The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-12-15
News and Other Items.

Cardinal Rauscher, whose death on the Oath
of November has alIeady been announced, was
one of the small minority in the Papal Council
who opposed vigorously the adoption of the
infallibiity dogma. He was born in Vienna in
1897.
Mr.. Brodhead appointed as special United
States counsel at st. Louis, is the gentleman to
whom Frank Boir wrote the famous Brodhead
letter.
The question of Sunday funerals is being
warmly debated at Wgap, England, and the
working classes pronounce in favor of Sunday
as the best day for burial, when the circum-
stances of the case make it proper. The day
affords laboring people an opportunity of
paying respect to the memory Of deceased
friends, which on other days they can i'll af-
ford.
''Mrs. Henry" said John to his wife the 9TH
er morning, 'if you give me Christmas pres
ent this year, please arrange it so that the bill
won't come in till the next month. It's just as
well to keep up the illusion for short time"
Cincinnati Times.
The Philadelphia police were thrown in
great state of excitement last Tuesday by tel
egraphc dispatch received by Gen. Bingham,
signed Tweed" and directing somebody to
meet the ex-Boss at the II o'clock train from
New York. After a prolonged and anxious
search, without results, it was discovered that
the dispatch had come from Thurlow Weed,
and that the letters SGT. Weed" had been trans
formed by the operator into "Tweed"
The regular meeting of the New England
Society was held Monday evening. President
Isaac Fl. Bailey read his annual report show
ing that during the year the society had ex-
pended $249O for charitable purposes. The re-
ceipts were $780, AMI $1700 had been added to
the funds. The seventieth annual dinner will
be held on the 22i instant. The following OFF,
GERS were elected for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, William Borden; first vice-president,
Daniel F. Appleton; second vice president,
James G. Carter; directors for four years, Ben
jamin X. Phelps, Frederick f. Thompson,
Edward F. Brown, Francis @. Barlow, treas
urer, Josiah NJ. Fiske; secretary, Luther P.
Hubbard.
Mr.. Moody announces that he will pray foe
those addicted to strong dring Thursday night.
The annual meeting of the church extension
and missionary society of the Methodist Epis-
copal church was held in New York Monday
night. The secretary's report showed that DUR
ing the past year there hid been 1000 conyer-
sions. The treasurers report showed the re-
ceipts to be about $4,000, and disbursements
not quite that amount. Officers were elected
for the ensuing year.
The national Grangers are to hold grand
encampment near Philadelphia to attend the
centennial exposition next year. Sixty acres
of land have been leased, and ap immense
buildingiis to be erected, in which accommoda-
tions are to be provided at cost of two dollars
each day. This is done to avoid the extrrva-
gance and impositions of hotels. The Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company will lay a double
| track to the exhibition grounds, to be used ex-
cusively by the Grangers. Shares of $50 each
are to be issued to the amount of 100000.
The Methodist clergymen of Washington
have passed a resolution conaemning the speech
| of Bishop Haven in Boston respecting Presi-
| dent Grant.
| A rather startling decision in railroad law is
reported from Indiana. The United States
District Court there has decided that the state
may revoke a right of eminent domain granted
| to a railroad corporation and bestow it on an
other; that land condemned from motives of
public policy and bestowed upon railway may
be given to another if fpublic interest" requires
| it, The Supreme Court, it is thought, will not
| sustain the decision.
| Sixteen persons escaped from Henderson
| county Jail at Henderson, Kentucky, Monday
| night.
The Governor and council of Massachusetts
| yesterday heard the petition of District Attor-
ney Phelps of New York for the release of the
| forger Spencer Pettis Pettis' release is not
considered probable.
William Vose, the victim of the ruffianly
attack in Keene, N. H., Sunday morning, died
| Monday night $50
Mrs. Charles Wuest, a young German wo-
man, died in Cincinnati few days ago from
the effects of bite from rabid cat. In June
last she was bitten by the cat, then supposed to
| be mad, but as no bad symptoms were in time
developed, all fears were dispelled and the mat
| ter was forgotten. About six weeks ago Mrs.
| Wuest began to feel ''queer," and soon symp-
| toms of bydrophobia were shown. About six
davs before Mrs. Wuest's death the disease of
bydrophobia was plainly marked.
DR.. Whitmore of Marylebone, England, has
| discovered that tarlatan cloth, especially that
of bright green color, contains sufficient ar
| senic to poison women who war dress Of it..
Tennessee dogs cost their owners more than
foar millions year, and yet Tennessee cannot
keep up decent public schools. In most of the
counties the dogs outnumber the men. In
Hancock county there are 921 men and 1867
dogs, while Giles county has 4576 men and
| 1850 dogs.
A Conneautville, Pa, girl, who heard dread-
full screams from drowning man the other
day. and ran down to the canal to save him, ar
rived Just in time to see rejected. despairing,
repentant lover of hers getting out ofsthe deep,
where he had cast himself because OF her
frownng on his suit