The Portland daily press., 1876-03-16
News and Other Items.

Dr. ". ID. I1Hany tries 10 prove IN the North-
westers Christian Advocate, that the discovery
of Magill, the ST. Louis letter carrier who
swore to having taken from the street box
letter addressed to Babcock, was brought about
by special interposition of Divine Providence.
A smart young reporter tried 20 ascertain
Maggie Mitchelps age by asking her how long
she had been on the stage, but she only answer
ed Gas long as can remember"
Harvey E. Welton of Pontiac, Mich, was
converted recently, and confessed to various
acts of arson and theft, running through the
last five or six years. The unsympathetIc Off
GERS of the law put him in Jail.
Victor Hugo is to become President of a
society for the study and practice of crema-
ton.
Henry Irving, the celebrated English actor,
contemplates pleasure trip to this country in
August.
They are going to expel some of the students
of the c3l!ege of the City of New York for par
ticipating in recent unsuccessful rush with
the metropolitan police.
They have more salmon trout Matched in
New York state than they know what to do
with All persons venting to stock any
public waters in that state can get the fish
free.
The Iowa City Press traces back the fall
of Secretary Belknap to the marriage of Presi.
dent Grants daughter, because she was not
married in a calico dress and a bingham sun
bonnet.
The block of silver, weighing two tons, that
has en- sent to the Centennial from Mexico,
has been safely landed in New York from the
oFH kx,.n IDn X1x, ,at> roI
in a safe deposit compaDy's vaults.
1t is related of Secretary Bristow that, while
looking for house last autumn, when he had
found one that he liked he asked what the rent
was. "Seven thousand dollars" answered the
agent. Mr.. Bris.ow thought for moment, and
then said, IL was wondering what could pos.
sibly do with that other thousand a cabinet
minister's salary being only eight thousand
dollars year. The seven thousand dollar
house was not rented. DID,
Belle Boyd, the famous female spy of the re.
bellion, has settled down into sedate matron
st st. Louis, so much averse to publicity that
she has not interposed when impostors have as
sumed The title as their stock-in trade for lect-
uring and begging. @
A pious Newark girl recently discarded
poor young man to whom she had long been
engaged, and gave her hand to wealthy, gray
headed widower. She said she had made the
matter subject of prayer, and that God told
her that with the rich mans money she could
do great good in the world in the way of con-
vertiDg sinners, and SO she took up the burden.
1t is only women who can SO sacrifice them.
selves.
Lady Burdett- Coutts has not undertaken one
day too soon her crusade in behalf of the small
birds. In single sale at London, in Februa-
ry, there were disposed of no fewer than Ii, 574
humming birds, topaz-colored, luby and emer-
aid; $1,000 parrots and 1900 kingfshers, to-
gether with 10000 aigrettes made of birds
feathers. All these butchered to make a wo-
mans holiday
Daniel Drew has been a puzzle to the Metho-
odist denomina ion A leading clergyman of
that body reports him as vigorous revivalist
at Carmel in the eos. His house in Union
square during Mrs Drews life was always OPP
en- TO Methodist clergymen and laymen, who
were wont to partake of its Inequalities, when
any conference brought them to New York. A
front room down stairs was his favorite abode;
the calls at his bell of an evening he was likely
to answer himself, slippered and benign, refer
ring all who came on church brands to his
wife, unless some special message to himself
was concerned; and he spent hours before the
CRATE in the same room of evenings, occupied,
not even with the Bibles and hymn books that
figure as personal assets on his schedule but
with only stoasting his slippers, doing and
thinking. His habits were of extreme simpc-
ity, mighty seal skin coat reaching nearly to
his feet being the only snowy garment remem-
bered of him. He has been reported confined
to his bed for several weeks, and sees no visi
tors.-Neac York World.
Mr.. Pendleton, President of a railroad cor
poraiion, appointing himself as an agent to
collect demand against the government, with
compensation of fifty per cent. for his services
as collector, reminds one of the old story of
down East collector, who took a note from a
New Yorker for collection, and who was to have
half of the amount for his pay. Meeting the
owner of the note some months afterward, he
was asked if he had got the money. 80, yes"
he answered, 81 collected my half and gave up
the note"
Edwin Booths engagement in Nashville ere
ated quite demand for editions of Shakespeare
containing the play of "Richeleu."
The Empress of Austria insisted upon look
ing at Deak as he lay in state in his coffin. She
placed flowers on it, prayed, cried and crossed
herself. The Huugarians were greatly touched
by the spectacle.