The Portland daily press., 1874-07-15
News and other Items

The value of the various berry crops in Cali
fornia for the present season is estimated at
two millions of dollars.
A six-year old boy was recently sent from
Stanton, W. Va, to Pittsburg, Pa, by
Adams Express.
At the Plymouth gold mines in Vermont, a
few days ago, Mr.. Woodcock, an old California
miner, took out $50 worth of gold, the result
of two days work.
The Board of Health of Washington publish
a report of vital statistics, in which they make
out Washington to be the healthiest city in the
United States,
The Chicago Advance has letter from G.
Bolton of Cleveland, a temperance orator,
which asserts that twenty five thousand saloons
have already been closed by the female crurad-
ers of Ohio.
Chicago has had searching analysis of its
household groceries, and one of the city papers
now learnedly discourses of wood for tea peas
for coffee, plaster for baking powder, lard for
butter, and chemicals fer drugs.
Here is truly Christian toast given by the
Rev. j. M. Atwood at recent Universalist
anniversary: ''Our fellow-workmen of all
churches; they do not raise our flag, but they
| haul down the flag Of our enemy
| Savoy Grange, No. $50 Champagne county,
ILL.,, has passed the following resolution: THAT
Savoy Grange looks with distrust, and most
emphatcally dsapproves of the course taken
| by some of the oranges in sending delegates to
| political nominating conventions
Perhaps there is something in the suggestion
| of the PHILADELPHIA North American that a
very large part of the clamor that is raised in
| reference to the Indebtedness of the Southern
| states is intended to make a case upon which
| demand can be based that the United States
government shall assume and pay the bonds .
Nothing has yet bsen heard of the Austrian
expedition which started for the polar seas in
the Tegethof two years ago. The Constadt
Messenger, requests all travellers and seamen
who may have learned any news about the ex
petition to communicate it to the foreign office
| at Vienna, or to the admiralty at st. Peters
burg.
The iniquitous designs of the Democratic
les ders in Louisiana are betrayed in Gov. Nc
Emery call for union of the whites of the
state, representing, as they do, its virtue, cour-
age and wealth, into one compact and impos
ing phalanx." We are glad to see, however
that several of the better class of Democratic
papers in the state are opposed to the ''Whitt
Leagues"
bolt of lightning entered the Hoosae Tun
mel last Tuesday night. 1t affected the engi-
neer OF the shaft so much that he lost his hold
upon the brakes, and for time was nearly
insensible. 1t then ran in upon the track aud
passed through the tunnel, exploding at short
intervals. Had the usual charge of giant pow
der been connected serious accidents mast
have ensued.
The record of the Credit Mobilier case is
now in preparation by the clerk of the United
States Court at Hartford, Conn, and will b.
filed with the United States Supreme Court
before the first Monday of October. 1t will bt
argued, perhaps, before the first of December.
The counsel for the United States are A. E.
Perry, L. A. Jencks and j. FL. Ashton, and
Sidney Bartlett, b. r. Curtis and VIM. a
Evarts for the defendants.