The Portland daily press., 1876-10-17
News and Other Items.

The Wamsutta Mills, New Bedford, have adj
ded to their four mills a new MODEL Mill NO. 81
and have equipped it with the best and most
modern machinery, Corliss Steam Engine, Rab-
beth Spindle and the Loyal Positive Motion
Looms.
A London umbrella thief has been sentenced
to one days imprisonment.
Some good soul put cent in the hand of the
Beggar Boy statue at the Exhibition.
According to decision of Canadian COURT
reporters are not bound to give the names OF
the persons on whose statements they make up
their items.
Conductor Curran, of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, not long ago carried in Pullman
sleeping car attached to his train twenty-one
members of one family on their way to the
Centennial, viz The two parents, seventeen
daughters and two sons.
Martin Farquhar Upper, though poet by
profession, is in some respects at least practi-
cal man. He knows the value of advertising,
and accordingly announces in very cheerful
manner his willingness to be interviewed and
his satisfaction at getting into the papers even
as the butt of joke.
Edward s. Stokes, the marderer of James
Fisk, Jr., comes out of State Prison on the 28th
inst, broken in health, but rich man. His
mother has prosperously cared for his oil refin-
cry, and "Ed' himself has: continued his spec
ulations while in prison, and is now the owner
of very valuable patent which he purchased
while in Sing Sing from convict, for paving
Streets
This happened at the Centennial: A stout,
coarse American woman leaned over the coun-
ter to the smiling Chinaman and sharply de-
manded "What's your name?" He smiled and
bowed, but gave no sign of understanding her.
stake off yer hal" was her next abrupt COM
mand. MADAM" said a German who was
standing nsar she is not on exhibition"
People from South Carolina report that Gov.
Chamberlain's proclamation disbanding the
ganizing the Democrats, but that the murder
intimidation is still carried on by individuals
where it was carried on by clubs before. The
President and Attorney General Taft have as
sured Senator Patterson and others from that
state that the negroes shall have an opportunity
to vote as they choose if the whole army has to
be sent there to protect them. Senator Patter'
son says South Carolina will give Republican
majority of $4,000 if fair election is permit
ted.
Mandarin Mung, the head of the Chinese
embassy, which recently reached Paris, enter
ed railway coach with eight seats at Marseil
les with the six members of his suite, and found
we'll dressed Englshman ensconsed in one o.
them. Mung politely allowed him to remain
and, being able to speak English tolerably, soor
entered into conversation with him. The Eng
lishman was widely informed and very inter.
esting. In casual way he carelessy spoke o.
himself as the proprietor of both the train and
the locomotive, and dropped the subject MunG
renewed it, and the Englishman told him thai
the locomotive and the coach in which they
rode would be very useful to himself and the
embassy in rapidly traversing the Paris streets
Having plenty of other locomotives and coaches
he offered to sell both for ten thousand francs
Mung eagerly embraced the opportunity, and
taking the money from his treasurer counted i
out. The Englishman gave receipt and a
the next station disappeared. On reaching
Paris the Celestial became wiser man.