The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-11-30
News and Other Items,

A paper in one of the provinces is publishing
Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield" as a serial.
The "Daniel Deronda' bonnet has lately
made its appearance, and is much affected by
young women who have murdered their hus-
bands and been Tilted by their lovers
A Democratic orator recently spoke to his
compatriots in reply to the following invitation:
Resolved, That Tom Whipple be invited to
come up and give us one of his old histers Sat.
urday evening""
A recent census of India shows that 636 of
the natives are authors and poets, 100 astrono-
mers. $4,000 fortune-tellers and pedigree-mak-
ers, 10000 religious mendcants, 5000 painters
and sculptors, $4,000 actors and jugglers, and
1000 snake charmers.
The 105 miles of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road in Washington Territory connecting
Puget Sound and the Columbia River, between
Tacoma and Kalama, yielded a revenue last
year of $102, 221 "a, or nearly $500 per day for
every working day of the year. The operating
expeusesWere 500. 1896, or about 5000 per
day.
Some curious statistics, just published, show
that, out of population of $4,000, 900 in
France there are 1892 blind, and 29,512 deaf
and dumb; so that 10 $50 inhabitants there is
one blind, and in 1920 there is one deaf and
dumb person. In Paris alone there are 1883
mad people, while in all France there are II, 1913
male and IA 1854 female lunatics.
The latest fraud ON New York grangers is
managed in this way: Several well-dressed
men drive through the agricultural districts
and contract with the farmers for all the butter
they can make during the winter at fifty cents
per pound. A few days later a drover follows
with large herd of mich cows, which be is
very 10th to sell, but finally dsposes of to the
credulous and eager farmers at two or three
times their real value.
A prominent citizen of Indianapolis. who
died some time since, bequeathed his library to
his several children and his widow, to be equit-
ably divided The widow, second wife, made
the division few days SINCE To widowed
daughter Of the dead man she sent 100 volumes
of patent office reports, cart-load of congress.
sional speeches, patent medicine almanacs and
other trumpery. Tie indignant lady had them
all carted back and dumped in the front ward
of her fathers sweet.tempered relct.
romantic marriage took place in Newark
N. j., few days ago. The bride is wealthy
Texan widow of about ffty-two years, and the
groom, an employe in the Communipaw stock
yards, is only twenty-five, while the wedding is
said to have been the immediate result of the
lady's use of her leap'year privilege, and that
after less than twenty-four hours acquaint-
suce. The bride owns extensive cattle ranches,
and about two weeks ago was obliged to visit
the ConmuDipaw cattle yards on business.
While there she was attacked by an Infatuated
steer, which rushed at her, and was only pre-
vented from fatally iniuring her by the pres
ence of Gustsve Rimisch, who seized the brute
by the horns and enabled the lady to escape.
On the following day be received note re-
questing him to call on her at the Metropolitan
Hotel, where she proposed to him and was &C.
cepted. They were married at the residence of
the groom's sister, and Immediately started
southwark. The groom has been extremely