The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-03-21
News and Other Items,

Canada now has 600 oranges with 81 900
members.
The Wsstlche Post has dropped the name of
Carl Schurz as editor, though he retains his in
terest in the paper.
Lolita miss Crabtree) is said to be worth
more than 100000. and only last week she
sold $4,000 worth of propert, to John Jacob
Astor
At the station house in Waterbury, Ct, they
have welcome" motto over the entrance
to the cells, thus making it pleasant and home
like for the occupants.
Mr.. Cameron was hidden a very cordial
good bye by the Senators. Mr.. Gordon of
Georgia thanked him for his kindness, and in
return Mr.. Cameron asked Gordon to come and
see him.
Secretary Fish, on salary of SIS, 600 a year,
lived 10 house the rent of which was $4,000.
His total expenses were about $50 900 year,
which his large fortune made 1t ca sy for him
to sustain.
There are at present thirty six reigning
sovereigns in Christendom, from the Queen of
England, to whom 237, 900, 900 of human beings
owe their allegiance. to the Prince of Monaco
whom 6,74l subjects acknowledge as their
liege lord.
General Sherman says he did not recommend
Joe Johnston for Secretary Of War. He meIe-
ly declared as fundamental proposition that
Johnston was an accomplished aoldier and
fsulGess gentleman, and is astonished that
such a compliment should have been mIscon-
strued into recommendation for office.
Six OF Mrs. Hayes old girl classmates hap
pened to be living at Washington at the time
OF the Inauguration, and possessed their school
badges. They had the badge copied in buds
and blossoms and sent it to the Presidents
wife with their cards, and the next day Mrs
Hayes sent for Der old friends and held
society reunion in the White House parlors,
countryman who had never been on the
cars but once in his life jumped off a tram
which was going at the rate of 40 miles an hour,
near Nashville, the other night, supposIng that
the feat was a common one. The tram was
stopped and the conductor went back to find
the traveller lying at the foot of telegraph
pole, against which he had struck, aud suffer.
ing from number of broken bones. 1t is
thought however, that he will recover.
General and Mrs. Grant, 1T is said, will leave
Washington during the present week for a
visit to the West. Accompanied by their
youngest son, now IN college, they will sail FOE
Europe in May. They expect to be absent
from the country at least two years, and 1t is
General Grants desire to travel as any other
private citizen of the United States, without
public demonstration from the government
authorities of the countries he will visit.
Tine English holders of Egyptian bonds and
the contractors for canal work who cannot
squeeze money from the Egyptian treasury do
o of hat 81. IL
recently gave breakfast at which every lady
present drew from lottery magnificent ring
set with brillants that pigeon match was
held, the hrst prize for which was narghileh
set with precious stones, and the guests were
all given reserved boxes at the opera in the
evening.
A ten-year-old Detroit boy was seized with
the ambition to become chimney sweep. the
other day, and easily managed to slide down a
chimney terminating in "blind" fireplace.
But when be essayed to climb up in the tradi.
tional manDer BY the pressure of his knees and
back against the sides of the chimney the
trick failed to work. After bowling for help
for half an hour, his cries were traced to the
chimney and be was hauled up by a rope, more
dead than alive
Few cities in the South have recovered more
rapidly from the ravsges of the war than Rich
mond. The population has increased from 3d.
wv 10 1870 to $4,000 at the close of 1876 and
large number of houses have been erected
during the last few years to meet the demand
The trade lost by the rebellion ia returning. and
manufacturers are gradually resuming thar
former activity. The finances of the c;,n 49,
in so healthy condition that its per con,
bonds command 116, and the per cent bonds
sell almost st par value of 500.
The British public is beginning to feel alarm
at the tremendous rates of speed, in some cases
IS high as 20 miles an hour, which are common
on rome Of the great railway lines between
London and Liverpool and London and Edin-
burgh. Whenever accidents occur on these
lines they are almost invariably terrible fatal.
and the Iron, a railroad paper, declares that
there is something radically wrong in such a
system. The travelling public. however, com.
plair that the trains are too slow, and oeween
thetwo complaints the railway managers have
hard time of it,
man 10 Boston few nights ago was so
vexed by the music of a serenadlng cat that be-
got out of bed, carefully loaded an old bunder-
bus AID fired at the animal. a tremendous
explosion followed, and the shock almost
Knocked the man senseless On recovering his