The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-21
News and Other Items.
Oakley Hall is going to lecture

OAkey haU IL going TO lecture.
Henry L. Pierce has been nominated for
Mayor of Boston on the citizens ticket, and has
accepted
Col. Robert Ingersoll lectnred at Utica, N.
Y, last week, and on Sunday II clergymen in
that city and three in Rome devoted their SER
mons to him.
The wedding cress of Princess Mercedes, the
future Queen of Spain, has already been order
ed. There it is curious political feature in 1t,
namely, that is embroidered with the arms of
all the countries which have ever belonged to
Spain.
Dom Pedro has awarded to Pttsburg pa
firm contract to build narrow gauge railroad
from the head of navigation on the Madeira
rivera branch of the Amazon-to point on
the Mamore river, on the borders of Bolivia.
The road will be 100 miles long and will cost
$50O0,0OO.
The latest plan for monument to Senator
Morton is to build memorial hall at Indian
apolis which shall serve as depository of OBJ
jects of historical interest connected with IN
diana's growth and development II will cost
100000, and the whole state will be carefully
caDvassed for subscriptions
The coming social event in New York is the
marriage of the daughter of William II. Van
derbit. The.cost of her wedding dress is $10,-
600, exclusive of the jewels.
Brooklyn policy-holders in the Charter Oak
Life Insurance Company are moving for put
ting that company into the hands of re-
ceiver.
The Rev. DIR. Tresham d. Gregg, of Dublin,
Ireland, has issued challenge to Col. Inger-
soil to debate, the subject being the latter's
book, 1.-THE Gods" The meeting is proposed
for London, Dublin or Chicago.
A Des Moines telegram says that the state
Of Iowa practically has sno debt 1t has cut
standing $4,000 in war bonds, due in 1883,
which the holders refuse to surrender. There
is also due the permanent school fund little
over 100000, which was borrowed; bat the
state is able to pay her debts at any time.
A colored deacon 10 Newburg, N. Y, was on
Saturday sent to Jail to await the arrival of
three mothers-in-law, whose daughters he had
married The old darkey says he don't mind
going to Jail, but asked Judge Kilbreth to
keep dem mudders-in-law away from him,
suah."
Arbuthnot complained that photographer
added new terror to death. Sometimes they
give new zest to life, as a Turkish newspaper
bographer has done in Mr.. Gladstone's case.
The English statesman, according to his Tur-
kish biographer is Bulgarian, the son of a
pig-dealer, who, going to England to sell pigs,
pocketed the proceeds and prospered.
A London manager, Felix Rogers, has beat
en- Cleopatra with her legendary swans. He
has performed the feat of sailing in a tub drawn
tn he
tersea to Westminster bridge, the time occupied
being one hour and twenty minutes. He was
dressed 10 naval captains uniform, and re-
ceived salute of four guns, one for each
goose
At the close of Miss Kellogg's recent engage
ment In San Francisco she was summoned to
the footlights and given brooch in the form
OF Tyre, crossed by bar of gold, two inches
IN length, and mounted with 81 diamonds. The
diverse bore line from "Faust," with the
music. On the reverse was the following in
scription: Presented to Miss Clara Louise
Kellogg by her friends and admirers of San
francisco. California, in testimony of their high
respect and esteem, not only for her talent and
art, but also her pure, noble and womanly char
acter." In receiving the gift Miss Kellogg
made an appropriate speech.
George Alfred Townsend lately made some
OF his slap-dab statements;in print concerning
E. P. Brooks, formerly editor of the National
Republican at Washington, and now clerk of
the United States District and Circuit Courts in
FLORIDA, and Brooks slapped Townsend in the
face Sunday night in the bar-room at Willards
HOTEL Washington.
In his report of the operations of the army,
Gen. Sherman takes occasion to accord the full
est credit to Gen. Howard in the Nez Perces
campaign. Gen. Sherman says that in order to
10. the public know what passed between him
ser and Gen. Howard, he gives the kilograms
IN inh' garoled parts of which reached the
press without authority. Gen. Sherman saws
that the entire tenor of the DISPATCHES was
misconstrued and one needs only to read tho
fuH dispatches to see that such is the case |
Gen. Sherman understood from Gen. How
sros despatch that he was worn out. He there- |
lore replied to Gen. Howard that if he was una |
Die to continue in command to turn over the !
authority to some young and energetic officer.
Inere is no censure implied in Gen. Sherman's
kilograms