The Portland daily press., 1874-11-13
HeXs and Other Items.

JEFF Davis is said to be casting hopeful glances
in the direction of the presidential chair
Mrs. Louise Chandler Moultou is quite in at
Pomfret Conn.
A carpenter, at Lowell, Mass, died on Sun
day, as de result of bite from pig.
An Iowa justice, the other day, accepted two
bushels Of the pungent onion as a marriage
fee.
Memphis has colored man who can men,
tally add, abtract or multiply any given mum.
bers, but cmnot tell how he does it.
Coored finale criminals are flogged in Vir-
ginia. Sucl punishment is too barbarous to be
inflicted upon woman, no matter what her
color or offeice.
It having ben asserted by Catholic Journal
that Gen. Sherman is Freemason. the Pilot
says it has thtvery best authority for saying
that the genera is not aud never was connected
with any secre society.
A girl in Getrgia brought suit against a
recent lover, Calming ten thousand dollars
damages, but sh compromised for four bales
of cotton and lew parasol. Her lawyer took
the cotton for hisfee, aud she kept the parasol
to heal her wounted affections.
Mr.. j. s, Clarke the actor, has given to the
ladies' of the Philadelphia Centennial Commit
tee his check for $1,000, aud promises to ap-
pear at a benefit 70. the Centennial cause, at
the Walnut Street Theatre, during Christmas
week. -,.
John w. Head, member-elect of the next
Congress, from the Fourth District of Teunes-
see died at Gallatin, IN that state, on Monday.
He was elected by the Democratic party, on
Tuesday last, to succeed John NJ. Bright, the
present member, also Democrat.
At Los Angeles, CAL, thu other day, boy
with tongue that was folr inches too long
l had an operation performed successfully upon
| him, by which the tongue was cut down to an
| ordinary mouthful He was enabled at once
| thereupon to talk.
Thirry.three members of the council-senera
| of the Seine adopted a resolution recommend
| ing the establishment of a system of gratu-
itous secular schools for primary instruction, in
Paris, the attendance to be compulsory. The
| resolution has been presented to the permanent
| committee of the assembly for consideration.
In Wisconsin wedding procession aud q
funeral procession met and got so badly mixed
that half the people living near the scene de-
clare that they saw funeral procession ac'
| companied by brass band, while the other
half are ready to swear that wedding process
sion passed headed by hearse.
| The Salt Lake City Tribune says: "wher.
ever polygamous wife wants to locate home.
stead she calls herself widow Uncle Sam
has been swindled out of thousands of acres o
land in Utah by this widow dodge. We have
requested the register of the land office Il
furnish the names of these widows for publi-
cation in the Tribune
Mrs. Sarah. wife of Hon. John X. Tarbox
mayor of Lawrence, and Congressman-elec
from the seventh distaict, Gied in that city
Wednesday afternoon, of consumption. Sh
was daughter of Hon. Artemas Harmon, fo
long time superintendent of the Atlanti
Mills yard, Lawrence, and for some years PCS
an attache of the state Treasurer's office.
1t is understood that as Mr.. David Dudle,
Field has returned from Europe, he win b
called before Judge Davis to bear his share
the fine imposed upon the lawyers of Twee
for alleged contempt of court Mr.. Field wa
one of those lawyers censnred by Judge Davis
but was absent from the city when the actor
of the court was announced. This will briu:
up an interesting legal question.
The Boston papers say that grave fears ar
entertained for the safety of Mr.. Henry w
Peabody and a party of friends who sailed OF
board a yacht, from Salem, Wednesday, for
brief fishing excursion outside the harbor.
steam tug will be sent out in search Of the mi s
| ing yacht, which may have been blown to SCI
by the higa wind. Mr.. Peabody is well know
in Boston, having been Cor many years ident
! fed with q line of Australian packets.