The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02
News and Other Items.

Forty thousand Israelites are coming to this
country.
Kansas had storm of two ounce ice balls
one night this week after a sultry day.
Snow storms in Utah are beginning early and
in earnest
Marshal Bazaine private fortune is estimat-
ed at 100000 francs. This explains the ankle
ty of his relatives to have him shot.
Forney says that Speaker Blaine lives, speaks
and acts like gentleman. Forney is gradual
ly picking up the rudiments of a good educa-
tion.-N. Y Commercial.
The New York papers keep man on salary
to find names for the horse disease. He has
run riot through all the known languages and
now mildly APP pears with his last for the popu-
lar favor, ''Hippoihinorrhea.'
An Alabama editor mildly alludes to his rival
as "a reservoir of falsehood and an aqueduct of
mendacity."
In noting the claim that lager beer is not
intoxicating, the Cincinnati Gazette says: can
analysis of one specimen made a year ago for
this paper showed 6, 100 per cent, of alcohol;
another specimen 6,152 per cent, and third
5,631."
Everything is quiet in Pope county, Arkan-
sas. and no further trouble is apprehended.
The Patterson IN. j. Guardian complains of
"a great deal of female drunkenness in that city.
dozen frequently appearing on single morn
ing in the police court.
The cholera is making fearful ravages in
some parts of Hungary.
The Iowa Falls lime-burners are using corn
as fuel in their kilns successfully, and find it
cheaper than wood.
Mr.. Edward Jenkins, the author of "Ginx's
Baby" is preparing Christmas story. Of
course everybody who followed the career of
the baby will want to read Little Hodge,
Lord Dudley presented his wife on the recent
anniversary of her birthday coronet of dia-
monds, the centre stone of which cost his lord
ship the modest sum of $150,OOO.
A genuine Apache Indian lad is attending
the Grand Rapids, Mich, Union School, and
stands quite high in his class.
Judge Nelson of the q. S. Supreme Court
having reached the age of TO- and consequently
entitled to a life pension, he will probably re-
sign. The names of William M Evarts and
Senator Conkling are mentioned in connection
with the appointment.
The number of Dunkards in Kansas is from
10000 to $4,000. They are quiet, peaceable, in
dustrious people. When the men meet each
other at church they salute each other with
kiss.
Oregon will begin a State Capitol at Salem,
with 100000.
Over thousand young American girls are at
school in France and Italy
A disgraceful scene was enacted in Baltimore
on Wednesday, when two degraded women
fought in the prize-ring. The police are after
the principals in the affair.
At Pittsfied the other day man joined fun
arm and pig under the other, the latter squeal-
ing as only pig can, and the child following
suit to the best of its ability
"Who was the meekest man, my son?" said
the superintendent of a boys Bible class
"Moses, sir" Every well, my boy, and who
was the meekest woman?" sPlease, sir, there
never was no meekest woman"
1t is now thought at Dover, N. H., that the
young girl who it was feared was murdered in
Northwood has eloped with some gay Lothario,
and that there has been murder after all.
Evans, who was charged of disposing of her,
is still held in custody
The wife of Vincent Colyer, Secretary of the
Indian Commission, was drowned at Darien
Ct, Thursday, by driving off an overfowed
bridge in a carriage.
The registration in Missouri has been unusu-
ally large this year. In 80 counties there is
total of 258, 306. increase over 1870 of 81, AL
The same ratio for the remaining counties
would make the total increase 1912
A minister once told Wendell Phillips that if
his business in life was to save the negroes, he
ought to go South where they were and do it.
''fhat is worth thinking of" replied Phillips
"and what is your business in life?" ITO save
men from HE'LL" replied the minister. Then
go there and attend to your business, rejoined