The Portland daily press., 1876-07-29
News and Other Items,

Mrs. Custer, the widow of Gen Custer, Of
fers to distribute the packs of stag hounds and
fox hounds formerly owned by her husband,
among gentlemen in New York who will pay
the express charges on them and provide them
with good homes.
Senator West of Louisiana, chairman of the
Senate committee on railroads, has been sued
for $4,000 for services rendered by his private
secretary. Among other good deeds he claims
to have negotiated the sale of $50, 900 in bonds
of the Pacific railroad.
Count Wilhelm Won Amin, sou of the Ger
man statesman who has fallen under Bis
marck's dispeasure, in now sojournipg in New
York. Heis accompanied by his wife. Mag
ara Falls is the first destination of the Count
and Countess thence they will 60 to Philadel-
phia, where protected stay will be made.
Cockney at the Falls of Niagara when asked
how he liked them, replied: "They are and
some, quite so; but they don't quite hanswer
my hexpectations; besides L got thoroughly
vetted and lost my at. Iprefer to look at 'em
in an hengraving in 'ot weather and in the
'ouse."
Mrs. Mary Bogardus, of Columbus, Ohio,
whose husband was killed in the Black Hills,
became insane thereby, and the other night,
imagiDg herself Abraham, bound her little
girl on top OF an inverted tub, piled sticks
about her, set them on fire and would have
burned the child to death bnt for the heroic in
reference of young lady who, attracted by
the childs cries, hastene1 to its rescue.
1t is.suggested that in the new College of
Cookery the Freshman class will wash the
dishes; the Sophomore class peel and slice; the
Junior class roast and broil; and the Senior
class speculate on the dynamics of food. What
class, then, will an over-ruling providence des-
ignate to eat the food prepared? There seems
to be here an opening for hardened and unre.
pentant criminals.
Of Gen. jeff. Thompson, the ex confederate
who passed through st. Louis few days ago,
the Globe-Democrat of that city says: "His
health is quite poor. and the probability is that
he will remain at his old home in Buchanan
county and not return to Louisiana, where he
contracted disease by exposure in the malarial
swamps. The general is greatly changed
sncsthe Quixotic days when he boosted Of
owning the cattle of a thousand hills
A French doctor claims that one half of the
so-called dlowned persons are buried alive,
and that they may be brought to life by proper
treatment after having been Several hours
under water" His remedy is to pour out the
water, pour ia and inject alcoholic stimalants
and use whip energetically, or hot irons in
bad cases. He says that life remains longest
in the intestines, and that they may be stimu-
lated to such an extent by heroic treatment that
the heart will resume its action.
New England and the Middle States annual
ly pay profit of over 81 600 to the post
Office department. In 1875 they paid in as an
excess of receipts over expenditures of ST..
665,168.42 The single State of New York
showed surplus of earnings of $685., 1922 Sc,
and Pennsylvania cleared 1878 ,527.S2 for the
government. Alaska cleared $e4 AL and that
was the only instance outside Of New England
and the Middle States where the running ex
penses Of the postal service were not in excess
of the expenditures.