The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-15
News and Other Items.

Senator Stewart, of Nevada, is mentioned as
the possessor of the most costly and elegant of
the new residences in Washington
A Wall street firm on Friday refused to buy
ten thousand dollars worth of silver at par,
prefering to hold the greenbacks
Mrs. Grants father is in very poor health,
and her brother, Gen. Louis Dent, is still seri-
ously ill, and not expected to recover.
Lewis Douglass, son of Fred, knocked down
his dismissed associate editor for calling aim
liar.
One ward tn New Haven turned out 1900
''no'' votes, while the check list shows that
only /, 300 persons voted.
Copious showers of mama are reported in
Hill county, Texas. 1t resembed gum, and
had all the sweetness and flavor of honey
An Ohio man became angry because he had
MT a clean shirt, and sold two COWS and pur-
chased 1872 shirts ready made.
A heavy fire at Miramichi, New Brunswick.
on Saturday last, destroyed Muirhead's steam
lumber mills, involving loss of 100000, upon
which there was no insurance.
Santa Anna, the old Mexican hero, is said
to be passing miserable life in Cuba, having
sunk from opulence to 4he most complete pow
erty.
The Philadelphia Press says: presidential
candidates for 1S76-Oliver Perry Morton, James
G. Blaine, VIM. Tecumseh Sherman, Charles
Simmer, George S. Boutwell,
The English agitator, Bradlaugh, don't make
much of a sensation. He is two respectable
for the radicals, and too radical for the respect
abes.
Vce-President Wilson's health is SO nearly
completely restored that there is no reason to
doubt that be will be able to be in his seat on
the opening of the ensuing session of Con-
gress.
The World irreverently refers to Messrs. John
Cochrane and Fred. Conkling as those two
ineffable batherskites" these puffy drnm
majors with a squad of followers" And vet
these be the head and front of Liberal Repub-
lcanism.-Hdrttord Post.
An Early county, ga court has decreed the
enforcement of verbal agreement between
brother and sister, before their fathers death.
to share the property equally, regardless of any
division made by his will. The case has been
appealed.
An oregon newspaper says: Wheat is being
solo so rapidly that not pound of it has vet
been stored in the warehouse at East Portland
IL brings one dollar per bushel along the line of
the Oregon and California railroad: 80 if ;s sold
as rapidly as possible
In Maryland the Democrats have divided in
to two bitter factions, and the Republicans So g
glmmer of hope that they may have a ma
jority in the Legislature and elect Mr. Creswell
to the United Senate.
The Emperor of Russia has appointed his frl-
ture son in-law, the Duke of Edinburgh, COM
mander of the second battalion of marines in
the Black Sea fleet. He probably thought he
would give the young man start in life.
The Union Pacific railroad company sold
duliug the month of September 20,23O acres of
land, at an average price of 1927 per acre.
amounting to $126,97O the sales averaged 121
acres to each purchaser. The total sales to Oc-
tober 1, were 799, 74S acres, at an average price
of 81 80 per acre, amounting to So, 595, 46O.
The greatest gas well in the world is located
near Modoc City, Butler county, Pa. A steady
column OF gas has been pouring forth with ire
mendous force ever since it was struck. three
years ago An attempt was made to lower set
OF tools, weighing $500 pounds, into the well.
but the gas forced them up and away from the
hole.
Ihere was nothing very attractive about the
manner in which Mr.. Arnold of johnson
comfy, Mo-, met his death. In attempting to