The Portland daily press., 1875-07-20
News and Other Items.

Three Democratic newspapers in California
are edited by women.
China is said to be preparing to establish le-
cations and consulates abroad Ninety Chinese
officials have already been selected.
Miss Emily Shomberg, the noted belle of
PHILADELPHIA, is at Atlantic City, although not
in society, being in mourning.
The directors of the Salisbury mills have just
decided to close their mills for six weeks, be-
ginning August LIST.
The Hampden mills of Holyoke are running
With about 275 hands, nearly their usual force
of late.
The Niagara ackmen are under no restraint
or restriction this year, and cheat and swindle
as much as they ever did, all reports to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
The bill for the dinners of the Brooklyn jury
for six months is $4,000. The County Auditor
efuses to audit it, and the jurors will have to
pay it. This will leave them cash profit of
$50 to show for six months agony.
The Hillsborough mills at Pine Valley, Will
ton, N. H., have stopped manufacturing car
PETS and as consequence about sixty hands
employed in the weave room and dye house
will be discharged.
An exchange says: ''The Democratic City
Council of Paris, KY, has voted an appropria-
ton of $25O0 to the Catholic school of that
place. The Republican tax payers have en-
Joined the collection.
At a meeting of Fall River manufacturers
on Saturday evening, it was voted that reduc.
ton of ten per cent be made in the prices paid
operatives, to take effect the first Monday in
August. The market for print cloths is unusu-
ally dull
DIR. Jarrow, of Lieut.S Wheeler's exploring
expedition, has arrived at San Francisco with
several tons of relics of the "stone age'' of the
Pacific coast, for exhibition at the Centennial.
Mr.. Schumacher, of the Smithsonian Institute,
has been making equally interesting dscove-
ries on the Santa Barbara Islands, and will
continue DR.. Jarrow's work.
"Amen! amenr' shouted a Cedar RAPIDS
Darson, at the elegant remarks of stranger at
the camp meeting. Suddenly the parson turn
ed his eyes on the man, and jumping up, scream
ed, "Catch him, brothers, catch him! He's the
three-card monte man that got my last months
salary" This is fact, and the monte man is
now in Jail at Cedar Rapids
The dedication of the new chapel and hall
recently added to the Sea View House, Rye
Beach, occurred Sunday morning. The novel;
ty of fine audience room, with alcove, desk,
and all the conveniences necessary for public
worship, together with the fact that the cele-
brated Robert Laird Coyer was to preach the
dedicatory sermon, called together large and
fashionable congregation.
The Constitutional Convention of Missouri
has disposed of somewhat knotty question in
taxation by exempting the property of churches,
schools, benevolent institutions and agrcultu-
raj societies to the amount of one acre of land,
with the buildings upon it, when situated in a
town or city; and to the amount of five acres,
with appurtenances, when situated five miles
from city or town.
George Brown, the Canadian oarsman, whose
death occurred few days ago, appears to have
been very popular throughout the Dominion.
Ii Is proposed to erect monument to his men,
DRY. and various projects are discussed in the
provincial newspapers in connection with the
subject. Brown is said to have been very much
interested in plan for the erection of churc
at Herring Cove, N. s., and some of his friends
urge the propriety of collecting funds and push.
ing this work forward, giving the building,
when finished, the character of q memorial.
A raid was made on the illicit distillers in
southwest Virginia several weeks ago, and
number of them captured. One offender, with
a romantic turn of mind, had discovered
commodious cave through which he meandered
crystal stream of water. Above it was
large hollow tree, with number of large limbs
reaching out from the parent stem. This en-
terprising manufacturer of ardent spirits had
managed to convert this hollow tree into
chimney, through which the smoke from the
distillery passed in indistinct clouds, being diff
fused in unnoticed quantities to the limbs and
out into the air. He had all the paraphernalia
of first class distillery, and was quietly
squeezing the juice from the cereals, secluded
and apart from the vulgar, prying, meddle-
some outside world, when oficous myrmidons
of law interfered with his pastime.