The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-09-10
News and Other Items.

A clergyman of the Church of England has
been sentenced to five years penal servtude
for causing false entries to be made in the
church register concerning the death of one of
his parishioners
Adrian liar, the celebrated French billiard
player, has arrived from Europe, and he is now
sojourning in New York. He plays with his
finger and thumb In London, England, re-
Gently. he made run of $40 10 nineteen min
utes; also the extraordinary run of 2,O45 at a
single break.
The sensation at Watch Hill, r. l., this
season is a remarkable lady swimmer, Miss
Maria R. Audubon, granddaughter of the great
naturalist, who was taught to swim by her
father almost be fore she could walk, and who
now ventures out to sea far beyond the most
adventurous man in the place.
A young man in Ohio, in play full freak, the
other day, cut off the end of a young lady's
nose with a pair of scissors, The performance
not proving satisfactory, however, the fragment
was replaced aud will probably grow on again,
but the nose hereafter will always be a second
class affair.
The reorganization of the Russian cavalry,
just ordered by the Emperor Alexander.
amounts, according to a London Times tele-
gram to the permanent mobilization of some
$4,000 horse In accordance with this i'm
portant measure, the greater part of the cavalry
in European Russia will be always kept on the
war footing, and stationed along railway lines
so as to be ready to act at a moments notice.
The discovery of Chicago woman is how to
eat peach at the table gracefully. Cut the
peach open in the middle and remove the pit
Hold one Of the halves in the left hand, and
use spoon TO scoop out the pulp and carry it
to the mouth. Thus the fingers are not soiled
and the bother of peeng is avoided. No
patent upon this device has been obtained
A case not unlike that of Charley Ross. except
in one particular, has occurred at Lyons, 10
France. A little girl returning from school
was enticed by woman with some sweet
liquor, which male her stupid. The woman
then put an old petticoat over her shoulders,
let down her hair, and Carried her off. But
the French police are not like the police here
As soon as they had an intimation of the
affair. they did not rest till they returned the
child to her parents.
Sir A. T. Gait of Montreal, in an open letter
on the political situation, says that, while
willing, II required, 10 re-enser Pafllament, 1t
would not, according to bis convictions of duty,
be possible for him 10 do so either as sup
porter of the present government or as a menu
Der of the opposition under Sir John A. Mac
Donald He looks with alarm on the rapidly
increasing liabilities of the nation, objects to
the building of the Pacific railway for years to
come. and is opposed TO either absolute free
trade, or too much protection. he will un-
hesitati1gly, however, advocate dfferential
duties against the Uuted States, and the pur-
SUIT ot retaliatory system With that country
The dqlloess wh'ch has characterized the
Canad'an lumber trade, thus season, broad.ns
ana lntens'h . as the days 20 on, till DOW the
trade all through NADIA is at a dead stand
still Most OF the mills have already shut
down for the season, Including the EXPANSIVE
establishments of tbs timber and ,nmb.r
associ atom at Rice Lake and Feneio, Falls
and John bsmiiton's mills at Hawke ,bnrv
while the rest viii soon follow suit, aud ara
now running on reduced time and force. There
is also deEermin 4t'on 70 reduce tue production
next season and the preparations for the next
winters operations in the woods are on very
small scale.