The Portland daily press., 1873-04-07
News and Other Items.

The London Graphic is said to be growing
into one of the wealthiest journalistic proper
ties in the world.
1t is now asserted that cerebro-spinal men,
ingitis scarcely ever occurs except where bad
sewerage exists.
The very 'last of the Mohicans' has been
heard from as having died in Connecticut. He
was fisherman and great hunter.
The Alabama Legislature has passed bill,
By a vote of 40 to "a, to provide for the annexa-
tion of West Florida.
The lower branch of the Massachusetts, Leg
islature has rejected the bill to pension retired
judges, by vote of "a to 90.
Mr.. Tilden denies having received two sums
of $4,000 from the Erie He did receive one
$4,000 fee as counsel in the case of Cleve-
land railroad company, and that was all.
The Savannah Republican halls the courtsey
recently extended to General Gorden by Vice
President Wilson as a millennal case of the
lion and the lamb lying down together
Local politics in Cincinnati must be getting
into frightful condition when the editors head
their articles with such belligerent ALTERATION
as "Guns, Galows, Guillotines, Garote"
A young girl left Lowell, Mass. two years
ago with $500 in her pocket, and went to Kan
sas and turned farmer. She could sell out her
property this day for 100000.
A gentleman wishing to go from Wichita to
Dodge City, Kan, applied to a friend for let
ter of introduction. He was handed donble-
barreled shot gun and Colts revolver.
The March winds were strong out in Kansas.
One day last week gust took up sixty feet of
plank sidewalk in Lawrence, with lady walk
ing upon it, and carried them both bodily into
the middle of the street.
The Philadelphia Press says of the Pennsyl-
vania Legislature: "There is not an hour that
this body is in session in which a swindle is not
introduced in some guise or other. Let the peo-
pie pray for an early adjournment.
Several old naval officers at Washington,
who are familiar with the scence of the disas-
ter to the steamship Atlantic, state that from all
the accounts published they are satisfied it was
the result of gross eareessness.
The other night strange scene was wit
messed in Boston theatre. A lady and her
escort getting into some sort of difficulty, she
drew and cooked revolver, and threatened to
shoot him. She was disarmed and taken from
the theatre.
Judge Fancher has denied the motion of
John Anderson to dissolve the Knickerbocker
Life Insurance Company. The judge says the
aff1davits show that no room remains even for
a suspicion against the solyency of the COM
pany..
The Canadian Parliament has passed reso-
luton declaring it expedient to amend and con-
solidate the laws of the Dominion relative to
weights and measures, and to establish a uni
form system. The imperial system will prob
ably be adopted
A man residing near Sandy Hill holds note
against George Washington for $500, Civ.
en- for supplies furnished during the
Revelation. There is an Endorsement on
the note for about half the amount. The
balance has never been paid.
a woman at Pelham, N. H., lived to the age
VI % in maiden meditation fancy free,' but
" some strange dispensation she succeeded in
lung married then, and since that time has
l. ,,.. ~ iess than four different husbands, aud
w. " wN'ow lying in wait for another victim.
| baar 49,. = :, s'ronS pressure being brought to
an,o;ntr,o,1. nor Osborne of Kansas, for the
M " vi Senator in place of c.;dyou
Lie ohiei OBJECT Of those wan,;,,o.
seems 10 oe to obtain the nav 49, She P"oe
considerable. Osborne wants 'n ID now
himself, and will not make any anno;,, 'enaeor
A Washington special says that tho
tary of the Treasury, notwithstanding tho
side pressure from Wall street, continues to