The Portland daily press., 1874-08-26
News and Other Items.

Josephine Mansfield is again before the pub
lie, this time as plaintiff in an action for $15,-
900 against Nathan Appleton. The complaint
grows out of alleged loss by her through the
failure of Bowles Brothers, of some $4,000
which she deposited with them prior to
leaving for Europe before the last Stokes trial.
The temperance movement in Wisconsin has
resulted in the permanent establishment of
Twenty-Five reading rooms.
Cairo, Illinois, is reported to have been start
led by an extraordinary meteor on the night of
the 14th instant. 1t appeared as large as the
| moon, was dazzling as the sun, rapid as light
ming, and exploded with a noise louder than
thunder, shaking the houses like AN earth
quake.
A Connecticut man who went West, intend
ing to settle there, has returned disguised. He
went as far as Kansas City and found 100 law
yers there and the Their mometer 115o in the
shade. The combination was too much for
him, and he come right home again.
A quarter OF century ago, Gov. Talbot was
gig-tender in the Pontoosuc wooden mill at
Pittsfeld.
Ex-King Amadeus is reported to have begged
| the Pope's pardon.
Gov. Dix has received over 1000 applications
granted sixty-one.
Within the past two years 100000 worth
of Kentucky sheep have been destroyed by
| dogs.
A Woman's State Temperance Convention
has been called in Indiana, to meet in Indian
| apolis on the I'd of Sept
The first census ever taken in Japan was in
| 1872, and gives the population of the empire at
81, III, S25, there being about 100000 more males
than females. One-haf the people are classed
as agricultursts, 100000 artisans and ,3O9, 900
| as merchants.
Lowell wants no more German teachers and
wishes that the universe knew it. In an evil
hour, somebody wrote, Lowell wants SIX Ger
man school teachers" an an army of Teuton-
ic instructors has been descending on the CITY
| ever since.
1.-The Church of the Scandal is what the
| New York Herald calls the Rev. Mr.. Glendin.
ing's sanctuary In New Jersey.
Leonard Woolsey Bacon, Dean Stanley and
M. Loyson jointly sign circular printed in Ge-
neva, recommending book on 'sThe Celibacy
of Priests.
The Earl of. Hardwicke recently sold some of
| his superfuous; lands, Two thousand three
hundred acres brought $685., 600, or trife I'M
der 5000 an acre.
Ia almost every Congressional district in H.
linois the Republicans, Independents and Dem.
ocrats have called separate conventions, and
in many OF them there will be three candi-
dates.
The last Presidential candidate mentioned
! is Alexander G. Cattell of New Jersey. "Wbo's
got grudge against him?" asks contemper-
ary.
Martin +, Tupper will not visit America this
| season. as his physician will not permit it until
he has entirely recovered from his recent ILL
ness. This recalls to mind section of the
"Proverbial Philosophy" relating to good ont
of things evil.''
Some statistics of Creswelps reign as Post
aster-General-he began March T. 1870: The
number OF letters transmitted in the year 1860
was 5O2,0OO,00O; in the year ended June 30.
1874, 9O0,00O,0 00-a greater increase than has
ever taken place in any country during the
same number OF years. In the preceding five
years the increase was from 1886, OOO, 900 to 5o2-
100000, or at the ratio of so per cent while un
der Mr.. Creswells administration, during the
same time, it was so per cent The cost of
sending 502,000,0O0 letters under Creswelps
predecessor was $50, sos, OOO of sending SOC. oOo
600 under Mr. Creswell was about 1914, OOO. OOO.-
An increase of 80 per cent. in the business
of the department has increased its expendi-
lures but A per cent, while the deficit, which
in 1868 was $6,437, 1000, in 1873 was only $685.
900.