The Portland daily press., 1873-10-24
News and Other Items.


that Stokes will get imprisonment for life
Prince Mahmoud, aged twelve years, has
been promoted to the rank of rear admiral in
the Turkish navy.
Four candidates on the Ohio State ticket run
ahead of Gov. Noyes in Hamilton county, and
three fall behind him.
A Chicago druggist asked women what she
wanted of arsenic, and she replied, 81 want it
for rats and my old man. Her frankness
stopped the sale.
During the recent hurricane at Tortugas, it is
said solid bar of iron, weighing $500
pounds, was carried 200 yards over the parapet
of the fort
England exports to America foreign-made
toys to the value of over els, 700, while for the
amusement of her own children, England pays
over 100000 to her Continental neighbors.
sharp Toledo girl said to gentleman to
whom she had just been introduced, that he
would be very presentable if the Lord hadn't
turned up much of his legs to make feet of.
The Boston Journal says that the reformed
mems jubilee was a very successful affair.
Public dinners without liquors are the rule
rather than the exception. Many of our mill
tary companies have done away with the use of
wine for several years.
1t is reported that Gen, Butler proposes to
introduce and will press at the coming session
of Congress, his convertible bond bill as pana-
cea for the present financial trouble. He pro-
poses that these bonds under this bill shall bear
low rate of interest, say 1855 per cent, and
shall be convertible into legal tender currency
on presentation to the Treasury Depar tment.
The fOllowino Of fho oot;r taco f
Gen. HUMPHREYS, Chief of Engineers, for
Northern Notifications for the fiscal year. 1876:
Fort Ontario, $4,000; Fort N iagara, $25, 200;
Taylor, $4,000; Jefferson $50, 900; battery Fer
ris, on Point Portsmouth, N. H., $40, 600;
Clark's Point, r. l., $50, 600; Portland Head,
$780, 900; Warren, 100000.
Thus far $4,000 900 of the new five per cent
bonds have been negotiated. Little or nothing
however, has been done by the London syndi-
cate since the financial troubles com menced
On Saturday last the clerks Sc Mt out by the
Treasury to the syndicate took SIC, 1000, 900 of
the bonds which had been called for. The De-
partment expect, as soon as the London mar
kets become quiet, that the negotiation of the
bonds will go on as rapidly as heretofore.
A curious episode took place in Jersey City
Court room the other day, while Mechela &C.
cused of murder, was being tried. When call
ed on to testify in his own case, he refused to
touch the Bible, and cried out, "Me cut my
throat" ''Me stab mineself, but me no put my
hand on the book" His counsel and friends
endeavored to persuade him to be sworn, but he
refused. 81 will hang right away" he said,
'but L won't be Witness"
Things were affecting at Iowa City on ell &C.
ton night. The Press man corralled Brainard
of the Republican, the postmaster and his part
ner, in fire brigade saloon, singing:
1 want to be granger,
And with the grangers stand
hOrny-hea farmer,
With a hay-stack in my hand;
and anon, his partner, nice young man, with
good voice, joins in:
Beneath the tall tomato tree
I'll swing the Offering hoe
And smite the wild potato-bug
AS he skips DER the snow.
When the Postmaster continued:
I've bought myself Durham ram
And gray alpaca cow
lock-stich Usage orange hedge,
And patent-leather plough
| The Washington Star has the following:
SIT is stated that Gen. Butler is organizing a
| movement to have the Republican caucus
| which will nominate officers for the next
| House of Representatives, declare emphatically
against giving any members implicated in the
| Credit Mobiler transaction leading positions on
standing committees, his object being to punish
Dawes and other members who opposed his
| gubernatorial campaign in Massachusetts last
| summer. 1t is reported also that Speaker
Blaine will hold himself bound by the action of
| the caucus.
The Philadelphia mint is running to its full
capacity. coming gold, and will this month
turn out ten million of dollars. The demand of
the coinage of gold since the beginning of the
month has been SO great that the coinage of
silver has been temporarily abandoned, and it is
uncertain when it will be resumed. The Gov
eminent has now at its disposal about two
hundred thousand dollars of silver coin, and
when the coinage of silver can again proceed
the Treasury will probably adopt the plan of
paying fractional amounts in silver, and ex-
changing silver for greenbaeks to a limited ex-
| tent