The Portland daily press., 1873-07-16
News and Other LIENS.

western FARMERS Ieeu potato bugs on HarlS
green and think it does them good.
Fish are SO plenty in the Minnesota lakes
that they are pitched out with hay fork.
Lake Champlain has dine inches less water
than atany time last year.
President Grant does not attend the Long
Branch races.
In Providence last year, there were ZzO6 births
1854 marriages and 1908 deaths
At Springfield potatoes are perfectly ripe, but
no bigger than pigeons eggs, and farmers are
blowing their crops under.
The keeper of the town farm in Peacham, vt.
is accused of kicking little boy to death, and
has left for parts unknown.
The surviving Massachusetts veterans of the
Mexican war will have a reunion in Boston on
Saturday next, the twenty-fifth anniversary of
their return home.
The attempt to hold cheap transportation
State convention in Grand Rapids, Mich, on
the Sth inst, was failure, only four or five
persons being present,
Boston has given up its intended harbor ex-
cursons for poor children, for want of funds.
Only about $500 was contributed, and this is
to be returned to the givers
The Chicago Board of Trade has contributed
$500 to the Inter- Oceans poor childrens picnic
fund, and one of the picnics to be given will be
called the Board of Trade excursion.
The Providence Journal wants capital pun
ishment retained while at least, for those who
set fire to dwelling-houses, and for those who
put Instructions ON railroad tracks.
A woman in Pittsfeld, Mass, advertises
huS hap nd
for sale for 800. And they say that slavery
has been abolished.
The mother of young Walworth is boarding
at Sing Sing, and naturally attracts attention.
The young man has been installed as clerk of
the shoe department..
The New York papers are considering wheth-
er judges should be elected or appointed The
question is to be submitted to tht people of tina
State next autumn.
"The Boston Post cries aloud for the Massa-
chusetts democracy to be up and doing Do
ing what-preparing for another funeral?'
asks the New York Herald
The slaughter of the innocents'' has begun
in Philadelphia. OF 49S deaths reported in that
city last week, no less than 1924 were of child
rem under five years of age.
England raised 16, 900, 900 bushels of wheat
century ago-now 10O,OOO,OOO year. How
came the increase is suggested in part by the fact
that since 1887 she has imported over $15O,OO0.
900 worth of bones as fertilizers
Senator Howe's friends at his request, will
not press his name on the president for the
Chief Justiceship. Senator Howe thinks VIM.
M. Evarts will be the next Chief Justice of the
United States.
Barnum still signs for worlds to conquer, and
now enters the ranks of dramatic authors. "The
Camanche Braves is his ''first drama, which
Is being put on the boards in Philadelphia The
''only Indian matinee" tekes place Saturday.
The Cincinnati Times and Chronicle SAYS, the
two serious mistakes of this country have been
the capture of Jefferson Davis and the capture
of Capt Jack. The former made a presiden-
tial candidate ont of Horace Greeley, and the
latter is becoming very trsublesomesmartyr.
The Boston Journal says that the attempt to
remove Mr.. Wooson from his position as
teacher in the high school is continuation of
the programme which reelected Cumston. The
subcommittee have reported against him, and
Rev. DR.. Lothrop has gone to Europe.
1t is announced in the London papers that
the New Testament company OF revlsers to the
Scriptures have got as tar as the fifteenth chap
ter Of Acts. At the past rate of progress they
will have finished the new English Bible in
about eleven years.
They play queer jokes in Bridgeport, Conn.
The other evening a man playfully took his
friends watch, and afterwards told him it was
in pawn and he would have to pay dollar to
get it out, Everybody laughed, and it was
late the owner of the watch postponed going
for it till morning, and when morning came
the pawn-broker's safe had been robbed, and
his watch and chain were actually gone.
A Leavenworth photographer has been ex-
planning the altogether too-elaborate way in
which he procured spirit photograph. He
says he first took picture of Mr.. Harris, and
painted his whiskers out. Then he cut the
face out of an old lady's photograph, and
pasted Harriss face in. He made a negative
from this and then transparent positive. He
next held this positive before a senstized plate
in a dark room and the ghost-picture was
made.