The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-09-20
News and Other Items.

A London dispatch reports Spurgeon, the
celebrated preacher, dangerously i'll. The at
tack was sudden one, and he lies in critical
condition.
sold Maine that miserable outland from
modern progress, has again gone monarchic,'
walls a Greeley Bourbon out in Colorado Poor
fellow.
In the oil regions, where Settles spring up in
night, sign was recently seen in front of the
largest hotel in the city of Antwerp: s'Great
National Hashery. Cold Meat served at all
hours. Beds with or without bugs"
ed statute.
1t is whispered that Bonner will shortly re-
tire from the management of the New York
Ledger, which will be unwelcome news to the
half amillion readers of that paper.
Greeley has taken to novel reading. He is
now perusing "Under Two Flags"
The Washington Chronicle heads column of
nominations: To be Knocked Down. Candi-
dates nominated by the Somnolent Democracy
for October targets. 1.al.a.o.
They are setting up a statue of the late Chief
Justice fancy, of bred Scott fame, in. front of
the State House at Annapolis.
The remains of number of ancient copper
mines have lately been discovered ON Isle Royal,
in Lake Superior. These mines show undoubt-
ed proofs of having been worked by race of
men long since extinct
The Japanese utilize their condemned. Two
Yeddo policemen, sentenced to death flor muir
der, were set up as targets on the Yeddo rifle
range. .s-- -
AS the weather will soon be cold, it is good
plan to have your premises coaled also.
Young James Gordon Bennett is going to
build $250,00O monument to his father 1t
will be white marble shaft with designs
illustrating journalism.
A new species of cactus has been discovered
in Utah. 1t covers tracts of many acres, with
blossoms varying in color from the purest
white to the deepest crimson, with yellow, pale,
pink and scarlet intermingled.
The hospitality of Peoria in entertaining a
religious convention was revenged by the offer
ing ofspecial prayers for 'this place, abound
ing in wickedness and infidelity.'
1t has been decided by General Spinner,
United States Treasurer, that when mutilated
note has ive-eighths of the original left it shall
be redeemed at its full value.
The wrongs of Bill Nyc have been avenged
Fifty Chinese sailors were wrecked and
| eaten, off the coast of Formosa.
The editor of the London Times lately gave
grand banquet to the three hundred members
of his force at his own residence.
Six hundred miles of Geographic wire have
been stretched between Nagasaki and Yokoha-
! ma, in Japan. s
The importations of a single Boston house
| show five thousand dozen of brown gloves
Pale blush lavender, pearl, and channels buff
will be worn with dressy carriage toilettes,
while still fainter tints and immaculate white
kids appear for full evening dress.
In stone quarry at Anamoso, Iowa, a solid
block of stone, on being sawed through, was
found to contain petrified human foot. Oar
win is looked to for that foots biography
Bret Harte has written a new story, of length
sufficient for two magazine nstalments, "The
Episodes of Fiddletown," title which suggests
his best work 1t is to appear in Scribner' s
Monthly as soon as Mr.. Sheppard can prepare
illustrations for it.
Travellers can live in Munich for $1.25 per
day.
Georgia has q hale and hearty citizen who
has been struck by thirty-two mimic balls, one
mortar shell, one snrapnel, one three inch con-
ical, struck by lightning, bitten by rattle
snake and chased by mad dog.