The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-08-07
News and Other Items.

Senator Sumner is at Nahant
Benniah Fits Of Worcester has been granted
an extension of his patent for governor valves.
No hope is given of the Hon. John p. Hale's
recovery, although he continues in comfOrta-
BILE condition.
Gen. n. P. Banks was robbed of SIS on the
train while going from Boston to Springfield on
Friday night.
1t is now feared that the delirium of Dr.. Chas.
T. jackson, the eminent chemist of Boston, will
take tine form of confirmed insanity.
The Pope has advised some French pilgrims
not to visit Rome, as they would be subjected to
insults and outrages there.
Statistics show that the great fire in Chicago
was the direct cause of the insanity of eleven
persons in that city.
Twenty fue thousand volumes of the Gales
& Seaton annals and debates of Congress have
just been sold for paper stock for $1,000, in
Washington.
A rejected sutton in Dubuque nailed up the
doors of the church in which she was to be mar
ried to the other fellow, but he was promptly
arrested and ''soused" in the river.
On removing an ancient structure on the Old
Bailey premises in London, recently, a Roman
coffin, of stone, with human bones therein, was
excavated. 1t is supposed to have been buried
there nearly 1000 years ago.
Members of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie in Hoboken, N. j., recently compelled sa-
loon keeper to take down German flag. which
was flying over an American flag, and reverse
their positions.
The Masonic fraternity of Connecticut con-
templates the erection of home where indig-
ent and aged members, the widows of Masors
in need of aid, and the orphans of deceased
memb ers, can be cared for.
Andrew Alexander, supposed wealthy citi-
zen of West Troy, n. Y, was drowned lately,
and his estate proves to be hopelessly insolvent
He was great money borrower, and many
people, rich and poor, will suffer in consequence.
He owed 100000.
The Divorce laws of Prussia furnish sequel
of the discontinue of Lucca's husband at hear
ing of her divorce Had the baron succeeded in
obtaining divorce there he would have been
entitled to one-fourth of all the singers future
income. He would probably have some diff
Guilty in collecting it, however.
Several years ago a man in Boston cast a
Ssi~AA 4e"hoiey u ptOttu upou ehO WdoCio, anu
last week he found it again greatly increased
in quantity; that is to say, several years ago
he gave 'Job' to a destitute but earnest
young man. though he had no need of his SER
vices and last week he received legacy OF
$4,000 from that same young man, who had
gone West, got rich and died.
The Marquis of Lorne was recently asked by
Mrs. Grey leading woman suffragist, to pre-.
side at meeting in favor of the co-educatiou
of the sexes, and consented to do so, provided
that no woman be permitted to speak. Mrs
Gray bowed acquiescence, and thereby reused
the ire of Miss Ka.e Field. who, in her cores.
pondence therefore denominates that lady per.
son "false to her SEX" and the Margins ga
foolish young man"
The first Bessemer steamship-that ingenious
continuance for keeping people from becoming
sea-sck during transatlantic voyages-is now
building at Hull, England. She will be $50
feet long, 40 feet broad inside of her paddle
boxes, and of 2774 tons burden. The saloon is
in the centre of the ship, suspended on massive
pvots at the centre and extremities Her
draught is too light for general sea service, but
should she be successful in running between
Dover and Calais, others will be built on the
same model.