The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-08-17
News and Other Items.

after reaching this country, was to put stop
to the publishing of his life which had been
undertaken by Hartford house.
A Kentucky court lately sent man for two
years to the pententiary for murder, and a
second culprit for four years for stealing
hogs.
The times are hard, but the Southern papers
are nobly retaining their independence. Says
the Savannah News: "a % cent melon and
a dollar notice. We can't see it,
Dean Holm of Wurzburg, Bavaria, voted the
Liberal ticket at the recent election, and was
suspended by his bishop. He has lodged a
complaint against his suspension with the
Ministry of state.
carrying out 27S cabin and 1913 steerage pas.
sengers. All carried out large quantities of
grain, cotton, provisions, leather and general
merchandise.
Miss Susan Augusta Fenimore Cooper,
daughter of the novelist, is devoting her life to
the support and traing of little homeless boys
and girls, the orphange being situated on the
Otsego lake, near Cooperstown, New York.
The terrible odor from the spelling of shad
eggs on German steamer, reported recently,
nearly created riot Several Germans thought
this scent rose from Limburger cheese, and
were fearfully enraged because the captain
would not pass the cheese round
A great sale of Newburyport ,Mass.) silver
mining property is afoat, according to the Her.
aid of that city, which also mentions new
mineral discovery, of which it heard an old
towner say: SIT is the greatest find since the
Egyptians found Moses in the bulrushes.'
On Wednesday VIM. E. Brook of Trenton,
N. j., went under the Horse Shoe Fall ON the
Canadian side of Niagara Falls when huge
piece of rock, weighing at least two tons, fell,
narrowly missing the guide, grazing Mr..
Brooks shoulders and crushing his foot.
A Boston directory man is loose in Berkshire
county: Scene-Ofice of a. L. Dawes; door
opens, canvasser walks in: "What business is
carried on here, sir?' The Senator looks up
from his law book. "Writing recommenda-
tions for office, sir" and resumes his task.
A man who owns book store facetously re.
marked that he couldn't leave this summer be-
cause he kept stationery. This joke was thus
repeated, and yet the company didn't smile:
Robinson can't 60 out of town this summer.
WQy9 OOu huOW. DcCduSc uo eoLo
books and papers,"
Some time ago the Prussian government pro-
hibited the circulation in that country of the
Volks-Zeitung Roman Catholic paper of
Baltimore. Finding or supposing it to be still
distributed under the name of the Free Presse,
the government has issued an order forbidding
the circulation of that paper also.
The two governors of Louisiana are not yet
on speaking terms. McEnery refused to notice
Kellogg, although the latter offered his hand in
a gentlemanly manner. McEnery seems to be
good deal of bore as we'll as coward. He
is rude to non-combatant, but he hid in the
swamps during the Sept. em,eute.
Ex-Governor Page of Vermont, having been
charged with failing to account for about $780,
600 of the money that passed through his hands
during the war, when he was State Treasurer,
at his request, John A. Page, the present
treasurer. has thoroughly examined his &C.
counts, and prounounces them wholly cor
rect.
From a paper published by an Austrian
officer it appears that the British Empire con-
tains larger population than the empires OF
Russia, Austria, Italy, France and Germany
combined. The total population of these is
223000 900, while that of the British Empire is
29OOOOOOO The circulation is made in refer
ence to the war power.
The Journal de st. Petersburg fears that the
Mohammedanlsm of Asia may become equally
inconvenient and dangerous to England and
Russia. 1t intimates that Russia would offer
no opposition 20 union of the two govern
ments for keeping down Mohammedanism by
force. A union which is not likely to be ac-
complished.
The 10th inst. was observed by portion of
the Hebrews as a day of fasting. This date
corresponds with the 9th day of Alb (of the
Jewish calendar), which has been day oil
blood, ruin and destruction in Jewish history.
1t was on the 9th day of Alb that the first tem-
pie of Jerusalem was destroyed, and the second
temple was burned by Nebuchadnezzar on the
same date. The great city itself, according to
Greek chronologists was destroyed by the
Roman, Titus, also on the 9th day of Alb, and
Bethar, where the Jews thought themselves
safe from persecution after the destruction Of
their Zion, was sacked by Hadran on the
same day.
j. Sella Martin, now a resident of Louisiana
has been delivering lecture on the Future o.
the Negro in Cincinnati to large audience
which was very much pleased with the effort
He contended that the Southern negroes were
in general Industrious and that they were rap
idly improving in this respect. He said, "A'
regards crime, there are less murders, theft'
and petty offences among the negroes of tn
country districts than among the whites In
the cities the statistics are against US, nine te
one. From all the facts the speaker deducee
that the colored people were tolerably industri
GUS and moral, and, consequently on the path
way to intelligence. In fact. it was wonderful
to see them giving up their children, whom the.
needed in the fields, to educational opportuni
ties. Tbey are clamoring for schools in ever.
parish, and making such progress as surprise
even their enemies"