The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-11-15
News and Other Items.

There is a robust Christian element In San
Antonio, Texas 1t whipped an infdel who de
livered lecture against Christianity and sent
him out of town with a warning that hanging
would be the penalty of a second attack ON his
part upon the Christian religion.
The ground on which the new Roman Catho-
lie Cathedral stands in New York city was sold
to the trustees in 1925 for ten dollars by Mr..
Cornelius Heeny.
There are only niue American officers in the
Egyptian army, and they have but little influ-
enee.
An American tourist says that San Domin-
60 revolution consists of "a few yells, three or
four boots, some one accidentally wounded, and
Come home, darling-all is forgiven"
A cattle plague is carrying off thousands of
animals in Southern Russia, and in many vii
lagos there is scarcely COW or an OK left.
An experienced railroad conductor divides
beats into three classes-the eilt-edged which
includes heavy directors and professional men;
the nuisances, who are men owning one or two
shares of stock, and who consider themselves
privileged in consequence to. pass themselves
and families over the road as often as they like,
and the bummers, composed of tramps and 9TH
er impecunous people, who ride from one sta
ton to another, trusting to the conductors gen.
erosity not to bounce them.
There sre only two red-headed men in the
House of Representatives, black and brown
hair predominating Only two or three men,
bers ever depart from the custom Of wearing
black suits, Fernando Wood and Clarkson N.
Potter having several times appeared on the
floor in gray.
Henry Meiggs' last resing place was sppro-
priately fixed among the peaks of the Andes,
near the scene of his last great enterprise.
A wedding party at Baltimore the other night
was rudely broken into just as the knot was
tied, by policeman, who hailed the bride be-
fore justice at the instigation of her mother,
who was opposed to the match and complained
that the girl, being but 16 years old, resisted
her control The bride gave bail for her ap-
pearance the next day, and returned to the
house with her husband, and the festivities pro-
ceeded as if nothing had happened. The next
day all the parties appeared in court and the
Judge, saying that there was no evidence Of bad
conduct on the girls part and that she was of
legal age to choose guardian, dismissed the
case.
Senator Conkling gave Ben Hill this reply,
when ne told MIN he had applied for his seat
after his term expires: "Mr. Hill, there have
been five applicants for my seat, and they are
all dead or disappointed. don't know that I
hope you will have as bad luck"
Mr. Middleton Goldsmith of Vermont, who
predicted thirteen years ago Senator Morton's
death exactly as it occurred, thus describes the
way in which the Senator received the predic-
ton: SWELL" he said, after being quiet little
while, 81 fear, doctor, there is more the matter
with me than l have been aware of. Tell me
what you think of my case, of the danger to
life, of the possibility of recovery" L did so:
told him frankly that his diseas was one from
which none, or almost none, recovered; that it
was one which was almost always, sooner or
later, fatal saw from his face that it was an
awful blow to him. But in few moments it
was over, and his face was as placid as any
mans