The Portland daily press., 1873-07-29
News and other Items.

NEWS anu OGueI 1GcWS.
1t is suggested that monument to Macready
should be erected in London,
The Lowell Courier says that Don Carlos
might as well add final ''e'' to his name,
A ''great American panorama" is on exhi-
bition at the St. James Great Hall in Lon
don. -
The ladies find fault with the new postal
cards because there isn't room enough on them
for postscript.
The New York World reports that three
children were burned to death in the forest fires
at Bohemianvile, L. I.
A Brooklyn woman wants to exchange places
with Kate Stoddard, because she though4 Good
rich deserved to die. The Graphic says that
abe man who wishes himself in Goodrich's
place has not put in an appearance.
The train on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road which carried the Washington steam fire
engines to the Baltimore fire on Friday, actual
ly made the distance, forty miles, between the
two stations in thirty-fve minutes
A man named Whitaker shot and instantly
killed his cousin, Charles Duan on board a
train on the Short Line railroad, at Worthwhile,
Kentucky, on Saturday. The act was the re-
suit of an old feud. -tt.
Six deaths from small pox occurred in Holy
oke, Mass, last week. The disease has been
spread in many cases, through the gross and
criminal carelessness of persons infected with
it. The scourge, however, with few excep-
tons, has not spread beyond the crowded
blocks, and is believed to be slowly but surely
disappearing.
In San Francisco on Saturday, the Republic
can County Convention adopted an anti-subsidy
anti Chinese platform. Resolutions weIe psss-
ed requiring all legislative candidates to pledge
themselves in writing to sustain the platform
and remain unpledged on the Senatorial ques-
ton.
The marlborough Vermont, medium who
is completing "The Mystery of Edwin Brood"
under the direction of the spirit of Dickens,
has been recently interviewed. The book is to
be in twenty chapters, eighteen of which are
already finished. The title of the novel is to
be 1.-THE life and Adventures of Bockley Nick
leheep." M
A horrible case of child torture is reported
from Linn, Iowa. An orphan boy of twelve
years has been cruelty beaten and ill treated by
the farmer who employed him. He was sus-
pended in well until he was nearly drowned,
and was then left tied in remote part of the
house to starve. His prosecutor has been ar
rested and held to bail.
A correspondent of the Tribune, writing from
Long Branch. asserts that President Grant ia
vors a constitutional amendment increasing the
Presidential term to SIX years, and declaring
hot lay,fc holl ho
ton, and that movement is already on foot
to secure the passage of such an amendment
during the next session of Congress.
The New York Commercial Advertiser saws
"Boston's abortive attempt to eclipse Chicago
as phoenix producer, has been followed by
the equally foolish and futile attempt of Balti-
n ore. A beggary hundred of buildings in
ashes cuts poor figure beside the magnificent
miles of waste that established the reputation
ern self-destroyers.
From the records of the Leipsic Observatory
it appears that the suns surface was subject to
observation on 1913 days during the year 1872
On no day was it wholly destitute of spots. and
usually the number was large. On the 18th
day of July sixty-five spots, divided into ten
groups, were seen. On the four days preced-
ing, the least number of spots seen was fortv-
five, and the smallest number of groups was
ten. l-t
A "Justice of the Peace in Guinett comfy
Ga, last week passed this sentence on a man,
1t was written out in full: ''let the prisnner
STAN Up. yu, sir, has bin Found Guilty. e.
tried NV the Offense Nv shutin at your Nabur.
Yu shall then be took from the bar NV this court
by tine honorble baleef of this court, and carry
ed into the admin county of rok Dale, and
thar yu shall remain in Everlastin Punishment
forever from the honorable county of gum
nett /"