The Portland daily press., 1873-08-19
News and other Items.


A girl named Lucinda Smith, at ball IN
Maysyille, KY, called justice into thesroom
and sighted a revolver at Charles browh'
They were married then and there.
Fred Douglass is in Boston. He is prepar-
ing lecture on the life and times of old Ossa-
watamie John Brown, who was hanged by
Gov. Henry A. Wise, in Virginia. for trying to
get up negro revolt at Harper's Ferry.
An old lady named Hancock, at Chcopee
Falls, Mass, has lain on one side for five
years. The physicians say that any change of
is water around the heart.
General Crawford, of the United States Ar
my, who is in Europe on six months leave of
absence, attended a late review of the Foot
Guards in Hyde Park. His escort was General
Sir Hastings Doyle, late Governor of Nova
Scotia, who presented the General to the
Prince of Wales and distinguished military
men present.
Joseph Jefferson is suffering from an attack
of paralysis, and it is impossible to say whether
he will be able to act next season or not. In
case of his inability to appear, Maggie Mitchell
will open Booths Theatre.
U6QeTdl OuUdl a. b6tu 6l6CUeu pres
dent of the Southern Historical Society.
A secondhand pulpit is said to serve for
cashiers desk in one of the Newport restau-
rants.
Five kittens, all joined together ,were recently
born in New London, Conn.,, and lived for as
many days.
A young midshipman has written to the Navy
Department asking leave of absence to go in
Prof. Wise's balloon.
Two family bibles lying together in wooden
box in house in Kingston, r. l., recently had
their gilt entirely removed by stroke of light
ming.
The true Arthur Orion is said to be now on
his way to England from Australia, to claim
legacy from his mother. The Tichborne claim
ant may feel easy if this is true.
Mrs. Woodruff disappeared at the Spiritual
lists camp meeting at Plympton, where Sun
day she delivered one of her usual indecent
harrangues against marriage.
The skin of baby born in Lexington, Va,
last week, is said to be half white and half
black, ga line drawn from the tip of the nose
longitudinally showing the margin Of the jet
COLOR
Vermont State Fair will take place at Rut-
land, September 9th, 10th, 18th and 18th.
An Irish gentleman of "a mechanical turn took
off his gasometer to repair it himself, and put it
on again upside down. At the end of the quar-
ter it was proved with arithmetical correctness
that the gas company owedi him Height doll ars
and fifty-seven cents.
THAT SENATOR CARPENTER SCANDAL.-Some
time ag the Long Branch correspondent of a
New York journal telegraphed that Senator
Carpenter had been refused admission to one of
the hotels at that watering place, because, to
use the suggestive language of the,despatch
che had too much baggage for single man."
The New York Tribune very properly denounc
ed this scandalous proceeding in the tseverest
terms. Of course the only answer could be
denial of the whole proceeding, and this is now
forthcoming. A Long sBranch correspondent
of the Baltimore American puts a very different
face on the matter by the following statement:
Senator Carpenter came to Long Branch on
the 30th of July to see President Grant A gem
tieman and his wife, intimate friends- of his,
family, accompanied him from Pittsburg to
Harrisburg en- route for Long Branch. When
ded to return home, and sent his wife, who was
in delicate health to Long Branch under the
care of Mr.. Carpenter. They came here on the
evening of the 3Oth. as already stated, and went
to the West End Hotel. 1t happened that
there wera no vacant rooms, and Mr.. Carpen-
ter was given letter of introduction to the pro-
prietor of the Ocean House. Before he left
the West End Hotel he was approached by
somewhat notorious newspaper correspondent,
who had been imprisoned at Washington for
contempt in refusing to answer certain ques-
tions propounded by Senate committee, of
which Mr. Carpenter was chairman. The cor
respondent shook hands with him, bit no allu-
sion was made to their former difficulty. Mr..
Carpenter left the West End Hotel and went
ter of introduction and secured room for the
invalid lady and room for himself. The cor
betook himself to the telegraph Of
flee and sent despatch to the New York Sun
to the effect that Senator Carpenter had been
refused room at the West End Hotel because
The had too much baggage with him for SIN
gle man."