The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-02-17

To-day Arkansas has 500 miles of railroad
equipped and In running order Three years
ago she had ouly about fifty miles completed.
The Louisville Courier-J onrnal remarks that
Jury packing has become as much business as
pork packing.
An Indiana diner-out, in responding to a
toast in honor of the mothers, congratulated
himself that he was so fortunate as to have
mother at very early age,
Norweeians are good domestic servants
Some of the Western cities are importing them
for this purpose, and have regularly estab-
lished agency abroad.
A coroner jury in Pennsylvania has brought
in verdict that death was caused by soften
ing of the brain, In consequence of the acct
dental falling of brick upon the mans head.
phia is reported to be closed ON account of tho
dissatisfaction of the young gentlemen with
the bill of fare provided for them.
On Tuesday Commodore Vanderbilt sent his
check for $4,000 to each of Mr.. Greeley's damon.
tiers, Ida and Gabrielle, adding that if thew
needed money at any time they might call on
him. q, ~-f& -
The people of Concord, n. H., give an an
nuai concert and levee for the benefit of Lewis
=. Miller. allttle crippled newsboy who is try
Ing to work his way through Dartmouth Col
lege, and is now in his Sophomore year.
The Bridgeport thief who stole $4,000 worth
OF postage stamps was put under bonds of
$4,000. The bonds were forfeited and the Post
master claims to have made $1,000 by the oper-
alton.
The appraisers of Horace Greeley's estate
began their labors on Thursday. Although the
work is incomplete, it is safe to estimate that
his'personaI property will foot up about $780,
600. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr, owes the estate
large sum of borrowed money.
The Supreme Court of Indiana has affirmed
the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of
Morgan county, New York, granting the di-
vorce of Mrs. Abby Sage Richardson from
Daniel Mcfarland. ef&
The Crispins are on a strike in five shoe fac
tories in Baltimore, and the women and girls
at work in other shops are called upon to give
twenty-five per cent of their earnings to aid in
their support. Many, earning $40 or less
week, express great dissatisfaction at this de-
mand. krt5r.,q
himself between his masters child and the
CRATE toward which it was crawling in Nashua,
n. H., and remained there, though scorched
and blistered, until persons came into the room
and rescued the child
In 1850 the receipts of the Post-office De-
partment were five millions; in 1860, nine mil
lions; in 1870, nineteen millions; from 1851 to
1860, seventy-four millions; from 1860 to 1871,
one hundred and seventy-one millions. The
rates of postage were gradually reduced all the
while, and the assets were thus increased
steadily.
Supervisor Perry has written letter to the
Commissioner of Internal Revenuein reference
to the intmations that the troops are to be
withdrawn from the South, in which he says
that the removal of all troops from North Car
DINA and Georgia would be great misfortune
to the revenue service The supervisor has
parties out constantly breaking up illicit distl-
leries, and this service he says cannot be per-
formed successfully without the aid of an arm 4
ed force.