The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-10-29
News and Other Items.

Spurgeon is the father of twins. j
San Francisco has 60 millionaires lol
Gen. Schenck is said to be an intimate friend
OF the Prince of Wales. uo.1!
An abbessis is on trial in Moscow for forceries
to the amount of $4,000. The case causes a
profound sensation in Russia. ...
A cotton mill in Over, Chester county. Eng
laad, was burned Tuesday, and ten operatives
perished.
Lower California has had revolution, but it
was turned back by the killing of the leader
and dozen followers.
The Democrats of the Lowell district offer
$50 for each proved case of bribery in the elec-
tion in that state. -ii-. .'1 9ii ln.
The Ku-Klux are active again in Clay vicin-
ity, Ky. Negroes have been whipped, and
colored girl fatally shot. ..---- .,r-
1t is reported that Count vol Arnim's
health is rapidly failing under his confinement,
but this is denied by the official paper in
Berlin.
The people of Paris will soon present to
Queen Victoria an Illuminated address, thank
ng England for manifestations Of sympathy at
the conclusion of the siege. 4' 's.l
Captain Tyler estimates the cost Of q change
of gauge of the Erie Railway at ss,55O,0Oo, i'm.
provement of gradients 100000, iron bridges
S1,5O0,0OO, and new depots S7OOOOOO. .iiia
In an article upon American watch manu-
featuring, contemporary states that it repre-
sents capital of nearly $5o0O,O0O, and that
the annual production of watches in this eoun-
try is 100000.
There is an oak tree standing in South Had
ley, root of which has crept into the seam of
a rock which weighed over a ton, and it has
gradually raised the rock to height Of more
than foot. i'Hl
The extensive lumber firm of w. ID. Wash.
burne & Co. OF Minnesota has suspended with
liabilities of half million, which it is doubt
full if their assets will meet, 50 depressed is
business. The creditors have voted to continue
the business, with Washburne as manager.
Harry P. Deval of Lancaster, Ohio, young
naval officer, was washed overheard recently
from his ship, the Niobe, in the Irish Sea, and
was picked up BY another vessel after he had
been in the water fifteen hours. He was brougt
to New York by the ship that rescaed him.
While pumping out test well at paper
mill in Bloomington, Ill, a few days ago, some
fish of quite good size were pumped out.
Their presence there is accounted for by some
by the theory of a subteIranean stream.
A dreadful case of special providence is re-
ported from Richmond Ind, where a boy was
told by his father that if he went to a ball he
never must come back home again. The boy
went, of course, and died of hemorrbacc on
the way back. .- I'D. r.....
A joint stock company is being formed in
London for the importation of live Texas cattle.
The capital is to be $1,00O,OOO; and a system of
tween-deck fittings has been devised, which is
expected to prevent injuries to the anim;I Il
while in transit. .
Emperor William has written a reply to the
Pope's last letter, protesting against the perse-
cution of German bishops. The Emperor saysl
Germany has done all in her power to live at
peace with the Church of Rome, 1" but that he is
bound to protect the state agains. the violent
attacks and conspiracies of the clergy.
The officers of the London Stock Exchan.e
have discovered that 400 clerks of members
have been clandestiney dealing in stocks
among themselves for months, keeping regular
books in which to record transactions, an the
settling of their differences by pence instead of
pounds, thus practically maintaining an ex-
change with the Exchange.
At st. John, N. B., on Saturday night, Mr..
George l.. Berteaux, boarder at the Victoria
Hotel, conceived the brilliant idea of celebrat-
ing the eclipse by au explosion of dynamite.
and proceeded to carry it out despite the pro-
tests OF other boarders, who like himself were
up to see the show. When the time arrived he
went to the window and lighted the fuse in his
cartridge, intending to drop it in the street, but
holding it too long it exploded in his hand,
blowing the hand completely off, injuring the
eyes of one gentleman standing near him, and
throwing another gentleman across the room.
The explosion was heard all over the city,sart-
ling all who were awake, and awakening many
sleepers