The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-08-02
News and Other Items.

The Washington monument has been struck
by lightning.
Minister Schenck's daughter Twill marry an
English millionaire.
One-fifth Of the graduating class at Dart
mouth are Roman Catholics.
Missions three American bridesmaids were
all Boston ladies'
Twenty-nine free schools are in operation in
jackson Co., Pa.
Horace Greeley owns from 500 to 900 acres of
land in Buckingham county, Va.
In the course Of plea, in Savannah court,
one lawyer horse-whipped the other.
The tonnage of vessels in the Lake Superior
trade has increased $50 per cent in two years.
Boston initiates New York and gets up ex-
cursions for poor children.
The Boston Gaslight Company has reduced
the price of gas to $3.50 per thousand cubic
feet.
The Haverhill Gazette publishes engage
ments of marriage, which renders it q favorite
with Young ladies.
Rev. DIR. R. r. Gurley, formerly connected
with the Colonization Society, died in Wash
ington Tuesday, aged rs.
Collyer writes sermons in the Pullman ears.
That's the reason his discourses cover so much
ground.
When heather Chinee gets angry at one of
of his fellows he doesn't "blow him up" but
he blows up his house.
Some of the evidence at Barnard limpeach-
ment trial at Saratoga was 50 foul that the
court would not permit it to be read aloud.
The expenses of the city of Providence for
the next financial year are estimated at 81 $751;,
9S1.
A Newburyport girl not over 20 years of age,
has been married three times within two years,
without being divorced, and all her husbands
are living. ..
q A Providence, R. L., firm received a dispatch
Monday ifrom .the British Government which
cost the senders $3.50 in gold.
A national convention Of all parties interested
in steam navigation will be called for in few
days. The convention will meet at Cleveland,
Ohio, on OF about the oath of September next
The Governor and Council of New Hamp-
shire, at their session on Tuesday, on examina-
ton found surplus OF $4,000 in favor of the
State Prison on deposit in the banks of Com
cord. They voted to invest $1,000 of it in State
bonds.
The Duke of Cleveland has lately bought an
estate in Yorkshire belonging to Mr.. Mill
bank, who is . member of the House of Com
mons The money to be paid is as follows:
One million dollars down, and one hundred
thousand dollars year.
The Catholics have superintendent and four
missionaries already laboring among the freed
men; 40 more will soon be at work. and these
are to be reinforced by 400 more in short
time. Cd" '' b % ......s..a --... ..
Colonel George w. Riddle of Manchester,
N. H., the Treasurer of the New England
Agricultural Society, has made arrangements
with all the principal railroad corporations by
which stock and articles are to be transported
to and from Lowell free.
The new iron farmhouse in Boston, at tho
Boston and Providence depot,.is to be 600 feet
long, 126 feet wide, and 70 feet high. with walls
80 inches thick. That will do for one building
at least, and the engines ought to be comfort
able during the severe weather, and the cars be
well taken care of.
A party of sport-loving Englishmen are ex-
pected to arrive in this country about the 23rd
of September in order to participate in Buffa-
10 hunt on the western praries. Plenty of game
is promised. The protector of the affair charges
ninety guineas for a trip of seven weeks. Ladies
are allowed to join the party at an expense of
one hundred guineas.
An observant visitor at Salt Lake City says
if he wanted to break down Mormonism he
would put dozen French millinery stores in
Salt Lake City, give General Morrow the mill
tary commander, $4,000 or $4,000 to enter
tain with during the winter, and station strong
corps of good-looking young officers at Camp
Douglas. .''' .....
of the crew, for the crew did nobly from the
start, but the fact that only day or two be-
fore the race one of the original members of
the crew was deposed because, having been
formerly an Amherst student he had too
much of the Amherst strske about him."
e Miss Maggie Haggerty of Tarrytown, N. Y.
recently horsewhipped man because he had
named his mare after her, and then entered the
beast for race with another mare named Josie
Mansfield, and plaearded the two names side by
side all oyer town, which Miss Maggie consid-
cred an insult and an injury.
Every individual found in the streets of the
cities and towns of Russia in state of intoxi-
cation is compelled to work at sweeping the
streets during the whole of the next day. The
rigor and impartiality as to nation, sex, OF con-
dition, with which this rule is carried out, is
worthy Of imitation by many more civilized
nations
In one Irish city, at least, crime appears to
be ON the decrease. On opening the assizes at
Kilkenny, Mr.. Justice Fitzgerald was present
ed with pair of white gloves, there being no
criminals for trial land it was stated at the same
time that similar ceremony had been perform
ed at the last visit of the judges.
No horse either in America or England ever
ran mile in minute. Alarms mile time of
1.42 IA, made at Saratoga, is the fastest on re-
cord, Previously Salina and Talladeens time.
14.3, made at Lexington, KY, was the fastest
There are seventy-fve hospitals connected
with the United States Marine Hospital service
The Secretary of the Treasury has directed de-.
tailed reports of all operations performed and
diseases treated to be sent to him, in order to
have report mads out giving statistics never
before collected. ........
.' THE WHITE HAT BADGE.
Two honest preachers meeting in the Strand
One took the other briskly by the hand;
"HOw now, my friend? An odd affair ia that
Your head adjoining with a Greeley hat.
You swing your Greeley single in that way?''
Yes, yes; go for Greeley. But stay
Have you seen Grant with a big white hat?
had an interview, and asked him fiat
Ifhe was going for Greeley now
You should have seen his kindling brow; =
He answered: Yes; go for Horace G.
In just the way that once went for Lee;
And let me say to you, my good BROTHER
That's Just the way that 90; and no other"