The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-06
News and Other Items.

Col. Mike Sheridan. brother of Phil, has gone
to the Black Hilis with private party.
The gossips say Gov. Tilden is engaged to the
daughter of New York lawyer.
Eighteen dollars per day is said to be the av-
erage expense of meals for Hallet Kilbourne,
the recusant witness, who is the prisoner of the
House.
Among the curious things exhibited at the
Centennial will be copy of "Bowditch's Nav.
igator," made by hand and in the Japanese lan-
guage. 1t comes from the Sandwich Islands.
Charles Hodges and Amy Robinson of Jer-
sey City, respectively seven and six years old,
eloped on Sunday, and were found in barn
where they had gathered quantity of crocke-
ry and provisions, intending to live together the
rest of their lives.
A young lady dressed in much false hair was
warbling at piano, and when her mother sum-
moned her to assist in some household duties
her rosy lips opened poutingy, and she snap
ped out, 80, do it yourself" Aud then she
went on singing ''Kind words eau never de-
The Shakers of Niiskayuna. near Alba ny,
have most benevolent way of doing business.
An ice company applied to them for per-
mission to cut ice from a lake which is on the
Shaker property, and offered to pay good
price for the privilege. The Shakers granted
the permission, but refused to take any money
for it, their principles forbdding the selling of
air, water or ice.
Philadelphia has centennial sensation in a
port that Mr.. S. Van Ammige of Wlmin g.
ton, N. c., claims 40S acres of laUd at West
Philadelphia, comprising portion of the Gen.
tennial grounds, on the strength of deed of
the property granted to his grandfather in 1901,
and the title to which he claims has never
been alienated by his family The property is
worth S15 900 900 or $200O0,00O
A trophy called a record of the American
flag, to be erected at the east end of the Ameri-
can Department of the Centennial, has been
raised into position, and will be shortly com.
pleted. 1t consists of twenty-four flags, each
one of which is fac smile of flag which has
been used by the government at various stages
of the revolution and at different periods since
the country was formed by colonies under
George III. 1t is 40 feet wide by 30 feet high.
The Governor General of Canada, who is the
same as President, gets $4S, $1,000 in gold a
year, besides his residence and staff; the Pre-
mier receives $4,000, and the twelve other MIN
listers $1,000 each; the Lieutenant Governors of
Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba and the north
western territories, $4,000 each; those of Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick and British Columbia
$4,000 each; and the Lieutenant Governor of
Prince Edward Island $1,000; the Chief Justice
OF the Supreme Court has $4,000, and the five
justices $1,000 each.
The Wheeling 1ntelligencer says that the
oldest man ever known in that part of the
country died at Moundsvile last week. He
had attained the extraordinary age of los years
months and 10 days. He was born on the
14th day of August, 1867, ten years before
Henry Clay, who died an old man IN 1852, and
in the same year, and almost the same month
as John Quincy Adams, who died in 1913, at
the age of 81. He was % years of age wien
the government of the United States was form.
ed, and was old enough to vote for its first
President, and did vote for Gen. Washington in
1879. When child eight years old he heard
the news of the Declaration of that Indepen-
dence whose centennial We are about to cele-
brste.
L. X Lippincott, formerly of Philadelphia,
who has recently been dismissed from the In
terror Department, is aow said to have been
detected in scheme for defrauding the half
breed Indians of land which the government
had authorized to be issued to them. Some
800 Indians are said to have been defrauded of
their titles to 400 acres of land each, Lippin-
colt receiving fee of $25 in each case, and
thus making out of the fraud in all $22, 800 as
his share of the swindle. These statements
are set forth by the Washington correspondent
OF The Detroit tMich.) News. Lippncott is
better known as the husband of Grace Green
wood. He has long been regarded as an inefi.
Gent, worthless, slips hod sort of person, but
it has not been generally thought either that he
could be 80 much of rogue, or that he had
enough ability and force to become one.
The order issued by General Belknap. March
Is, 1873, which Gen. Gustav says has been the
cause of his not notifying members of Con-
gress of the facts about post traders has, among
others, the following paragraph: mo officer,
either active or retired. shall directly or indi-
rectly. without being called upon by proper au-
bhority, solicit, suggest or recommendation by
members of Congress for or against military
AFFAIR." All petitions to Congress by officers
relative to subjects of military character will
be forwarded through the general of the army
ana secretary OF War for their action and trans
United. Any officer visiting the seat of gov
ernment during a congressional session will,
upon hls airival, register his name at The Adj
infant Generals Office, as pow required. ard in
addition; address letter TO the Adiutant Gem |
erai OF the army. reciting the purpose and time |
thai will be embraced by his visit and the an
,horlty nnoer which he is absent from his com |
nand or station, and the pdrpose or obisct 90
.ecited viii be the strict guide Of the officer
Turing his stay"