The Portland daily press., 1875-12-03
News and Other Items.

Two Henry Wilson funeral marches have
already been published.
A despatch to the Boston Globe says the
I'd viii contain lfsdsOg O be ready Tuesday aas
n, MT. washington last Moneay .'v THE
u;nd was 156 miles an hour anu WV
. :. ruvv community in Vermont have
got into very serious quarrel and given up
their settlement and disbanded
Freeman D. Markwald, passenger on the
steamer Atlantic, wrecked on Mars Island, N
s, two years ago, has recovered So, 100 for the
loss of his trunk, detention, &C.
That marvellous joke about M. e. Kerr in
which he is referred to as "Mr. Speak Kerr
has reached Washington territory where the
natives are holding mass meetings about it.
At the New York places of amusement on
Thanksgiving day, there were received $50, 450.
The largest amount was taken at the Hippo.
drome, $4,000, and Booths next, with So
800.
After prolonged discussion in secret session
the College Rowing Association decided to
postpone the selection of course for the aext
regatta till Jan. 4th, when meeting will be
held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. 1t will not be
rowed at Saratoga.
American photographs find large sale in
London on account of their superiority over
English photographs, which is due to the clear
ness of the American climate Italian photo
graphs are quite equally superior to the Eng
lish, for the same reason.
The twenty-cent pieces have proved failure
In California The San Francisco Post says
ssNnhOdv m To
ceive them, and in some mysterious manner
they disappear and go back to the mint, and
though destitute of such coin, we still reckon in
bit for all our small transactions"
There is musical prodigy among the coal
miners near Massillen, o. He is boy of II,
and seems devoid of intelligence, except in
musical matters. Brought up in the mines
without training Of any kind, he has nevArthe-
less remarkable powers for mastering music,
and rapidly learns and plays difficult airs with
ont missing note.
The New York Sun says the sale of kerosene
lamps is very largely on the increase not only
in that city but in many other cities. This is
caused by the. exorbitant price of gas and its
generally poor quality IN many cities in the
Union. Store keepers in New York are fitting
mp kerosene chandeliers, and the new burner
throws out q brilliant light.
Deacon West has addressed letter to Ply.
mouth church in which he says that ne cannot
conscientiousy attend services at that church
until regular and impartial investigation of
the charges against the pastor is had, andlpro-
poses mutual council to which the following
questions shall be submitted: as the Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher guilty of adultery? Is
the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher guilty of per-
jury?"
Minnesota has been mending its constitution.
One of the amendments provides that any
woman of q years of age and upwards may
vote at any election for choosing officers of
schools, or on any measure relating to schools,
or may be eligible to any office pertaining to
the management of schools. Another amend
ment provides for the investment of the school
fund in United States and state bonds, the
bonds Of Minnesota issued previous to 1860 ex-
cepted. curious confession by the people of
that commonwealth that they are not as hon.
est as they believe their neiehbors to be.