The Portland daily press., 1872-05-28
News and Other. Items.


Texas papers report that ten Indians, who re-
| Gently raided into Wise county, were all killed
by the sheriff and his assistants.
There have been in New York during the
past week 1872 marriages, 37s births, 1880 arrests
and So fires. OH Ut}fs
| There is a letter from Mr.. Greeley in Wash
| ington declaring, most positively, his intention
| to retire if the Baltimore Convention does not
accept his candidacy.
| The eccentric Henry s. Foote of Tennessee,
who has been on all sides in politics, announ-
| ces himself as an independent candidate for
Congress ..r.rsrl
The Troy Press (Democratic) believes that if
the Baltimore Convention "adopt" Greeley
one third of the Democracy will go over to
Grant, and Greeley will surely be defeated.
There are three hundred and fifty-nne pris-
oners in the tombs at New York, two hundred
and seven awaiting trial, and one hundred and
fifty-two under sentence.
Attorney General Chamberlain of South Car
decided that clergymen are not liable to Ii
cense tax under the recent law of that State.
The friends of the Hubbard postal telegraph
bill concede that it has no prospect of passing
either House this session and will make nc
further active efforts for that end
A Washington dispatch says no statement
even approximating to accuracy can be obtain
ed of the Senate's vote on the supplementary
article. Three different versions are current,
one being 81 to 8, another AZ to 9, third A to
g. The second statement seems to be the one
generally accepted. There were about ten pairs
and others were absent. ,..a
The statement that the river reports of the
signal bureau we're to be discontinued after the
first of June, is incorrect. Instead of being dis
continued, they are to be materially improved
on that date, so as to render Thorn of even
greater value to the river interest than at pres
ent.
I Cinnamon are growing civilized. They now
drink their lager straight in New York, and en-
joy it, .atasass iat7
4 Twenty-four orphans of Burlington, Iowa
mourn the decease of one and the same father.
| The Cleveland Leader said recently that the
rain came just in time to save Old Probabilities
from being mobbed by rural residents whose
farms were suffering for moisture 3 ia
Petersburg, Va, revels in strawberries at
10 Genus per quart.
There was in the town of Peacham, Vt, &
few days ago, a snow drift, fifteen rods long ant
from one to six feet deep. ,...b Il -
1t is reported from Richmond, Va, that ex
Gov. Randolph of New Jersey is actively oper
ating in that State to secure the Democratic
nomination at Baltimore. -inTea
Senator Camcrson and Col. Forney, togethel
with number of leading Republican Senators
and members, meth conference at Washing
ton on Thursday and buried the Ratchet, botf
agreeing to work together to secure the State tt
the Republican party beyond peradventure.
Gen. Logan says, with just such a ticket al
has been nominated by the Illinois Republican
State Convention, the State will be carried by
such majority ''as will fill every true Repub
lican heart with joy" -ss
The Hon. Geo. III. Pendleton is less pro
nounced than his follower Voorhees,. "If," hi
says, "at any time it appears, as now, that We
ought to make no nomination, 1 shall favol
such action or non-action. On the contrary
should it be clear that we can succeed with ou
own nominations, why make them"
There was nothing extraordinary in the ap
pearance of an intoxicated woman on Water
loo street, in Grand Rapids, Mich, the othel
night-at least, of some person in woman'l
clothes; but when" says local paper, che
raised his skirts to his armpits and went for
chew of tobacco in the pockets of his breeche,
the officer seized upon him and took him to tn,
NM -.