The Portland daily press., 1875-03-10
News and Other Items.

The widow of Gerrit Smith died at Peters,
boro' on Saturday.
Vice President Wilson will leave Washington
next week for trip through the Southern
states as far as Texas.
Yoshida, the Japanese Minister at Washing
ton, is rejoicing over the birth of a daughter on
Thursday last, the first child of Japanese par
ents born in this country.
The new Palace Hotel in San Francisco will
require 1000 locks and 10000 keys, weighing
locks and keys together, seven tons. and costing
$4,000 in gold.
A man at Ell Paso, Mexico, has put in
claim against the United States government
for nine chickens destroyed by coyotes from the
American side.
An action for breach of promise has just been
tried in London, where the lady was the de-
PENDANT. The jury, after three hours delibera-
ton, found that she had damaged her lover to
the extent of SIG.
Gov. Hendricks has called an ezra session
of the Indiana Legislature for March 9th, the
former session having failed to agree on the
passage of some indispensable bills, including
the general appropriation bill.
Beecher closed his Sunday benediction with
the words: "Grace, mercy and peace be with
YOU al' The audience is said to have been
somewhat startled when these familiar words
fell from his lips.
Very liberal offers, one being TO the extent of
several thousand pounds, have been made by
English connoisseurs to the Roman municipal
ity for the recently discovered statue of Venus,
but the representatives of the Roman citizens
have declined to part with 1t on any terms.
The case of Hannah B. Dearborn against the
Boston g. Maine Railroad has been settled by
the defendants paying plaintiff $4,000 damages
and costs. Mrs. Dearborn is the wife of Rev.
R. Dearborn of Salem, N. I'll. and the suit was
for $4,000 damages for injuries received while
stepping from the cars at Wilmington.
Talking of salaries in the learned professions
it is estimated that the receipts of great actors
ia our day will about equal those of G eat law
gers Edwin Booth has made So, 600 a month.
Jefferson has made even more. This year. in .
season of forty weeks, Clara Morris will net
about $4,000, Charlotte Thompson about half
as mu;h.
Some newspaper accuses Gen. Tracy, of coun-
sci for defence in the Beecher Case, with being
unready for battle during the war. The
Graphic defends him asains: the insinuation,
declaring tnat ne mas CudfSeu dt tbe uedu VI
column on many bloody fields, and after the
battle has often been seen sitting under tree
combing the cannon balls ont of his hair. The
certificate is thought to be sufficient
The Buenos Ayres Standard states that the
wool clip this year will show deficit of $4,000
to 10000 bales. There have been numerous
suspensions and failures. Some of the largest
property holders have become either bankrupts
or insulvent debtors. Some old established for
eigu importers have been obliged to suspend
business, Notwithstanding that the debtors owe
them millions All large importing houses
show splendid sales, large assets, but not one
dollar which at the present moment can be col
1ected.
A singular incident occurred last week at the
Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
A grave had been dug for an interment and the
box which was to enclose the coffin taken to
the ground an hour or two before the time fix
ed for the burial, and left there unattended. A
crazy man happened to arrive on the ground
soon after, and placing the box in the grave,
filled up the excavation. The position of af-
fairs was discovered and the box exhumed
Just before the arrival of the funeral process
sion.