The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-12-10
Nows and Other items.
lanta has a widow aged fourteen.

The proprietors of the Reading Eagle were
fined $1,000 for libeing the father of Charlie
Ross.
Young Francisco, who murdered Edward
Madden, editor of the Mercer, CAL, Tribune,
has escaped from the officers.
Danielsprnting house, in Lille, the largest
establishment of the kind in France, was
burned Tuesday night. Loss $1,000
Amoog the young ladies to make their debut
in Washington this winter are daughters of
Senator West, Admirals Worden, Porter and
Poore, and Gen. Emory.
The city of Poughkeepse keeps its tramps
over night, but sets them at stone breaking to
pay for their breakfast Tramps don't like the
place bit.
The Fort Wayne Journal has male up the
little ticket for 1876 as follows: For President,
James q. Blaine of Maine; Vice President,
Gen. J. 2. C. Shanks of Indiana.
A disease known as black fax. which follows
cholera, has broken out in Alexandria. Tenn.
Five apparently healthy people have died in
one night.
A Frenchmau chopping wood near Nashua,
NJ H., Tuesday, found the head of an old lady
in a tin box, having the appearance of having
been there for some time.
WIN. Moran is under arrest at Lowell for en-
teriug the depot Tuesday night, breaking open
trunk and stealing the wardrobe, etc., be-
longing to Shay's Quincuplexal show
1t is rumored that Mr.. G. w. Smalley, for
some years the correspondent. of the New York
Tribune in Londen, will shortly be withdrawn
from his present post and put in charge of the
Tribune interests in Washington.
Professor Baird, United States Commissioners
of Fisher es, has presented the Canadian Min
lister of Marine with 10000 eggs Of California
salmon. The minister says they are doing
splerdidly."
Arrangements ore making between the Cen.
trail and Union Pacific railroads and the Orlen-
tai Steamship Co., whereby satisfactory
working arrangement will be made. Three
steamers are to be put on between San Fran
cisco and China and Japan Immediately.
The loss by the burning of the dye house OF
the American print works at Fall River Tues
day night is now fixed at from $4,000 to $780,
900, covered by insurance. Fire was caused by
spontaneous combustion of clippings stored in
rag room.
Conway, Mass, is suffering fearfully from
diphtheria Out of population of 1870 there
have been 10 deaths from the disease within a
little over mouth Nearly twO-thrds OF the
cases prove fatal and the physicians are totally
unable 10 check it.
TUT sday afternoon five masked men stopped
train on the Kansas Pacific Railroad near
Muncie in Kansas, a few miles west of Kansas
City, separated the passenger cars, moved the
engine and express train some distance ahead
and then robbed the safe of the express compa-
ny of 1872, 900.
A clergyman of Reading. Pa, has made a
hit by introducing personals IN prayer. Here
is sampler ''Lord, have mercy on John
Shanahan, who keeps a saloon near the old
bridge. Either lay him on bed OF sickness or
have him moved out of town."
Rev. J. S. Glendennng has written letter
in answer to the statement Of Mr.. 7. h. Jones
in which he denies that the latter was deprived
of an opportunity to testify. Mr.. Jones claim
ed to have seen Glendenning and Miss Pome-
row together frequently, and on several such
occasions had seen the latter in tears.
The New York Sun says the leading eques
trienne at Barnum's Hippodrome, was few
years ago teacher in New York Sunday
School Misfortunes befel her and she was
compelled to seek her own livelihood. She
sought the circus ring and would not be dis
suaded from her choice She preserves her
modesty and is treated with great respect by
all the performers.
A story is being told here of two pretty but
not s.fast'' Baltimore girls, who went out row.
iug on the lake of Lncerne, and when the barge
sc the King of Holland came along, instead OF
ling oars and respectfully falling behind
alty. actually raced. Tbs king was evil
IDENTIFY amused at this exhibition OF American
independence, and make sign to his oarsmen
to lei The young ladies go ahead. Coming to
the quay second he tod 6s swan TO %epe
Americans - Washington Letter.
1t appears that while the subtraction of all
the other requests made in the will of the late
Samuel Wilston from the total inventory OF
his estate would leave residue of over $685.
900 for Amherst College, there is large in
debtedness against the estate, which must he
paid, and il is feared by those best informed in
the premises that there will not be large sum
remaining to be finally received by the col
lege.
Nine Lala ora female whose real name is
Mrs. Sarah G. Askins, said to hail from New
York has been arrested in Baltimore for swind-
ling nearly 100 poor sewing girls out of money.
She established some kind of society, and
assured the girls that they could get so much
work if they paid their initiation fee of several
dollars, as members large majority of ap-
plicants did so, and as weeks passed and no
work or money were forthcoming, the attention
of the police was called to the doings of the
sharper, and she was arrested on the charge of
obtaining money fraudulently
The first experiment in the line of literary
contests between colleges, was made at Bloom
ington, ILL.,, short time since. Eight colleges
out Of Illinois twenty were entered. An ad-
mittance was charged, and an audience of 25OO
people filled the llrga hall engaged. The eight
striplipgs then proceeded to torture the large
assembly with three and half hours contn-
nous speaking. With the exception of the
length of the performance, the experiment
was very successful, and will lie repeated next
year.
Janauschek has one cross which has twenty
eight diamonds in it, all of large size. Then
she has chains, strung with precious stones,
bracelets innumerable, and one pair of solitaire
earrings that cost 500, 900. She has ruby pin
worth $1,000, and pearl pendant worth $4,000.
and another diamond cross worth $4,000
Then the great actress carries with her sixty
six dresses, which is about one-thirI of her
WARDROBE. Anu tuat etyic MY NC uuuci-
stood, let it he known that there many of
them fol- which she paid $12 per yard gold for
the velvet on them The dresses cost her from
5000 to $500 EACH
Prince Bismarck, in the cou-se of his reply
to Herr Windhorst in the Reichstag, said
III am in possession of conclusive evidence
that the ecumenical council was cut short on
account Of the Frapco-P russian war. The
councils votes would have been very different
had the French been victorious. know from
the very best sources that Napoleon was drag
ged into the war very much against his will by
Jesuitica influences. He strove hard to resist
these influences. At the eleventh hour he de-
termined ON peace and kept his resolution half
an hour. Ultimately he was overpowered by
persons representing the Vatican"
Some of the members of Chicago church,
whose minister had bad habit of threatening
to resign whenever anything displeased him