The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-07-24
News and Other Items.

The Catholics at Rome are preparing for the
Qualification of Christopher Columbus.
Five hundred dollars reward has been offered
for the bodies of Donaldson or his companion,
supposed to be lost in Barnum's balloon.
State Auditor Clinton of Louisiana, has re-
signed, but to avoid an extra election his re-
signation takes effect Dec. 18th.
The life saving service of this country is
growing quite rapidly. Twenty-Five new sta
tions were established last year.
The fortune left by Michael Levy, the great
Paris publisher, amounts to seventeen million
francs or upwards of 97O0, 600. He has left no
will, and nobody knows who will be the heir.
Mrs. Lydia Smith, who was Thaddeus Stew
ens's housekeeper and was given $4,000 by his
will, has sued his estate for six years pay at
the rate of 5000 month.
A Middleton (Del) man is building an i'm
mense refrigerator in which he going to stow
away 100000 baskets of peaches, expecting to
keep them until next winter.
The Second Rhode Island Veteran Associa-
sectional bitterness, by electing as an honorary
member former member of Confed crate
battery from Virginia.
One hundred and fifty kegs of gunpowder
were discovered, after the races were over, I'M
der the grand stand at the Muchmore park in
Canada, divided from the smoking room only
by thin board partition.
A bronze statue of DR.. Horace Wells, the
dscoverer of an@sthesia, was Thursday placed
upon the park in Hartford, Conn. 1t was exc
cuted by I. Fl. BARTLETT sculptor, by the orders
OF the state of Connecticut and city of Hart
ford.
A Denver boy pulled the bung out of beer
barrel and stuck in his thumb; the barrel rolled
over and broke the thumb SO badly that it had
to be amputated; and the father of the boy sues
the owner of the barrel for $4,000.
Considerable apprehension is felt at Mont
pelier, VT, lest the confederates of Alphonsos,
the Barre Bank robber. may effects his escape,
If he is kept in Jail there. His trial does not
come off until Sept. IA, and Gov. Peck, it is
thought, will soon send him to the state prison
at Windsor for safe keeping
1t was calculated by those curious in such
matters that if all the ribbon worn by the collie
CLANS, their friends, sisters mothers, brothers
and sweethearts, at Saratoga during the races,
were stretched out, it would reach three times
6TOuuu tulS SlUu6 anu l6dN6 cuOuSn over 10
stock country store.
DIR. Kenealy speaks of Bradlaugh as that
"Atheist and papist who gives me no rest, but
is perpstually assailing me with stones, brick
bats, mud and dirt, until I hardly know
whether 1 am on my head or my heels.' Brad
laugh, 10 his National Reformer, suggests that
Kenealy is a wind-blown bladder, with nm
brella, spectacles and brief-bag full of forms
of begging letters for poor mems money"
Mrs. Helen Stansbury, who died at Louis
vile, KY, few days ago, appears to have been
weli-authenticated centenarian, her exact age
being 100 years. months and one day. She
was the Oldest of eleven children by the same
parents, all of whom she survived She was
married in 1900, has outlved her husband 80
years. Of her brothers, one fought at Water
loo and another was captured by pirates off the
coast of the West India islands nearly CEN
fury ago.
One of the stoutest liquor laws on record was
passed by the last legislature of Georgia, for
the benefit of Wilkes and Polk counties in that
state. Il provides that no license to retail
liquors can be granted for less than twelve
months or for less sum than 500; and no Ii.
eense whatever can be granted outside the lin.
its of incorporated towns, except upon the
written consent of majority of the freehold
ers who are voters that reside within three
miles of the place of sale.
The swimming match between johnson and
Coyle, who started from Chester Thursday
noon, terminated in the afternoon. Coyle led
for nine miles, when he breathed hard. called
for help and was taken out of the water ann,r.
emily lifeless. Physicians Immediately attended
and found him very low. Meantime johnson
made squirt, and in less than ten minutes he
passed the spot where Coyle gave out and was
declared the winner. He afterwards gave an
exhibition of his powers in the water, SWAN a
mile farther and the judges declaring him the
winner, he was requested to get into the boat.
The entire distance swan by johnson was 1Oa
miles. Time hours, 10 minutes. Coyle is
very low.