The Portland daily press., 1874-10-15
News and Other Items.

Mile. Albani, the American prima donna. has
sailed from Liverpool for this country.
The Comte de Paris has gone to Eu. where
ne Will work out the third volume of his Ellis
tory OF the American Secession War"
The papers in Tilton's suit against the Brook
lyn Eagle for $4,000 have been served.
A. A. Paterson, formerly of Portsmouth, n.
H., died in New York, Tuesday, aged 66 years.
Edward Horseley was run over and killed at
Springfield on the Boston & Albany yesterday
Prince Napoleon will take up his residence in
strong Bonapartist department to secure an
election to the Assembly.
Glendenning's trial for the seduction of Miss
Pomeroy commenced yesterday before the New
Jersey presbytery. 1851
Joseph Vaccari, an Italian, has been seu-
fenced by New York court to state prison for
life for mur1er. ~.
A fire in Murfreesboro, Tenn, Monday,
burned the Central Hotel and several stores.
Loss $4,000.
The trial of Mike and Thomas Murphy was
commenced Tuesday at Nannet, N. j., for the
murder of Miss Hughes last spring.
The notorious Judge Busted has resigned.
1t is hardly necessary to say that his resigna-
tion was cheerfully accepted.
Charles A Dana declines the nomination for
Mayor of New York, rendered to him by the
Industrial Political Party.
The Austrian printers have two successful
Cooperative printing offices at Vienna. Over
1000 printers are interested.
Ex-Empress Eugene and her son have tee.
graphed thanks to the people of Ajaccio for
haviuU a1ectad pripoa Ro,ooo~ko -.
Napoleon. -di
Gazaway B. Lamar, the noted rebel Georgian,
who died recently, bequeathed 100000 to-
ward establishing an asylum for INDECENT me-
groes.
Sam. Simmons is out in another letter on
Butler. He charges him with letting Demo-
Gratis and liquor dealers pay the expenses of his
campaign.
Diptheria has increased to an alarming ex-
tent in New York lately, and the nun ber of
cases make the disease almost epidemic. OF
slxty-two cases this week, twenty eight were
new ones.
The extension of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad to Chicago was celebrated Saturday.
The new route is almost direct line. Its
length is S33 miles to its terminal point at Ball
timore, and it will be owned and operated en-
tlrely by the Baltimore and Ohio Company.
Olive Logan is mad with all creation because
her best dresses in the world are so villain
ously talked about and declares joyfully that
'Mr. Sykes is writing me play in which
shall appear in calico dress and blue check
apron" Refreshing.
Simon Cameron while out on San Francisco
bay the other day, saw dog swimming about
and apparently doomed. He had the vessel
stopped, picked up the animal, and now declares
he will bring him East. The creature is very
fond of him. A medal from the S. p. C. A. is
expected.
The Supreme Court is considering a case of
the New York Mail Steamship Company, in
Volving the question whether military gov
ernment, erected in New Orleans after its can
ture, had authority to lease property of the city
for term OF years extending beyond the ter
mination of hostilties.
A little girl in Paris who was playing with
one of those toy balloons which are blown up
by the breath, was in the act of initiating it,
and, drawing in her breath rather suddenly the
collapsed balloon went down her throat, lodging
there, and causing the poor little creatures
death by suffocation in few minutes
The French Prince Imperial has rejoined the
Royal Military Academy at woolwich, after
his holidays with his mother Eugene on the
Continent. TIE Prince occupies the twelfth
place in the first class at the Academy, and
will complete his studies by March next; but
he will not be a candidate for commission in
the Royal Artillery or Royal Engineers.
An ambitious Indiana father has written a
letter to President Grant, requesting that the
name of his son, now four years of age, be
palced on the list of eligible candidates for ap-
pointment to West Point. The writer adds
that he is particularly solicitous that the rising
youth should receive a military education, mas
much "as the martial spirit is strong within
him.
Another of the now small band of the sur
vivors OF the Peninsular war; and the battle of
Waterloo. DR.. Matthias Kenny has just died.
in his eighty-eighth year, ct his residence,
Monkstown, Dublin. DIR. Kenny served in the
Royal Artillery, and his appointment as assist
ant surgeon in the army was dated December1,
1910. He held the Waterloo medal. Since hi
retirement he had been justice of the peace
of the peace for the county Glare.
San Francisco is excited by the fact that four
deputy assessors, prominent Democratic ward
politicians, have been collecting poll taxes and
giving counterfeit receipts which they had pro-
cured at the East. Detective Lees discovered
the plates. 1t is supposed that they obtained
100000 by the transaction, which will be lost
to the county and state. Three of the fellows
were arrested and the fourth escaped, The as
SCISSORS bond is $4,000, which will pay Dor.
ton.
At the funeral of Victor Lejour, as the coffin
was about to be lowered into tie grave a man
in blouse, with tears in his eyes, besought one
of the men at the cords by which the coffin Is
let down to cede his place to him. He was a
machinist in the theatre, and had pulled the
rope by which, IN one of Lejours plays, shin
was drawn across the stage, and he had q
friendly impulse to be of service once more. as
the handling of the rope perhaps revived his
relations to the defunct.
Washington dispatches say: Some of Post
master General Jewell's associates in the cabi-
net express the belief that he will not be able
to sustain himself in the ruling excluding all
claim agents from his Office and that he will
have to back down on account of its sweeping
character. Further examination shows that
this order will exclude two if not three former
postmasters general, five or six assistant post
masters general, and a number of prominent
lawers who act as agents for railroad compa-
nies in their business before the several depart
ments.