The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-10-23
News and Other Items.

news anu other Items.
Now, Messrs. cigar-dealers, give us ''Spur-
geon" brand.
A proposal to erect a monument to the mem-
ory of Geo. d. Prentice is under discussion in
the Kentucky newspapers.
1t is said that the daughter of the late Presi-
dent Juarez of Mexico, is teaching school in a
small interior town in that country.
Pennsylvania claims more Odd Fellows than
any other state in the Union. They number
95,197, and last year disbursed S363, 500 for re-
lief purposes.
Holman Hunt, it is said, has begun another
great painting, and is about to return to the
East in order to finish it. His picture of ''The
Shadow of DEATH" or reduced copy, is now
in the engraver's hands.
Marquis de Beaufillan died recently in Paris
at the age of one hundred years. The Reign
of Terror was among the recollections of his
early manhood, and the Commune and Sedan,
the events which marked the epoch of his clos.
ing years,
The Emperor Francis Joseph has conferred
the Order of the Iron Crown upon the three
officers who took part in the recent exploration
of the Arctic region, and the silver cross of
merit, with crown, upon all the sailors belong
ing to the expedition.
Nathaniel Pope, an American antiquarian
of enthusiastic determination, recently climbed
up inside the network of scaffolding which sur
rounds the Vendome column, and broke of a
fragment of the bronze bas-reliefs which adorn
the capital.
A bull gave battle to q coal train on Penn
sylvania railroad the other day. The wariike
beast was killed by the onset of his ponderous
antagonist, but unfortunately the train was
thrown the track, a train hand killed and four.
teen cars wrecked.
During the death scene in ''The Sphinx at
a New York theatre, the other evening, Miss
Clara Morris cut her finger with her locket
ring, and unintentonally ruined Miss Charlotte
Thompson's 500 dress by smeariug it with
blood.
Lord Ripon finds followers in high society.
Lady Victoria Kirwan, sister of the late Mar
quis of Hastings, has also gone over to Rome.
This lady was formerly maid of honor and as q
girl, was great favorite of the Queen, who
had held her as an infant at the baptismal
fount.
Miss George Sullivan, the intended wife of
Senator Jones, is represented as of the blonde
type with considerable color, tall and slender in
figure, not strictly pretty, but with an open,
agreeable countenance, making UP in style
what she lacks in beauty
A coupon of one of Maximilian's Mexican
bonds was recently sent to Treasurer Spinner
at Washington. together with note, the writer
of which stated that he was poor man and
wanted money, and thought that Mr.. Spinner
could dispose of his coupon for him to the best
advantage.
1t is reported that John Crossley, the carpet
manufacturer of Manchester, England, who
employs six thousand hands, intends to estab-
lish branch of his establishment in this coun.
try, probably in Chicago or st. Louis For
many years about half the product of his work
has been sold in America.
Cheese killed young man named Clarke
near Toledo, the other day. He had eaten
heartily of crackers and cheese. In getting out
of wagon he fell with his head lower than his
body. The mass of crackers and cheese was
thrown up several inches into the esophagus.
where it lodged, and Clarke perished of stran-
gulation. -,---
Grace Greenwood attended the grand Terri
torial fair at Denver and saw a pumpkin that
was said to weigh 200 pounds-a proper throne
for the genius of Yankeedom at Thanksgiving.
Mr.. Colfax delivered the address, which was,
she says, in his old pleasant vein, and was fen
Enthusiastically received, people out there not car
ing much about Credit Mobiliers, but believing
Colfax "a good fellow" and staunch friend
to Colorado, and liking him none the less that
he has honey on his lips and hay-seed in his
hair.
A bill was introduced in the Vermont Legis.
lature, Tuesday, and referred to the committee
on railroads, to incorporate the Vermont Cen
tral first mortgage bondholders into company
to be called the Genital Railroad Company of
Vermont. 1t authorizes them to foreclose
their mortgage and take possession of the
property, when all other liabilities are to be
adjusted by the courts. 1t was asked for by
the holders of million or more of the bonds,
and looks like formidable movement against
the present order cf things.