The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-07-12
News and Other Items.

Massachusetts,, Rhode Island and Connec IT,
cut complain of severe drouth as we'll as
great heat
The New York Herald demands that 100, 900
volunteers be sent off to ''cean OUT the hostile
Indians.
The Cincinnati Commercial says: "The DEM
ocratic editors of Indiana are feasting on "cor-
beau a la cayenne"
A Catholic priest at Cambridge has forbidden
the use of fans, and the result was a fracas
Archbishop Williams will restore order
promptly.
A witty broker IN New York stunned his an
tagonist in chatting combat with the follow
ing: 'Pll b-b.bet you $500 that you and can
tell mo-mo-more lies than any other to.to-two
men in this town, and pro-pro-promise for my
part no-no-not to say word.''
In the suit against Samuel j. Tilden and his
associates in settling the affairs of the Terre
Haute and Alton Railroad, the time for filing
the answer has been farther extended until DC.
tober. The inference would seem to be that
there is not the material for campaign docu-
ment in it. And yet we are still curious for the
governors full explanation of that matter.
Letters from Cashmere give an appalling pic
ture of the extent and fatality of the cholera
epidemic now raging in that country. The in.
habitants are dying by hundreds.
G. ii. Parton, sewing machine operator,
and the husband of no less than seven wives in
as many different localities. has been caught,
and is now in Jail in Louisiana. He is a noto-
rious swindler.
The losses in the state of Iowa by the recent
floods amount to 81, 100000. In Warren county
alone the loss is 100000.
The heat of Washington at the present time
is without precedent within reasonable mem
ory, either in intensity or duration. The health
of Members and Senators is suffering percepti-
bly, in consequence of the heat and bad air, and
should the session continue, as many predict,
until August or September the result may
prove fatal in many cases. Already many
members are sick, and Or Saturday one died
from congestion of the brain-Mr. Parsons Of
Kentucky. Another member-Mr. Dennison
of Vermont--is dangerously sick, and Senator
Davis of West Virginia tainted in the Senate
chair on Saturday from the excessive heat, and
had to be removed.
The Charlotte IN. c. Observer states that
Father Hands, a Catholic priest of that place
lately eloped with Miss Bradshaw, recent
convert, and was married Bishop Gibbons
promptly appointed successor.
Small quantities of early peaches ar coming
to Baltimore from North Carolina, and bring
from So. so to So bushel box. The peach crop
in Delaware and Maryland promises full, but
better than last year because it is likely to be
less in amount. Prices will not be so low, but
dealer has stated that he could now invest
100000 in orchards at so cents bushel. 1t is
not thought the market will rule SO high as to
place the peninsular luxury beyond reach of
general consumers.
The New York Herald comments as follows
upon the massacre of blacks at Hamburg, S.
c.: "One white man and six negroes dead" is
about the fair average in these disturbances. Is
it any wonder that Senators like Morton raise
the bloody shirt? Is it any wonder that peace
full men in the North mourn over this blood
shed and ask if there can be law and order
where public opinion justifes these outbreaks?
We await with deep interest the full details of
this new contest. So far as the report now
goes it looks as if these Southern white mad
men had resolved to elect Hayes aud Wheeler.
They are doing yeoman's service in Augusta.
One or two Hamburg riots will settle the bust
ness"