The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-06-01
News and Other Items.

The Prime Minister of Spain was once a lot.
terry dealer. isl ss1 l'p1
Florida clergyman speak against the habit Of
church members carrying revolvers. f.7!f
The first velvet manufactory in the United
States has been established at French colony
at Franklin, Kansas. r. -lni
The people of Wyoming, Penn, don't know
whether to call their female judge Justices OF
the peace or a justice of the peacess.
The experiment of raising cotton in Califor.
mia, for which that State has long been regard
ed as peculiarly adapted, from the advantages
| of soil and climate, has been renewed this veal
on more extensive scale than heretofore and
under circumstances that promise definite re-
! suits. isno,i haH snesf foos dtg Asi =
There has been discovered a new cure for the
bite OF mad-dogs, in plant Anagallis arvensis
| tGamhheil, in Germany A few pinches Of
the pulverizsd plant, strewn on a sandwich are
to be taken daily, ~ woos ta4
+ The Herald has revived the rumor of the re-
signation of Secretary Fish again. This time
Gen. Banks is to be bis successor.
Several Virginia banks have claim before
the Senate Committee on Claims for about
100000 in specie which was captured with jeff
Davis; and was turned over to the Treasury De-
partment in 1865. Gen. Spinner contends that
the claim should not be allowed as il was Con-
federate property. q.s-ser.r
The latest discovery in Alaska is diamond
fields which will repay investigation! The
United States now receives $20O,OOO revenue
from the seal fisheries. ali-,aaa sl1
! George Opdyke, ex- Mayor of New York, one
OF the jurymen recently fined $3.50 each for
non-attendance at the United States Circuit
Court, having failed to give any excuse for his
non-attendance, a sheriff was ordered to collect
the fine.
Nat Caldwell, negro of Charleston con-
vlcted OF child murder, has been sentenced to be
hanged July 26th. There would be a surfeit of
hangings if all child murderers shared the fate
of Nat,
90 The managers of the coal regions of Penn
syivanla propose to give the miners a months
holiday, hoping thereby to run up the price of
COAL For long time they have been attempt
ing to provoke the miners into strike. and
failing in that they now propose to try the holi
day plan. =
Horace Greeley's father was poor farmer.
So is Horace. N GN
Important item to consumers of lard: One
firm in Peoria, ILL.,, has lost this spring 300 to
400 swine from cholera. s'v
Swashjoggers is the name of clique of Kan
sas politicians.
Canary Lake, near Des Moines, Iowa, is stock
ed with leeches. Unfortunately Canary does
not monopolize the race. So SEQ
A man who in recent address before CAL
ifornia audience, spoke favorably of Chinese
labor, was promptly mobbed and barely escap-
ed with his life.
England is ahead of the United States in the
consumption OF tobacco She doesn't chew so
much, but she snuffs and smokes more.
A bar-keeper at Lynchburg, Va, advertises
that gentlemen wishing drinks must bring Or
ders from their wives. III .5l1 81 se
The Mexican revolution is again reported to
be entirely played out. There will most likely
be revival or new one. 1t is the regular
thing. Sa
The London Lancet states that the runlors
relative to Bsmarcks serious illness are nm
founded h
Thursday night the British House of Com
mons passed the ballot bill after lengthy de-
bate, amid great applause. ...t--r
p
ence has been refused meal at a Fulton Mar
ket oyster saloon in New York. and two of his
brethren who were with him, for
being in his company also failed to be served
by the FISHERMAN. The Civil Rights bill, over
which Congressman are disputing, proposes to
prevent such neglect
The New York Tribune prefaces its programme
OF Decoration Day with poem which exalts
alihe the Blue and the Gray 1t has
Love and tears for the Blue,
. Tears and Love for the Gray''
Again:
"Broidered with gold, the Blue; 4
Mellowed with gold, the Gray
All of which is consistent with the declaration
Of its chief at Memphis when he said he hoped !
The time would come when Union and Rebel
Generals would be honored alike by the people
North and South