The Portland daily press., 1877-06-07
News and Other Items,


Gov. Stone of Mississippi was wholesale
hquor dealer before he became governor.
The independence Beige speaks of ''Will
lam M. Tweed, fex.boss du ring de Tammany
Hail."
line Pacific coast is coming forward conspic-
uously in the canning business. 1t is estimated
that in Oregon alone there are 100000 cases OF
canned fish and 65O,0OO of canned fruit put up
annually. The business is constantly increas-
lug, and the incre ase for the present year, it is
said, will be so per cent over last year.
The New York board of health says that
Paris green cannot impregnate potatoes, which
are always washed clean before they are eaten,
but. that care should be takeu that the poison
is not carried by the wind to other plants, as it
would impregnate lettuce or other vegetables
which are eaten raw.
In the chamber of the Turkish Parliament
there are Mohammedans, Greeks, Unitarans,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Roman Catholics, Arme-
MAN Unitarians, Chaldean and Syriac Sectar.
ians, jews, Professionals Maronites and Druses
Among the deputies three days per week are
sacrificed as Sabbaths- by the NOLAN.
medans, Saturday by the Jews and Sunday by
the Others
Among White House visitors the other day,
was an old colored man of 81, with musty ere.
dentials ito all whom it may concern" saying
that he had been bitten by three different
snakes, shot four times in the breast, legs and
arms, and otherwise mutilated, all of which ht
wanted the President to consider in his petition
for some light sweeping" around the build.
ing.
Simeon Moon, the Clinton county, O., farmer
who has been for more than two months en-
gagged in an attempt to starve himself to death
accomplished his object last week and was
buried in the coffin that he had thoughtfulIy
provided some weeks in advance. Nothing
could dissuade him from his purpose, and it is
stated by his friends that for nine weeks he did
not swallow particle of food. He was in
comfortable circumstances and his family rela
tions were pleasant, and his purpose was the
result of insanity.
In spite of the counterblasts against it, to.
bacco seems to be growing more popular every
year. The manufacture of cigars in New York
city has become extensive, employing an army
of work-people and paying an annual revenue
of 100000. The tenement house plan has
been adopted by several manufacturers. They
lease house and sub-let it to poor families; to
each of these is given quantity Of tobacco on
Monday morning, which is returned on Satur.
day as cigars or cigarettes. Nearly all nation
alities, except Irish, are engaged in this indus
try. Americans are found in sparse numbers,
but Italians, Spaniards, Cubans and Chinese
abound.
AS illustrations of the drouth in Southern
California, leaving neither grass nor water fol-
animals, 10000 sheep were recently offered in
that section for five cents head, and in Kerr
county a man was offered $4,000 for pasturage
for 1000 cattle for three months. The Sar
Francisco Bulletin says: "There have beer
scores of instances in this state during the
present year, where owners of large herds Of
American cattle and hocks of sheep we'll grad
ed, were willing to give half of these herds ani
focks to any one who would carry them over
until the next season for grass should come. ,
These experiences are giving great impetus tt
the W ork of irrigation, and are also leading te
the rap i'd occupation of the marsh or tule
lands along by the rivers and around the in
terror lakes
Europe is now taking a surprising quantity
OF American fruit The purchases have
amounted to over So, SEQ 900 worth since last
June, instead of 100000 for the same period
the year before. Dried apples figure largely il
this movement. This country has exported
over l., 000, 900 pounds Of them since last June
instead of $4,000 pounds the previous year
This new addition to the trade of the United
States is due to invention, which has occupied
itself of late with improved methods of drying
and preserving for transporting fruit. The
greatest progress has been made in the way o.
dryers. Within year some notable inven
tons in this line have been perfected which arc
great acquisition to the resources of the coun-
try. The fruit-dryer bids fair hereafter to be-
as much of a necessity to every farming com
munity as the cider mill and the cheese fac
tory,