The Portland daily press., 1875-05-24
News and Other Items.


wegian paper just started at Chicago.
The women of Texas have organized move
ment to give Jeff Davis permanent home.
Edwin NJ. Stanton, ir., who was his fathers
priyate secretary during the war, purposes pub
fishing some documentary proof in relation to
the trouble with General Sherman.
Mr.. James Lick, the California philanthrop-
ist. has been sued for $4,000 by his physician,
for alleged services rendered during a period of
twenty-five years.
W. HI. Wood, prominent actor of Cincin-
natl, leaves the stage to commence a course OF
theological studies preparatory to entering the
ministry.
1t is said that Gov. Weston, of New Hamp-
SHIRE will soon publish a statement giving his
reasons for the course he took in relation to the
senatorial contests in that state.
Elk Senator Matt Carpenter, it is said, recent
" gave orders to his secretary to destroy every
naner which could remind him that he mad
ever had any connection with politics.
The late General Breckenridge named his
third son "Owen County," out of gratitude to
that county for the very large majority it gave
him over Governor Letcher in his congressional
race of 1868.
Miss Rucker the bride-elect of Gen. Sheri-
dan, is nineteen, pretty and jolly. The two
have been acquainted for several years, and
mutual friends consider the match "eminently
suitable"
Harriet Hosmer is to send to the Centen-
NAL exhibition set of golden doors-a copy OF
superb conceit ordered by an English gentle
man. who has allowed her to duplicate them
for that pnrpose
The Empress Augusta of Germany has sent
pictures of herself, the emperor and crown
prince to the ladies managing the German Ia
BILE of the centennial tea party to be held at
Cincinnati this week, and they will be sold at
the close of the enteit .inment
Drunkenness, profanity, swindling and being
engaged to several young women are the mis-
demeanors charged against Rev. Thomas
brennan, who has recently been holding forth
in Roanoke, Craig and Allegheny counties,
Va.
Within a few days there has been mysteri-
ous and fearful slaughter of fish iu the Genesee
River between the lower falls and the lake.
Wagon loads of dead fish, pckerel 1.-TWO feet in
length) pike, red-sides, etc., have been found
on the shores.
By the will of the late John III. Town, the
trustees of the University of Pednsylvacia are
made residuary legatees, and will receive over
$500, 900 Immediately. The university has also
a reversionary interest in the estate, which
may ultimately make the bequest over a mil
lion.
Mrs. E. FL. Chaplin denies emphatically the
story that there is difficulty in DIR. Chapin's
church in New York. She says: "There is no
misunderstanding among the members of the
hes fbara ham III ar roll
myself and the officers and deacons, nor has
sny wealthy or influential member left the
church"
At Port Jervis, N. Y, a few evenings since,
as Miss Lille, daughter of E. M. Eltlng, was
passing along Laurel street on her way home,
some unknown person grasped her by the hair
which was dressed in the style of long braid,
severed it from her head and made his escape.
The object of the villains outrage was evil
IDENTIFY to sell the hair, which commands good
price.
Another historic English family has gone by
the board. The sale of the Marlborough jew
els, of all the property in Dorsetshire and else
where, excepting Blenheim, is advertised
Not single thing will be saved from the gen.
eral wreck. The Duke has sold his London
house and shut up Blenheim Palace. and will
reside abroad.
Mme Deneef of Brussels bequeathed her
immense fortune to the Jesuits. The Brussels
Court of Appeals has decided that the will is
not valid, and that the fortune must go to the
legitimate heirs. An idea may be formed of
the amount of the fortune by the fact that the
Jesuits had offered the sum of 3,000,0OOf., or
100000, to some of the legitimate heirs # they
would not go to law.
Jefferson Davis takes gloomy view of the
future of Mississippi. In letter to friend in
that state he says the majority of negro voters
is so large and so rapidly increasing by mmi-
grafton that he cannot foresee the day of her
deliverance. Speaking of Texas, which he has
recently visited, he says Texas is the only south
ern state which has advanced in prosperity
since the war, and as field for one who has
sons to launch upon the world offers most in
viting prospects.
Anent the recent base ball match at Hart
ssSIlS--:--a 1--~-. sc-~~--A
rant by Mark Twain will be read with inter
est
Two hundred and five dollars reward.-At
the great base ball match on Tuesday, while
was engaged in hurrahing, small bog walked
off with an English made silk umbrella belong
ing to me, and forgot to bring it back. l will
pay IS for the return of that umbrella in good
condition to my house on Pennington avenue.
l do not want the boy lin an active state), but
will pay 5000 for his remains
SAMUEL L. CLEMENS.
The american Orator. still lives, and was
at the Mecklenburg centennial in all his glory.
Hear him: 'This day, Ebal and Gerizim,
Sinai and Calvary, Bethlehem and Jerusalem,
all ri Sc fresh before our memories" 1--WE have
gathered around these old affairs of freedom
and hoisted the food-gates of our joys" ''All
the nurseries of our land ought to be made vo-
cal with Carolina's songs, and our juvenile
orators ought to make them ring in scholastic
defamation in the one hundred and forty thou
sand schools and colleges in the land" sit is
time we were tearing the peoples from our
brows and adjoining them with bays and lau-
rails -