The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-07-23
News and other Items.

The stevedore laborers of East Boston, have
struck for an increase of ten cents an hour.
The successor of the late Charles Lever, as
British Consul at Trieste, is Richard Francis
Burton, the well-known explorer.
The salaries of the bishops of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church are two thousand
dollars, with the requirement that each bishop
shall live in designated district. ,ft DIFF
The freemasons of Gloucester have under
taken the charge, at their own expense, of the
restoration of the reredos in Gloucester Cathe-
dral.
The remains of three men have been discoy-
cred in cave in Indiana, and upon one of
them was found few lines, written upon an
old newspaper, signed Antonio Harfe, and
stating that he was the murderer of BENJAMIN
Nathan, in New York.
Aaron Young is reported to be restored to his
old position in the Custom House at Portsmouth.
Goldsmith Maid has won her lost laurels,
which inspires reflection, to wit: that there
is nothing so uncertain as horse-racing, except
women in their hours Of ease" and editors
who aspire to the Presidency. +.
Fifty thousand Americans have sailed from
New York this season to make tours in Eu-
rope.
The Boston Herald says that the Bowdoin
crew are kept secluded by their trainer, Price,
and do not often appear upon tina course The
Agricultural crew are the favorites.
The story about the poisoning of Mexican
Buchanan is pronounced a lie. The physician
who attended him in his last illness attributes
his death to paralysis.
New Haven has a burglary epidemic The
thieves are bold set, who don't wait for the
darkness of night, but enter houses in broad
daylight, ransack drawers and closets and Sc
lect the most valuable articles in the coolest
manner. The police are puzzled and the citi-
zens are excited.
Tennessee dog saved the life of his drunk
en- master by dragging him off a railroad track
upon which he had lain down to sleep.
The stock of guano on the Peruvian Islands,
it is said, will be exhausted in four years, but
immense beds of this important fertilizer have
been discovered on the main land north of
Callao. o."
A liquor firm at Paterson, N. j., were sur
prised the other day by the sudden disappear
ance of revenue stamp from a barrel whisky
SWIM "AoSA ~ Wdo ~iuACus nc COulu nOt
be duplicated, and CONSERVATION prevailed,
when it was remembered that a German had
been sitting on the barrel. He was hunted up,
and the missing stamp discovered under his
coat tail. 1t was removed with difficulty, and
soon graced the whisky barrel instead of the
German.
New Hampshire appropriated $6.43 per schol-
ar for the support of public schools last year.
At Oxford, N. H., on Saturday morning. the
son of Moses D. Hackett, a lad of 16 years, was
struck on the head byian OK, and his skull frac-
| tured.
But for immigration, the population of New
York would decline. While the deaths num-
bered 91S last week, there were only 351 births
in the city. f.t.-t
The four excursions under the management
of the New York Times have been enjoyed by
1928 children; and of the $4,000 contributed for
the purpose, only little over $4,000 have thus
| far been expended. }t~e-E wFFEiA
Notwithstanding the prediction of short
| yield, it is now said the peach crop of New
Jersey will be unusually large this season, and
of superior quality. The Delaware crop will be
smaller than last year.