The Portland daily press., 1872-03-27
News Items hY Mail.

1t is claimed that ex Gov. Curtin will unite
with the anti-administration Republicans of
Pennsylvania
A lady sophomore at Michigan University,
who has commenced working her way through
college," saws and splits her own wood, quite
to the chagrn of her brother sophomores
ga word' which Mr.. A. Fl. Stephens ad-
dresses to the readers of the Atlanta Sun, is the
longest on record, occupying nearly two col
umns.
The Pennsylvania legislature has repealed
the charters of two of the infamous Medical
Colleges which were such disgrace to Phil
adelphia. -.-.
A woman who gives the name of Jean Hos
mer, and pretends to be niece of Stokes, the
murderer of Fisk, is giving costume lectures in
the West, "to defray the expenses of her I'M
cle's defence
Prince Henry, son of the Crown Prince of
the German Empire, has recently been appren-
ticed to Berlin bookbinder His father
learned the trade of a type setter, and his
grandfather, the present Emperor, that of
glazier. ....I..F
During the last political campaign in New
York State Mr., G. -, of New York city, had
the honor to address the freemen of Niagara
county. At the close of a meeting held at T
tall countryman arose and said, 'Mr. Chair
man, 1 move you that vote of thanks be given
to the speaker" Mr.. C. bowed his
head, and the mover added-'.for the beautiful
stories he has told us this evening"
A good joke is told at the expense lin dou-
BILE sense) of the Democratic candidate in Con-
neeticut, Mr.. Hubbard. Some days ago COM
mittee of Connecticut fishermen addressed a
letter to each of the rival candidates for Gov
ernor, in order to ascertain their views on the
law relating to pound fishing, Gov Jewell re-
sponded promptly, saying in plain language
what he could do and would do in reference to
the matter. Mr.. Hubbard was equally explicit
in the declaration of his views, but supposing
he had been applied to as lawyer, with the
written opinion which he sent to the fishermen.
he inclosed a bill of thirty dollars for profess
sional services. sd
Charles Francis Adams said one day to his
son, John Quincy Adams John was bow
then)-so the story goes-"My son. do YOU
think you know enough to be Governor of Mas
sachusetts" To which the young gentleman
replied: "Well, 1 probably shall by the time I
am elected
During the last six years Connecticut has had
three years OF Republican rule, and three years
in which the Governor has been Democratic
Under clean Republican administration the
legislative and contingent expenses were $216,-
1888. With Democratic Governor, in the
other three years, the expenses have been run
up to $261, 055.S7, showing that the people have
paid $44, S70.39 for the luxury of electing DEM
ocrat
The total amount of the public debt of Great
Britain is given at e792, 40, 900.
Public analyzers of sugar and milk are to be
appointed by law in all the prominent cities of
England The penalty of adulterating food or
drugs is to be fine of $3.50 for the first offence
and imprisonment at hard labor for six months
for the second. Any purchaser may have an
article analysed on paying small fee.
A lady in Atlanta tied her husbands hands
and feet the other day, just for fun, and then
went through his pockets for certain billet
doux, and found it. His physician tells him
that his face won't be badly SCARED, though he
may remain permanently bald.
The Japanese at Washington abuse them
selves shamefully in a datetic way. They call
for oysters in every conceivable form at the
same meal stewed, fried, roast, raw, etc., and
then 60 through the bill of fare, picking out the
most novel and indigestible fancy Dishes They
order hard-boiled eggs by the dozen with ice
cream at midnight, and top off with several
bottles of wine.
Several cases'of poisoning have been recently
discovered in Portsmouth, N. H., from carbonic
acid gas. Attention was called to it by the
sickness of the daughter of the City Marshall
Doctors Hall and Whittier being called an in
vestigation proved that the gas-pipe in that
street was leaking and the gas had permeated
abe earth to the cellars of the houses near, and
had caused the sickness in the several families
in the immediate vicinity.
The three Selectmen at the Shoals, N. H.,
who were in non-attendance at the late cleo
ton have been arrested and ordered to appear
at the Supreme Judicial Court in Exeter next
month, to answer to the charge by j. H. Rob-
inson of their wilfully preventing an election
Their property has been attached by Deputy
Sheriff Marden to the amount of $4,000, to Sc
cure their appearance and for damages. There
are two sides to this case