The Portland daily press., 1877-05-03
News and Other Items,

The Gar has put a stop to the purchase OF
American locomotives and railroad coaches by
dec.eeing that the Russians must manufacture
those things for themselves.
A Baptist minister, in Iowa, who wrote
pleasant paragraphs about himself and got
them printed in the local paper, has been
found guilty of "an attempt to gain reputation
as minister by means unworthy Christian. -
The New London bootblacks have a pro.
tective union, and colored polisher named
Dick has recently been severely dealt with for
refusing to conform to the regulation price Of
ten cents q shine.
A novelty in the temperance business is
reported in Michigan. The reformer, DR..
Reynolds, has commenced to organize women
into temperance societies, giving them "white
ribbon to offset the ''red ribbon worn bv the
men.
A good deal of excitement has been created
10 church society of Livingston county in
New York by an aggressive Democratic brother
who few days ago Kissed loudly during the
church service because the preacher cited the
Single electoral vote which gave President
hayes his election as an illustration of the
Importance of small things
uo AhinoiS legislators were so angry last
week at correspondent of the Chicago Tribune
who published list showing how mary
times members had failed to answer to their
names when the roll was called, that thew
passed resolution looking to his reno val from
the position of clerk to four committees which
he served in that capacity.
The postal telegraph of England is great
financial failure. Although the receipts last
year was S5l6, $50 over the expenditures, still
the interest on the debt created in establish.
ing the system was over 1858, 155 more than the
amount of receipts of the expenditures. In
four years the deficiency has amounted to over
four millions of dollars
The forty-fourth annual convention of the
Psi Epsilon Fraternity will be held with the
XII Chapter at Middetowp, Conn, MAY 9th and
10th, 1877. The orator will be the Hon. Joseph
r. Hawly, LII. D.; the poem will be delivered
by Professor Hjalmar ii. Boyesen of Cornell
University; His Excellency Alexander Fl.
Rice will preside; and the music will be
furnished by the Chapter Gee Clubs of Yale,
Amherst and Wesleyan.
Sucf learned and honored philoloeists as
Profs Whitney and Marsh are officers of q
spelling reform association which gives this
specimen OF how they would do it: other
being 80 It'll diferens between the apeerans Nv
the fonetlc and the ordinary print and scrint
thoez hoo can reed and riet the later will rood
the fonet'c print and script ezily, and the new
spelling can be introdeust gradeualy without
hinderans to bznes or friendship
youth of % has been bastinadoed to death
at Constantinopie for writing petition sent to
the sultan from the military school of which he
was member, which denounced Midhat's
Punishment as unconstitutional and demanded
MS recall. For similar denunciation and
demand in the Mussarak (newspaper) Said
Efendi is a prisoner in chains. Such is the
porte's adjustment of inhuman modes of
punishment
Edward f. Noyes, the new minister to
FRANCE was born at HaverhiI in 1882. served
as apprentice in Dover IN. H. y printino.ofice
graduated fourth in CT ass of " At D.rtnon.,,
in 1858, studied law at Cincinnati and boz
practice there in 1858. went early into the wor
and rose to be brigader. general, losing leg
in the Atlanta campaign, was chosen citv
solicitor and probate judge of Cincinnati, and
in 1871 was elected governor of Ohio, though
he was defeated by Bill Allen in 1873. BE
nominated Hayes at Cincinnati.