The Portland daily press., 1876-09-19

The Colorado beetle has arrived at Bremen,
Germany. He crossed the Atlantic as stow
away in steamship from New York, and will
make the tour of Europe next summer.
A treasure in gold dust and slugs, worth half
a million dollars, has been dug out Of a cellar
in San Jose, Cal. 1t was doubtless hidden by
Nine. Bernal, the grandmother of the present
owner of the ranch, in pronunciation days.
The great Dismal Swamp in Virginia is on
fire. More than two thousand acres are now
burning over, destroying timber aud doing great
damage to the land. the surface of which is
rich vegetable deposit several feet deep.
section master on the Erie Railway filling
out blank describing railroad accident,
(which happened to be the killing of cow,
under the head "What disposition" wrote
Mild and gentle"
George f. Avery of Boston, has walked for
1872 consecutive hours with only five minutes
rest in each hour and no sleep, at New Haven,
thus making himself the champion of the
world
The existence of maritime route between
Norway and the coast of Siberia has been con-
sidered probable, and to ascertain the fact
Prof. Nordenskjold left Gothemburg on the
10th Of July in steamer of 1853 tons and pro-
ceeded to the mouth of the River Jenesse.
A. M. Sigourney of Vermont, who made
himself somewhat noted in literary circles some
time ago by claiming the authorship of the IA
NOUS piece of poetry entitled Beautiful Snow"
is in the Tombs prison, New York, on the
charge of appropriating cash belonging to the
Editor of New York paper.
There are 215 new students at Cornell Uni
versity for the current term. Six are ladies'
twenty-three are fron other colleges and uni
versities, ffty-three enter the scientific course
seventeen the course in literature, twenty-tw
the course in arts, eighteen in engineering, and
the remainder are distributed among the minor
courses, or are optional students.
Theodore Tilton and an injured husband had
a scene on the Atlantic express train at Albany
Saturday morning. Theodore was found in the
injured husbands wife's berth in the sleeping
car. He said he was there by mistake, but the
husband didn't believe it, and Theodore only
escaped a severe thrashing by the interference
of the train hands.
Mrs. Bridget Barry, widow who has been
involved in lawsuit with the Weed sewing
machine company, has come off winner in the
contest. She had paid in installments the
whole price of the machine, except $40, not
withstanding which the company took it from
her when she failed to pay that $40. The case
was commenced in the marine court, but has
been withdrawn by the company. which pays
to Mrs. Barry the entire cost of her machine
and to her counsel his fees.
The peach packing business is now at its
height at Baltimore. 1t commences about the
10th of August and closes about the first of o.
tober. There are fifty oyster and fruit packing
establishments in Baltimore, and hundreds Of
thousands of dollars are Invested in the bust
ness In one peach establishment 600 girls and
women are employed, in another 500, and SO on
In the city $4,000 bushels of peaches are put up
daily, using 100000 cans and employing 5000
persons. The great bulk of the canned fruits
finds its market in the West.
The celebrated stallion "Ethan Allen" thai
has just died at the age of q, on Amass
Sprague's stock farm in Kansas has yet, to b,
beaten by ''Smuggler'' in high speed, and hat
only been surpassed in trotting by Goldsmith
Maid" and possibly Dexter" He certainly
ranks as the fastest trotting stallion on record
for in beating Dexter in June, 1867. he did
his three single miles in succession in 2.15 21t
and 2.19 "Ethan Allen" was of the Yer
mont "Black Hawk" stock. and bred by J. Il
Holcomb of Ticonderoga, N. Y.
Mrs. Margaret Parker, President of the Wo
mems Suffrage Society of Dundee, Scotland, i!
making visit to this country, and was given a
reception by DR.. Clomence s. Lozie of New
York, Friday evening. She said that Scottish
and Irish women have the right to vote for
municipal officers, as in England, and that il
the latter country, where they do vote, The
officials chosen are superior in point of educa
ton and charac ter to those elected formerly by
men alone. Woman suffrage in Great Britain
is advocated chiefly by the wealthy classes.
Miss Susan B. Anthony said that Miss Susar
King and several others capitalists intend tt
erect in New York building containing hal
for woman suffrage NEE tings, c)ub-rooms fol
women, restaurant, savings bank and office
for business men.