The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-11-10
News and Other Items.

News and Other Items.
A Michigan stump speaker boldly announced
the other day that ''the country is drifting into
arnica.''
Karl Wilhelm, the composer of the sWacht
am Rhein," is to have monument, and he de.
serves it.
George b. Mcclellan was arrested Friday in
Philadelphia. As he was arrested for fight
it is needless to explain that he was not the
general of that name.
People are advised to lay open newspapers Old
the stairs every night before going to bed. No
thief can get up then without making rust
ling noise sure to lead to detection.
The King of Greece decorated all the men,
bers of the Prince of Wales party on the &C.
casion of their recent visit to Athens, Ell route
to India
sits bully band" said small boy to his
mother as they were leaving the Music Hall at
the close of the Thomas concert Thursday
night, 'but do wish they'd play the Mulligan
Guards "-Bost0n Globe.
A Portsmouth correspondent of the Boston
Traveller says some of the largest stockholders
of the P. S. & P. road appear to be in favor Of
adopting measures to put the Eastern road of
Massachusetts into bankruptcy, in case of
default in the January pay ment.
A young man accompanied by two police Off
GERS entered dissecting room in Montreal
some time ago, and laid claim to dead body,
which he declared was that of his grandmoth-
err No resistance was offered, and the strang
er quietly removed the corpse to have it re-
buried.
"Yes, you may come again next Sun
day, H,race. dear; but and she hestated.
"What is it dazzling? Have given you pain?"
he asked, as she still remained silent. "You
didn't mean to, Pm sure" she responded; Shut
next time please don't wear one of those collars
with the point turning outward; they stick in
ones cheek"
The story that the late William 7. Blodgett
of New York, died insolvent is contradlcted.
He is now said to have left large forture 1t
is true, however, of others, if not of him, that
several leading business men of New York who
have lately died, as supposed very rich, have
been found to be possessed of scarcely any:
thing
Mr.. Matthew Delaney will, next June, begin
a grand Centennial billiard tournament in
Philadelphia. 1t is expected that this will
bring together the most expert players in the
world. The game will be the three-ball Amer
lean, the number of points to be mutually
agreed on by the players A committee has
visited the Park with the object of selecting
site for the erection of billiard hall that will
comfortably seat 5000 to 5000 persons.
La the grounds of the Royal naval school at
Greenwich, Eng, several collins, lately disin-
tered after more than thirty years burial,
were found ''as bright and fresh as on the day
they were made" even their brass nails re.
naming untarnished, and the bodies contained
in them were equally well preserved, the en-
broidery on an infants dress being ''as unruf-
fled and complete as if it had only just left the
hands of the dressmaker."
An ingenious Swedish wood-carver, :OctegreD,
is making a set of chessmen for the Philade
phia exhibition, typfying the presen. struggle
in Germany. On the one side Emperor Will
helm is the King, and Empress Augusta the
Queen, Prince Bismarck and Herr Falck, the
bishops, the knights are uhlans, and the pawns
recruits of the landwehr. Their adgersaries
are the pope as king, an abbess as queen; the
bishops are cardinals; monks on asses repre-
sent the knights, and the -pawns are monks on
foot.
Considerable excitement was caused in st.
Peters Catholic church at Allegheny, Pa, the
other day, by the actions of crazy woman.
She insisted on singing solo about the time
services were closing, and when the sexton ap-
preached her to remonstra e, she threw her
book at him with all the force she could mus
ter. The pastor then approaching her, she
struck him over the head with her umbrella.
1t was found necessary to dismiss the congre-
cation and attempt to secure the woman. but
she became violent and escaped from the church
though the police finally succeeded in arresting
her.
An analysis of the vote which DR.. Fulton of
Hanson Place church, Brooklyn, claims to have
been in his favor shows that of the 1872 who
voted against his resignation, 50 proved to be
children. Of the remaining 140 adults fully
100 are women, and Of the 1872 not over 80 are
pew-holders. Among this number are four ne
gro girls that Fulton took into the church
short time ago. Of the 1854 who voted in favor
OF accepting Fulton's resignation only IA are
under Fl years of age, thus showing real ma
Jority of ten adults in favor of Fulton's. STEP
ping down and out" Of the party opposed to
Fulton's remaining ITO are males, and include
all but one of the deacons and trustees, and
nearly 100 pew-holders, being those who pay
the bills of the church. Fulton's invitation to
those who do not like him to leave the church
to him and his partisans will not be accepted.