The Portland daily press., 1877-08-02

By an explosion of hot metal at the foundry
of Totten & Co., Pittsburg, two men were fa-
tally and eight seriously burned.
Over 200 car loads of cattle arrived at the
jersey abattoir Tuesday and consequently the
market is glutted with beef, and European
shipments will be resumed this week.
The salary committee of the Brooklyn board
of aldermen has resolved to recommend a re-
duction Of salaries, the mayor from $4,000 to
$4,000, corporation council from $1,000 to $500,
and other salaries in proportion.
The strike of the New York cabinet makers
has ended, they accepting the compromise Of
fered by their employers.
Half a ton of pure gold is used annually for
filling the teeth of the people of the United
States.
Senator Morton is an enthusiastic Odd-Fel
low, and expects the time to come when the
order will be established in every civilized
country.
Messrs. Moody and Sankey will not, it is
said, attend any camp meeting or conventions
this summer.
Burlington, Iowa, is trying to get rid of the
tramp harvester nuisance by prosecuting the
steamboat officers who land them. 1t is said
that fine of $500 was imposed on steamboat
company for putting them ashore at that point,
the county charging the company with illegal
ly landing paupers.
A lot of street urehins paraded the streetslof
st. Louis with tin pan, by way of drum, and
huge paper banner bearing the inscription,
"We don't want bread we want cake and pie
or bloodp'
Arlington will not be surrendered to the
heirs of Gen. Lee without a struggle. The first
point in the legal battle is that the ownership
rests in the United States, which cannot be
sued by any individual.
The Chinese have gone into the hair business
and last year exported $4,000 pounds from
Swatow alone-a seven-fold increase in two
years. 1t is gathered in BARRIERS shops.
Inexhsustible beds of Ignite coal have been
discovered on the Yellowstone 100 miles froml
its mouth. 1t burns readily, and steamers
needing it can help themselves
The Pittsburg papers blam everybody bu
the rioters for the trouble in that city The
sheriff, the mayor, the military, the represen.
tative citizens-all these failed in some impor-
tant particular. The fellows to escape censure
are they who stopped trains, tore up tracks,
tampered with the switches, and finally burn
ed, plundered and murdered; and the Pittsburg
MALTA who refused to help preserve or restore
order.
The San Francisco dry goods clerks have
been making great effort to secure an early
hour of closing, but the heartless employers are
obdurate, and, as last resort, the aggrieved
clerks have launched ont on the most frequent
od IA mad oE
brilliantly illuminated canvass, on which is in
scribed the pathetic legend: Ladies, please
do not buy any goods after o'clock D. M
The story may not be true, in spite of its in
herent probability; but it is said that not long
since resident of Niagara Falls fell off the
bridge to Goat Island and was instantly swept
to the brink of an awful gulf below. There he
managed to get hold of a rock, and held on for
half an hour. A sympathizing crowd rushed
into the house and grounds near by, where the
mans wife was Historically watching the
struggles of her unfortunate husband, as that
spot offered the best view; whereupon, from the
force of habit, the distracted woman imme-
diately revived sufficiently to charge and col
lect dollar apiece from the crowd for the priv
ilege OF viewing the catastrophe from her
premises.
A man named Snowie, from Texas, actually
took to Europe recently bottle,of live potato
bugs. He gave them to friend in Manches-
ter, Eng, who turned them loose in his garden
there, and now pleases the country with the
scientific announcement that he thinks thew
will "do better" there than anywhere else in
the world.
The Bishop of the Roman Catholic church
for the diocese of Cleveland, Ohio, has issued
an order to the clergy and laity of his diocese in
relation to picnics. in which he says: "All
kinds OF round dancing, daLcing in halls or
ball rooms, for the purpose of raising money
Tor church purposes or public charities, are
strictly and unqualifedly forbidden. The sale
of wine, beer or any kind ofntoxicatng liquors
at church picnics, excursions, festivals and sup
pers is also strictly forbidden, and will not be
permitted under any pretense whatsoever"
The st. John fire has produced something
like a romance. Mrs. Mary Hale of Ohio sent
a package of clothing as a contribution for the
needy in st. John, and among the articles was
suit of clothes which belonged TO a son who
ran away from home some years before. Since
the package was sent she received letter pur-
porting to be from this runaway. He says that
the suit was accidentally assigned to him, and,
revivlng his memories of home, led him to
write. He processes penitence for his way
wardness, expresses longing to be at home
at once more, ard requests remittance of
money to help him.