergy are assuming the editorial tripod
Ex-Gov. Vance of North Carolina, has had =
waltz dedicated to him because he wasn't elect
ed Senator. He won't appreciate that music.
A negro, at the risk of his own life, laid q
rail on Georgia railroad recently, just in time
to save from destruction train of Masonic ex-
cursionists. A well filled purse rewarded him.
1t costs five dollars and a judicial reprimand
to kill servant and beat wife nearly to death
at Princeton, Kan.
The Shanleys claim that on the Sd of Decem-
Der they were but ITO feet apart on the head
ings east of the central shaft at the Hoosac
Tunnel, and that they expected to get hole
through by next Saturday. The entire compile
ton of the work is looked for in eleven
months.
A Philadelphia manufacturer has perfected
an Illuminated column of 1000 feet high to
light the grounds at the coming Centennial Ex-
position. A good many look upon it as "a cas-
tie in the air.
Cincinnatan has presented to the Histori-
ical Society the manuscript copy of Jefferson
Davis veto of the joint resolution adopted by
the Confederate Congress exempting newspa-
per men from active military duty The En-
quirer says: SIT was this ill-timsd and ill-ad-
vised act upon the part of President Davis
which caused the ultimate downfall and ruin
of the Confederaey.
The action of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York in reducing it's rates is
creating considerable excitement and sharp dis
cussion among those interested in life insurance
matters.
Abednego Robinson of Stratham, N. H., was
attacked by bull and trampled under the ami
mails hoofs on Friday. His recovery is doubt
full
Specials from Greensborough, N. c., state
that Judge Thomas Settle has just been ap-
pointed an Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of North Carolina, and has accepted and
been qualified. It was this position he resign
ed to accept the mission to Peru
Stanley's course of lectures in New York,
upon his search after Livingstone, has proved q
decided failure. Persons holding tickets for the
course assembled Friday night to listen to the
thru lecture, but were informed by the janitor
that the receipts had not met the expenses, and
the undertaking had been abandoned
Prof. Tyndall has just perfected new re-
spifator for fremen, in which the solid parti-
cles of the densest smoke are arrested by films
most pungent gas by layers of charcoal. BY
this simple means fremen can remain within
burning buildings for upwards of an hour at
time with safety and comfort, so far as their
respiration is concerned.