The Portland daily press., 1874-10-26
News and Other Items.

This years raisin crop in California is esti-
mated at 400 tons.
In Switzerland no girl is allowed to break her
marriage engagement unless her lover loses
both his legs.
The Presbyterian Synod, in session at Chica-
co, has set aside the decision of the Chicago
Presbytery in the case of Rev. David Swing,
and sustained the appeal of Prof Patton.
The citizens of the Pennsylvania oil regions
are holding indignation meetings over the re.
cent increase of railroad fares, and propose TO
appeal to the courts in the matter.
The town of Moorehead, situated at the Red
River crossing of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road, is in imminent danger from Prairie fires.
Nearly all attempts to check the fires prove fu-
tile, as the wind is high
Rev. George d. Miles, formerly a prominent
Episcopal clergyman of Pennsylvania, died in
Boston Saturday morning, from injuries receiy-
ed by falling from his berth while returning
from Europe on a Cunard steamer
The wife of Texas bandit is said to be high
ly educated, fine pianist and as expert with
six-sheoter as any of the gang of stage robbers,
of whom her husband is chief
An Erie railroad conductor who put an i'm
peeunious passenger off his train subsequently
discovered that the rascal had worn off his (the
conductor's) coat.
Two hundred thousand dollars is the sum
needed for the new Medical Building at Har-
ward. In such an object it ought to be forth
coming in thirty days.
Mr. Gladstone's essay on Ritualism has
drawn upon him such q flood of letters and ser
tI,oAI IaL hal l.oI a. II
newspaper acknowledging them en- naasse in
stead of writing to each of his correspondents.
Miss Estel.s Nathan, eldest daughter of the
murdered Benjamin Nathan, died in New York
on Wednesday, at the age of &C. She devot-
ed her time largely to relieving the wants of
the poor.
In a competition of church choirs at the Liy-
erpool Festival the first prize was won by the
singers from the chapel of blind school, and a
generous listener doubled the amount of the
prize, which was a1O.
Over 5000 deer have been killed near the
head waters of Mad river, CAL, within year,
the skins only being used, and now legislative
action is called for to put stop to such whole
sale slaughter.
Toledo is building a four-masted schooner,
which is to be 45 feet long, 40 feet beam and
Is feet hold, with double decks. She will be
bigger than any vessel that ever sailed on the
lakes.
A Chicago cespatch says that is is stated that
an agreement has been made by railway man
ayers looking to retrenchmept, which is to re-
fuse in ever instance any indemnity to employees
for injuries received on the road, and to cut off
all pensioners of which every road in the coun-
try has large number.
Manufacturing business is greatly depres sed
at Troy, N. Y. Only about half OF the machin-
cry in the Troy Hosiery Mills is in operation,
and it is probable the mills will soon be stop-
ped for the winter. Persons Hosiery Mill il
now running on three-quarters time. Hanni-
bal Green's spring works are closed. All the
hands OF the Bessemer Steel Works have been
discharged.
The following are the subjects for compost
tion just given out to the Yale Seniors: The
Merits OF Augustus as Roman Ruler; Tyn-
dalPs Materialism; Public Opinion as Rule
OF Action; Crises in the Career of Napoleon
L.; Socrates and Seneca Compared; Horace's
Philosophy of Life; The Office of Doubt in
History; Desirableness of a Catholic Taste in
Literature; Kavanagh, or unfulfilled Purposes;
Hume's Position Towards Christianity; Dry
den and Pope contrasted; Nationality or Uni
versatility in Literature; William Pitt Fessen-
den; The Justice of the Impeachment of Pre-
sident johnson; Sentiment and Practice as
seen in Lawrence Sterne.