The Portland daily press., 1875-12-04
News and Other Items.

1t is rumored tina. Goldwin Smith has pur-
chased the Toronto Mail and will conduct it as
an advocate of Canadian independence
Willis Phelps has again sued the Springfield
Republican for libel, claiming S5O,GOO damages
character in the weekly edition Of that paper.
The sMassachusetts Club of Boston has
taken measures to procure full length por.
trait of the late Henry Wilson for Faneuil
Hall. Subscriptions will not be received for
larger amounts than $5.
The New Hampshire State Centennial Asso-
citation proposes to purchase and remove to
Philadelphia the house in which Horace Gree
ley was born. It's owner, however, demands
an exorbitant price for it.
Two Japanese students, Hirata and Irawa-
waki, have been graduated at the University
of Heidelberg with all the honors. receiving the
degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Their par.
ticular study was political economy.
| While an ex-Mayor OF New York city is
| about to embrace the profession of the stage,
| the keeper of theatre box-office in San Fran
cisco goes to the Legislature and announces his
farewell benefit
rs.Selina Walker of Winton, Ala. 103 years
| old, cooks dinners for her company, and waits
| on the table. Her husband, Buokner, is 10i
| years old, hale, hearty and attends to the du-
| ties of his mill.
Two Presbyterian churches in Oakland, CAL,
have been giving theatrical performances, or
| rather have been benefciaries at such, and a
Chicago church was recently in the same posi-
tion. In each instance popular comedies and
farces were given.
The grand jury of the New York Court of
General Sessions yesterday made present.
ment calling for the suppression of pool selling
in horse races. regattas, elections, etc., as an
evil which should be stopped. and stating that
laws should be enacted or amended to procure
the punishment of offenders in these cases, as
it tended to love of gambling and injured
large class of the community.
AS some of the New York gambling hells
are so contrived that they make away with the
implements" before the police get in, the
superintendent of the latter has ordered them
to 'raid' on such establishments every fifteen
minutes, night and day until further orders
This will doubtless be tedious to all concerned,
but will have decided tendency to disburse
the game
"a petitiOu has uceu lllcu az Tue Ouce Oh tue
Secretary of State of Massachusetts,, from n.
G. White, President of the Boston and Maine
Railroad, asking for the passage of an act au-
thorizing the Boston and Maine Railroad Co.
to purchase the railroad and franchise of the
Danvers Railroad Co., aud also of the New
buryport Railroad Co.
An incident lately occurred near Whitehall,
| N. Y, worthy of mention. A wedding took
| place, and the bridegroom handed the clergy
| man what he supposed was asS10 bill. He
telegraphed his error next day, but the clergy
| man having paid out the bill, and. liquidated
some debts of long standing, the disappointed
bridegroom sadly wonders how in thunder he
care to make sach mistake
None of the congregation knew she..was crazy
until she insisted upon singing solo when the
| contribution was being passed around. The
unfortunate sexton who attempted to remon.
strate with her was nearly knocked down by
| the hymn book she threw at his head; and the
pastor, when he tried to quiet her, got fearful
blow on the head from her umbrella. Then
| the congregation came to his aid, but the
| woman was too much for them all, and escaped
| from the church. This happened the other
day in Pittsburg.
| Michigan people are all agog over the con-
version to Woodhulism of Matte II Strickland,
daughter of ex Congressman Strickland, one of
| the most promiuent men in theistate, and Presi'