The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-01-17
News and Other Items.

The present owners of the New York World
are reported to be Samuel j. Tilden, s.. L. NJ,
Barlow, Thomas Scott, August Belmont and
Abram s. Hewitt.
After some Brooklyn IN. " boys had tired
themselves by kicking around what they sup
posed was bundle of rags, a man picked it up
and found it to be the dead body of a newly
born babe.
-Four San Francisco ruffians entered wo
mans room early one mornlng and attempted
to carry her off, badly pounded a man who in
terfered and finally escaped in hack amid
shower of pistol shots
James Gordon Bennett is said to be very
generous to all Herald employees. He has Civ
en- $500 watches to some of marked enterprise,
and one editor, out of health, he gave $4,000 for
European trip.
Statistics show that Americans are taller
than Irishmen, Englishmen or Germans; of
smaller chest girth but larger chest expansion
than either; lighter than Irishmen or English-
men, bat heavier than Germans or Frenchmen.
London's present water sapply dates from
1906, when Sir Hugh Middleton undertook to
bring 'New river" into the city at his own ex-
pense. But his funds gave out and the work
was finished by James 1. The shares, worth
$500 originally, now sell at $4,000.
Italy has declared its seventeen universities
open to women. The like action has been TAX
en- by Switzerland, Norway, Sweden and Dem
mark. A ministerial order. has been issued in
Holland opening every university and gymna-
sium to women. France has opened the Sor-
bonne to women, and Russiaits highest schools
of medicine and surgery.
The Mays are of an cd Baltimore family.
The lady's father is dead, but she has mother
and two brothers. her father was brother of
the famous Col. Charles May, one Of the he
roes of the Mexican war. Her sister was one
of the survivors of the Mohawk disaster. Mr..
Frederick May, the attacking party. is "a years
old. and is employed In large down town dry
goods house.
The Rev. Stuart Robinson, who has just Sc
cured a verdict for $50, 900 damages against the
st. Louis Democrat, is well known Presbyte-
rian clergyman of Louisville, KY, of strong
Southern sympathes. The Dshocrat charged
that during the war he approved the infamous
proposition to import infected clothing from the
hospitals and lazar houses of the then plague
stricken West Iudies and scatter it through the
cities of the North, that pestilence might aid
| the rebel army.
violin, just bought BY Russian for $1,000,
has curious history. 1t was sold by its MAX
er, Stainer. to o certain count who promised in
exchange to pay $3.50, to furnish Stairer good
dinner as long as he lived, $50 the first of each
month, complete outfit once year, two bar
| rels of beer lis lodgings, fire, lights and, in
case that he married. as many hares as he re-
quired for his table, aud two baskets of fruitfo
himself, and two for his old nurse annually.
These conditions were fulfilled for IS years, un
| til Stainer died.
| The hard times have thrown several thousand
| Cinnamon out of employment in San francisco
and, tramp-like, they roam the streets in search
of garbage or anything to stay hunger. They
hang about the markets and slaughter houses
for stray scraps of meat, and every rat that can
be enticed out of his hole in the basement or
driven from the planking of the wharf Is
| prize which makes the almond eyes twinkle
The wheat scattered on the wharves in the load
ing of vessels is also carefully gathered up, and
nothing that will furnish the least bit OF nutri-
msnt is allowed to 90 to waste.