The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-05-26
News and Other Items.


Nevada has ten candidates for governor.
The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky is "to be
LETT
The Roman Catholics Of England will this
summer make pilgrimage to the archiepisco-
pal city of Sens, is France, where the two great
exiled archbishops of Canterbury-St. Edmund
and st. Thomas Becket-resided during their
exile.
The number of applicants for the approach
ing term of the Anderson School of Natural
History, at Penikese, is already large.
Richmond celebrates Queen Vctoria's birth
day with grand horse trot. Very compli-
mentary!
1t was Mr.. Smith of Housatonic who knew
that the Williamsburg reservoir was going to
break, and so moved away from Haydenyille,
says the Berkshire Courier.
The City Messenger of Lowell shows some
footprints on the carpet of the Common Coun-
Gil room which General Butler left there, q
year ago. Are there no brooms in Lowell?
The remains of one more victim of the
Chicago fire were unearthed near the Court
House Thursday.
1t is reported that Kate Field will enter the
dramatic profession.
A Massachusetts State constable DO asts that
he has closed 240 rum shops and had tive horses
poisoned.
Hon. VIM. E. Evarts is to deliver . eulogy
on the late Chief Justice Chase at the approach
ing Dartmouth College Commencement.
Election in Ohio under the new Constitution
will be held biennially, and will occur on the
Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in No
vember, instead of on the secoud Tuesday of
October, as now provided. All the State ofic-
ers are to be elected at once.
Douglass New National Era, printed in
Washington, complains that Mosby, sthe chief
of the guerrillas, and still an enemy of the
governments permitted free access to the floor
of the House and Senate, while equally promi-
nent, brave, and able Union officers are inva.
bly, denied that privilege
1t is complained in Canada that skilled me-
chanics come out by assisted passage from
England and are there given free ticket from
Point Lewis to London, Hamilton, Toronto, &c
who have no idea of remaining day in Onta
rio, but get through to the United States as
quickly as possible.
A San Francisco liquor dealer, who closed
his saloon while his brothers wife lay dying,
and during the brief hours of the funeral, has
sued his brother for $9999 as damage to his
business.
The sensational story which has been float
ing about in the newspapers of quarrel and
impending duel between Congressman Lamar
of Mississippi, and Gen. Toombs, is now pro-
nounced entirely untrue.
The Society of friends is holding its annual
meeting in New York. This body now numbers
about 900 members in the United Stotes, o.
whom Il, 600 reside in New York and Brook
Ign.
They have an astute citizen in Warren who
after having heard the church CONF ittee dis
cuss whether it was best to. have two or three
aisles in their new church, broke in with
wal, you may talk about your new kinds of
lie as much as you're mind to, but ] never
yet see any lie or gas that is as good as the old
fashioned lamp ile.''
Rev. DR.. Falsenthal, learned Jewish rabbi,
says that "a drunkard among the Jews is q
very rare and very exceptional person."