The Portland daily press., 1872-07-11
News and Other Items.

Canada musters $4,000 militia and has re-
serve force of near 100000. I'd '-J ..
A Memphis poet of the graphic school speaks
of duellng as "this wart ON Christian age"
During the past four years the Erie railway
has brought AZ ,00O,000,000 gallons of milk to
New York city. p 81 i''a - .a'a .rr
The Boston Post doubts if DE- Livingstone is
worth the $4,000 which it cost the New York
Herald to find him. r.,
One hundred and thirty-eight thousand COOL
les have been introduced into the West Indies
during the last 81 years.
Daniel Pratt, G. A T., has authorized New
Haven reporter to say that he has withdrawn
from the presidential campaign as candidate.
Nine. Camilla Urso is to return to the United
States this summer. Miss Mehlig is coming
back from California about the same time.
When Missouri woman threatens to pour
hot lead into her husbands ear, forbearance
ceases to be virtue in his opinion, and his
thoughtssseemingly incline towards divorce
Savannah, Ga, opens its theatres on Sum
day. ,....... t..-,.
Hay is light in Massachusetts but of excel
lent quality. E.-.r-5~ -
DR.. Mary Walker wants the Washington DO
lice force to carry sunshades. $3.50
San Francisco was this year the great dis
tributing point for importations of Chinese fire.
crackers.
William De Haas is studying the rocky seem.
cry of the coast of Maine. -liaDa
The London Times is reported to have two
hundred and nine subscribers in Germany, and
six hundred and eighteen in France. -oss.
The Greeley car must be travelling rather
slowly when old Gideon Welles is able to over
take it and get on.
John Wesley used to say: ''Oh how hard it
is to be shallow enough for genteel congrega-
tion." But ministers have no difficulties of
that kind now. ~, p. f, ..e.l
The last argument against the election of
Greeley is found in the diminution of the an
nual rainfall produced by his indiseriminate
hacking of trees We must have foliage
The physicians in New York report an alarm
ing increase of cancer in the nose caused by the
practice of wearing eye glasses that are held to
the bridge of the nose by spring.
A correspondent says that Tennie c. Clafin's
beauty and freshness are rapidly fading, and
that she will soon look as old as her sister Vic
The cares of regiment are too much for her.
Uneasy lies the head that wears shako''
About three months ago a Schenectady lu-
matte bit the finger of gentleman who was
trying to restrain him. and about a week ago
he was compelled to have his arm amputated
as it had become mass of mortified flesh
William Cullen Bryant has given $12, 900
and a number of books to start library in
Cummington, Mass, his native town, and now
is about to build an excellent stone structure
to contain the same. V JIA
The fine oil painting of Mrs. Governor
Wentworth, painted by the celebrated artist,
Copley, which has long been in the possession
OF the Freeman family of Dover, N. H. was
sold for $1,000 last week, to go to New York
city. z es -.
OF the thirteen and one-half millions of pro-
ducers in England, eleven and one half mill
ions receive as wages, on the average, only $3.50
a year. '-'
A woman in Troy on Sunday bought dol
lars worth of opium at drug store with the
avowed purpose of killing herself-which she
did Is there no law strong enough to convic4
the druggist who sold it to her?t 81
AT Lyndeborough, N. H., on the 4th, while
William Gould was seated in his wagon, a
man came along and hitting his horse sudden
backward over the wagon seat to the ground
receiving fatal injuries. Both parties were in
toxicated at the time. .5lrt -E-i.tEF a.
Ion the 10Th of Jnly, 1882 Civil Engineer B
F. Chandler, U. S. N, reported for duty at
Kittery Navy yard Next Friday being the
10th anniversary of that event his numerous
friends propose to visit him and offer their con-
CALCULATIONS. ~. ...... -st.l. M -a.7aia.l
A new alarm clock belonging to Mr. Slifer of
West Philadelphia, sounded at midnight. The
baby screamed, Mrs Slifer had Mysteries, and
her husband fired six shots out of the window
at supposed burgler and wounded passer-by
When the police came they found him trying
to drown the disturber of his peace, which he
finally threw into the yard where it whizzed all
night, while the neighbors threw things at it
mistaking it for cats. .-,i .I..'fl r. mn, -.
A terrible explosion occurred Tuesday in an
extensive flour mill at Glasgow, Scotland
Flames burst out Immediately after the explo-
sion and the building was entirely DESTROYED
Eleven persons buried in the ruins were burned
to death and twelve were taken out badly in
jured. -r" ei ..H.
Fifteen thousand persons witnessed the
great trot at Fleetwood Park between Gold
smith Maid, Lucy, American Girl and Henry
$4,000 Tuesday. American girl won in three
straight hcats-2.21, 2.191-2 and 2.o4. The
Maid was withdrawn on account of cut.
Mexico continues in revolution and business
is stagnant. The Mexican Minister to this
country will sail for New York July ID. Hon.
Thomas Fl. Nelson, our Minister to Mexico, re-
turns home at the same time. - srHsfte