The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-09-09
News and Other Items.

The Irish Catholics of OEtario are preparing
for a pilgrimage to Rome next summer, and
will bear an offering of $4,000 to the Pope.
Wild Alaska wheat is being raised with great
success in Oregon. 1t grows luxuriously, and
is said to be superior kind of grain,
In tearing down an old house at Brooklyn, L.
l., Tuesday, mouse nest was found made Of
fifty dollars in bills
AT Newark, N. j., they have found q fellow
in the act of running dresses by dropping
mixture of acid upon the clothes of ladies'.
President Grant income as farmer is moth
ing wonderful. 1t is reported that his farm has
yearly outlay of $4,000 beyond receipts. 1t
is now rented to two different persons for $1,000
year. The net income, however, is only ST.
500, for the taxes amount to $500.
Edward s. Stokes, the murdererof Jim Fisk,
is very much detected because he has to herd
with the common trash" of criminals at Au-
burn. The authorities have allowed him to
start his moustache and imperial, in view Of
the near approach of the expiration If his
term.
Mr.. S:eenstrup, nephew of the Danish zoolo-
gist of that name, who is chief of the Danish
government geological museum, has sailed for
| Greenland, under the auspices of his home gov
ernment to explore the district of Julianshoab
and the interior east of that place. He has al
ready explored other portions of Greenland,
| An officer in the French army has recently
| died who had met with Abd-el-Kader on the
battle field without attacking him, which he
might easily have done. Being blamed for this
afterwards his reply was, "At that time was
but second lieutenant. Had killed him the
war would have been over, and 1 would not
have been captain now."
Manager Prescott of the Hoosac Tunnel
speaks in his report of the singular lightning
freak of June Sd at the Tunnel, when the bolt
ran two miles into the mountain on one line of
the track, discharging three prepared blasts in
the roof of the Tunnel. The workmen had,
happily, just left the spot and escaped serious
iniury There have been three such experiences
in the history of the bore.
An Irishman applying for aid from the over
seers of the poor, exclaimed: "Ooh, yer honor,
shure I'd be starved long suce but for me cat. !"
"But for what?" asked the astonished interro-
gator 'Me cat," rejoined the Irishman.
"Your catl how sop "Shure, yer honor, /
sould her eleven times for sixpence time, and
she was always home before I could get there
| meself."
Burglars entered bank at Mortified, MINI,
Thursday sprang over the counter and ordered
the cashier, j. L. Hayward, with knife to his
throat to open the bank. At the same time al
the persons in the bank were orae,ed to hol,
up their hands. Haywood refused to open tn,
bank whsn the robber put pistol to his head
and shot him dead. They then turned upon Q
Mr.. Bunker, who said he did no know the com
binaton and ran. The robbers shot hin
through the shoulder. While this was trans
piring within the people without were doing
good work, and two of the robbers were killed
outright and one was captured. The rest es.
{ capped but were pursued and will proba bly, b
| captured or shot.