The Portland daily press., 1875-10-29
News and Other Items.

A decree mas Deen MADE f0r tne IOreclosuIo
and sale of the Central Railroad of Iowa, for
the benefit of the bondholders.
1t has been positively decided that the Crown
Prince of Germany will visit Philadelphia dur
ing tie Centennial Exhibition next year.
French widower says that when French
man loses bis wife it is first a duty to cry over
his loss, and then it becomes habit and ffnal-
ly pleasure.
tight rope walker is to give an exhibition
for the benefit of the Young Mems Christian
association of indianapolis, and under its
auspices.
Beach and Fullerton and Beecher's counsel,
were closeted with the district attorney We'd
nesdsy, and it is thought Moulton has attempt
ed to have Beecher and others indicted for
libel
A curious basket-picnic and ball was held,
recently, in Leavenworth mountain, Colorado
1t was held in a'subterranean chamber, and the
cards of invitation stated that dancing would
be continued until ten boxes of wax candles
had been consumed.
There is a new style of southern kuklux.
Bands of disguised men have been robbing and
burning in the neighbourhood of Baton Rouge,
under the avoxed purpose of preventing sales
of cotton in the seed. The mayor of Baton
Rouge has issded a cautionary proclamation,
aud called for an org anized patrol.
A majority of western railroad companies
have agreed that during 1876 no reduction of
fare shall be made on account of religious,
Masonic or other assemblages, excepting county
fares, horticultural meetings, State teachers
conventions or State fairs, when companies may
sell round trip tickets at two-thirds of the regu-
lar fare.
"Sir," asked an attorney, yesterday, OF
witness who was testifying in case OF assault
fore?' Yes, SIR" said the witness, Il have
you?' said the attorney in triumphant tone;
E.Now tell the court what for?" well" replied
the wit,ess slowly. Il have been here at least a
dozen times to see you, to try and collect that
tailor's bill you owe."-ISan Francisco Chroni-
Gle.
The Princess of Wales went down to the dock
to see Albert Edward off for India. Those who
witnessed the parting say it was most affecting.
She buried der head in his boson and wept He
played with the French trimmings of her hat
and tried to comfort her. The last words she
uttered were touching, heart-wrung excla-
NATION, so Albert~
lue Ol1C6fo VI Iuo COtSt survey udfc CloStOA
on the summit of Mount Shasta, California,
1900 feet above sea level rejecting cone of
nckle-platted copper, with concave sides, three
feet high, and three feet dia meter at the base,
standing on an iron post II feet high. During
the early morning aud late afternoon, when
the suns rays falls aslaut upon it, it is believed
that it can be used for observations at dis
lance Of 100 miles and possibly further.
Tilton is drawing immense crowds to his lee
lures, out west. Robert Collyer introduced him
to his Chicago audience in these words: Il
have been requested to introduce the lecturer
of the evening, aud do it gladly for the sake of
Old friendship. L have broken bread with him
in his house in years gone by, and he has
broken bread in my house, and we shall likely
Keep on doing so as long as we have bread to
break
One of the Onzalo brothers, gym1asts,
while performing on the trapeze, in Cincin-
rati theatre. Monday night, nearly tur ned
"The leap for life" into leap for death, by
missing the bar below and falling to the stage,
20 feet below, striking on his head and shoulder.
He was able to make his bow after picking
himself up, but was SO severely inj aired that he
won't make any more bows for some time.
Col Forney, lis promised for exhibition at
the centennial, a very curious spainting of
Indians gold-washiug in a pool BY the river
Apalachieola-an engraving of. which is in the
Historic America published in Frankfort in
1854 The figures are cleverly finished in bas
relief, and in manner totally different from
that of any known master. II is on canvas,
30 by 40 inches. Photographs have been taken
of this curios relic by the British museum.
The complexities of English life come out
curiously in an incident connected with the
Prince of Wales's expedition to India. The in
surance officss do not like his journey at all. 1t
appears that leases for three lives are still in
vogue in England under certain circumstances,
and that the Prince Of Wales is usually select
ed as the third life, partly because his death
req Tires no formal evidence, and partly because
longevity is supposed to inhere in the descend
ants of George III. The leases are protected
by assurances on the lives mentioned, and the
insurance offices are now demanding tropical
rates on the Princes life.
The post mortem examination of the body of
Carruth, the Viueland IN. - editor, just died
from the pistol wound given him by his rival,
Lands. last spring. showed that death resulted
from assesses OF the brain, Caused by the bull
let wound. The bullet was found in tue lower
part of the brain. The gray part of the brai n
had closed firmly around the wound. The bull.
let which had penetrated to the depth of an
inch and half from the opening, had nearly
preserved its original shape. There was con-
siderable congestion of the blood vessels of the
organ and the nerves, and the vessels Of the
ewes were also affected, Landis's counsel I'M
able to disprove the fact of the shooting, will
endeavor to prove that the wounded man did
not have proper medical or surgical treatment
and to impeach the homeopathic system. They
will probably take advantage of an expression
let fall at the inquest, and insist that Carruth
died from assesses from the wound, and not
from the wound itself. Carruta leaves wife
very i'll and not expected to live, and five chill
dren, with comparatively no means Of support.