The Portland daily press., 1874-02-05
News and Other Items.

The papers are disputing whether Toombs of
Georgia is mtraileuse or Parrott gun. i.
The truce between the Eastern aud Boston &
Maine Railroads has had decided influence up
on the price of the shares of both corporations
Aliens extensive print works in Providence,
R. l. vera damaged from $4,000 to 500, 900 by
fire Tuesday night The whole works are in
sured for $4S2, 900.
The Kansas Legislature has dispensed with
chaplains and substituted services of religious
members in its own body. There is an impress
sion abroad that Kansas legislators did eprey-
ing" of another sort.
1t is reported that there is an effort being
ma lie by his friends in Illinois to have Minister
Washburne run for Congress next fall in the
Galena district, with view of bringing him
forward for the Presidency in 1876
The trouble with our standing army is not
that there are too many soldiers, but that there
are too many officers. If we could have reg
iment made up of our superhuous colonies and
brigadiers, we should be all right Cincinnati
Commercial.
Commissioner Douglass, of the internal rev.
enue bureau, concludes that he can spare 80
clerks just as well as not. Accordingly, fifteen
have already found yellow envelopes on their
desks, and twenty more will have that unpleas-
ant experience March LIST.
Persons in positions to know of the matter,
state that the loss of interest and dividends
and the shrinkage on railway shares and secar-
tiles Of railroads at the South and West, have
occasioned much more personal distress in Bos-
ton than was caused by the great fire.
| A singular death has just occurred at Lille,
| France. A young couple, having been married
at the marie, adjourned to the church for the
religious ceremony, but during the exhortation
of the priest, the bride fell apparently asleep.
The husband, noticing the fact, shook her by
the arm to wake her up. but in vain. as she
| had ceased to live
The time has expired when Gen. Howard
could be compelled to answer to what he has
been accused. But he refuses to avail himself
| of this exemption. Mr. Hoar pointedly said to
| Fernando Wood that Gen. Howard was not the
man to avail himself of the ''statute of limi-
tation." Fernando knew to what he referred
and WINGED.
| The new German Parliament will stand about
225 Government Liberals to 172 Opposition. A
Berlin correspondent of the London Times reck-
ons the Opposition as comprising 100 Ultra.
montanes, II Socialists, Is Alsatians 10 Con.
servatives, 10 Particularlsts, Is Poles and Danes
and nondescript body of about 10 Radicals
and doubtful ''Savages."
A sad case of suicide was that of deformed
boy, which lately occurred near Paris, France
Driven into the streets by an aunt to whose
care he had been confded by his parents, and
! tainted by the street boys on account of his de
formty, he went into some woods and hanged
himself. In his pocket was found note which
read: 81 have had enough. Take me to my
aunt; forgive her.
Gen. S. b. Maxey, whom the Democrats Of
Texas have elected to the United States Senate
to succeed Mr.. Flanagan, in March, 1875, is
native of Monroe county, KY, and served in
regiment from that State in the Mexican war
Subsequently he removed to Texas, and during
the war OF the rebellion he served in the rebe
army. Since its close he has devoted himse
to the practice of law
Gov. Harvey, United States Senator cleo
from Kansas is Virginan by birth, but spen
most of his life il Adams county, ILL.,, unit
1857, when he removed to Kansas and engaged
in farming. During the war he served as Col
oncl of the 10th Kansas Infantry. After thu
war he was elected to the State Senate, and il
1868 he was elected Governor of Kansas by thu
Republicans, and reelected in 1870 He is q
practical farmer, steadfast Republican, ant
an earnest friend of all genuine reform meas
| ures
The election of United States Senator il
Texas was the occasion of Democratic iubila
ton meeting, where the several aspirants fol
Senatorial honors contested with each other il
fiatterng adulations of the "lost cause ant
the defunct Confederacy. Elk Confederate Post
master General Reagan undertook to explain
away and apologize for any kind word eve
written in favor of reconstruction or universe
suffrage. Col. George Flournoy, who has tn,
reputation of once having made speech glori
flying Wilkes Booth for assassinating Presiden
Lincoln, expressed qualification that predic
tion of his may he fulfilled. e., that in time
the United States Government would be com.
PEELED to build monuments to the Confederate
dead.