The Portland daily press., 1875-10-28
News and Other Items

Maine man, driver on the Quincy route, re-
celved similar present-Kennebec Journal.
| News and Other Items.
The New York Tribune is to publish Sur-
| day edition.
Mr.. Lucius w. Pond, the Worcester forger,
is in Canada, and is believed to be deranged,
Whitelaw Reid's lawyers moved in the Dis.
trict OF Columbia court, Tuesday. to quash the
indictment secured against him by Boss Shep-
herd, on account of alleged libs Is in the Tri.
| bune.
Mr.. Lick has fixed on Mount Hamilton.
Santa Clara county, CAL, as the most eligible
site for his projected million dollar telescope.
| Mount Hamilton has ar elevation of 1444 feet,
| and is the highest point within 80 miles.
According to French statstician, more
than thousand people have perished by fires
in theatres from the beginning of the nine
| teenth century up to the present date, while the
pecuniary loss amounts to S6O00O,0O0.
Germany, with population of 42, 600, 900 last
| year graduated six hundred and sixty physi-
clans, rejecting one hundred and eight appl-
| cants. In the same time the United States,
with population of 100000, graduated
| three thousand physicians.
A curious exhibition is announced to take
place shortly at the Halles Centrales, of large
number of phenomenal pumpkins, some Of
winch are said to weigh as much as one hum
dred and eighty pounds.
| Major General Pope has written letter to 4
friend at Fort Leave nworth in which be SAYS
| that he favors the organization Of a new mill.
ta'y department, with Denver as headquarters,
and says thas he believes that the plan will be
| carried out by the next Congress-
One Ct the persons who are under treatment
| in the Good Samaritan Hospital of Cincinnati.
is DIR. David Creel, who was one of the Jurors
| in the trial OF Aaron Burr. His recollection Of
Burr is very distinct, and he describes him as
one of the most fascinating men whom be ever
heard speak.
Mr. Joseph Bsal Strere, a graduate of Mich
igan University, who for five years has been
travelling in the Philippine Islands, Formosa,
Japan. China, Singapore and the Malacca Is
lands, collecting curosities for the museum of
the University. has returned. During his abb
sepce he has sent to the University nearly 90
| 600 rare and valuable curiosities, Of some of
which there are said to be no duplicates in the
United States.
The Rev. P. st. Clair of the Des Moines
Conference who was suspended for ballot-box
stufing, is out in letter, in which he says
| great injustice has beer done him by the press
in not publishing his positive denial of the
charge. He declares that he is the victim of
| deep-laid scheme, dark aud internal, to prevent
his election to the General Conference.
Prof. Brown of Syracuse University, after
visiting the scene of the alleged discovery of
masfodon at Centre Lisle, New York, has
written card to journalo Syracuse, assert.
ing that the bones found are much smaller and
fewer than had been reported, and intimating
that they belong to domesticated animals of
much later geological epoch than that of the
mastodon.
Won Bulow is described by q writer In the
Philadelphia Bulletin as much better looking
man than his pictures in the shop windows rep
resent him. He is not tall or stout, but is well
built and manly. with an animated, intellect
ual face. and finely developed head, the
points of which are seen to advantage since
time has thinned the covering which nature
had given him.
The noted flag that waved over Fort Nc
Henry at Baltimore, in September, 1914, dur
ing the British bombardment and which sug-
gested to Key the composition of "The Star
| Spangled Banner" is now on board the Tala-
poosa, which is lying at Portsmouth. 1t is bad
| ly torn, and has 13 stars, and is owned by Mrs.
Georgianna Armistead Appleton Of Boston,
| daughter of Col. Armistead, who commanded
at the fort at the time. 1t is to be exhibited at
| the Centennial
Roscoe Conkling's father was for many years
prominent man in public life, and to the last
| he preserved full sense of his Importance
He was on one occasion present at great pub
lie meeting where his son had entertained the
delighted crowd in his usual eloquent style, and
an officous friend led the veteran to the front
| of the platform and introduced him with a
| great flourish as "the father of Roscoe Conk-
| ling" ''My God," said the disguised old man,
II have been United States Minister to Mexico
and over twenty years Judge of the United
States Court, and now Pm known as the faith
er of Roscoe Conkling."
The state of Missouri has determined to
erect handsome building on the Centennial
grounds, to be used as a state headquarters
The building will be two stories high, sur
mounted by dome with diameter of 46 feet.
The length of the building will be SO feet, tbe
side wings 28x20 feet, trausepts in gallery each
2Sx21 feet, opening of gallery 40 feet, height Of
each story 10 feet, and height to top of dome
IS feet. On the first floor there will be an ex-
hbtion and refreshment room, and on the Sec
ond floor there will be refreshment room and
parlor for ladies.
A California reporter named Robert Ellis got
carried up in q balloon some years since by ac-
claent, without the professional aeronaut. He
was daring fellow and concluded to keep on.
BE disappeared, and for months nothing was
heard of him. At last hunter picked up this
bit on the prairie: II am all right and am
having heaps of fun. have found the valve
cord and can descend whenever wish but
am going to see the thing down to a fine point %
And shortly after the wreck of balloon hang.
ing to tree, covered with leaves, and the skel-
eton of Robert Ellis, were found on the line
between Nebraska and Dakota.