The Portland daily press., 1875-04-16
News and Other Items.


rs polling at mark" is what they call it
now.
Two fellows have been arrested in London
for burlesquing Moody and Sankey
The Baptist denomination have just dedi-
Gated their first church in Rome.
Mr.. Jefferson played Rip Van Wrinkle at
Nashville last week.
The spelling match necktie is out, but tard
1y.
According to present plans, some of the Phil
adelpha Centennial buildings will be mile
apart
In Treasure City, Nevada. where there is
saloon to every 81 inhabitants, water sells for
ten cents a bucket.
Moody, the revivalIst, has declined the offer
of London photographer of $1,000 for the ex-
elusive right to publish his portrait.
The citizens of Glasgow are raising funds for
the erection of a monument to Livingstone.
The subscriptions are limited to $25 each, and
are coming in freely.
According to the Charleston News the Gov
ernor has decided to veto the onerous tax bill
passed by the Legislature at the close of the re-
cent session.
The Rev. c. Fl. Spurgeon has returned to
London after three months leave of abb
sence, and his tabernacle, which has been
thoroughly repaired, is more crowded than
ever.
Seth Green, the we'll known fish culturist, has
during the present season distributed 100000
salmon trout fry in lakes and rivers in various
parts Of the country.
A Long branch baker has received news of a
$4,000 legacy. He is spending all his past
savings in anticipation of receiving the money,
and if it should turn out that his cake is dough
he'll knead it.
Mr. William s. Groesbeck has deposited with
the city treasurer of Cincinnati $4,000 to be
invested, and its income to be expended forever
for music in Bnrnet Woods park, under direc-
ton of the park commissioners.
A sneak thief was recently dragged out by
policeman from his hiding place under the
front stoop of the house he had robbed. 'What
stoop-hid fellow he must have been," re
marks the bright man of the N. Y. CONNER
cial Advertiser.
How many smokers know what the brands
on the cases of Havana cigars mean? The
names, Regalia Londres DAMS and Entr-
operds do not refer to quality but to sizes. The
quality is indicated by superfno, fno, superior
and bueno. Maduro means that the tobacco is
very strong, oscuro for that not SO strong, col
orado for medium and claro for mild.
At Leesburgh, Va, one day last week,
gentleman, while digging up his garden with
spade, turned up what at first appeared to be a
whitish-looking stone, but which, upon exam
ination, proved to be a petrifed bird. Its
species could not easily be determined, but it
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beak, breasts, wings and back were fully de-
veloped, and it bore striking resemblance to
picked bird.
Amongst the latest Developments of rascal
ty in the guise of commercial enterprise is the
fabrication of sham quinine. The North China
Herald says that several captures of this pre-
cious commodity, which is ostensibly of Paris
ian manufacture, have been lately made by the
Chinese customs, and suggests in the interests
of humanity as we'll as of legitimate trading,
that the fact should be known as widely as
possible.
A Partisan family, while at dinner, were as
tonished at receiving the following letter: ''M
and Madame, 1 ha We just learned that what
have cooked for veal is piece of the butchers
little nephew, who was assassinated by his I'M
Gle and sold in slices. / do not dare TO come
home, Marie" Marie was the name of their
servant. This horrible announcement created
great CONSERVATION, and the family began to
feel the pangs of indigestion, which were not
allayed until il was discovered that the note
was a hoax. The police are looking for the
practical joker
The Missouri papers declare that a consider
able amount of wheat sown in that state last
fall has been materially injured by the unusual
length and severity of the winter. In high
elevations, where the wind swept the snow
from the fields, the wheat is entirely killed
In some localities the fields will be used for
other crops. Corn is now considered a more
certain crop in Missouri than wheat, and an
unusual acreage will be planted this spring. 1t
sells readily from ninety-fve cents to one dol /
Jar per bushel. Oats are also coming into more
general use, and seems to be considered pay
ing crop.