The Portland daily press., 1877-11-09
News and Other Items.

News and Other Items.
The shipment from America of large lot of
American salmon eggs for distribution in PIus-
sis, Holland and Germany was crowned with
success
Miss Harriet Hosmer, the sculptor, has
musical cousin, Miss Alice Hosmer, who has
Just been giving grand concert in Washing
top.
Mile. Titiens left $4,000 to her sister, Mrs.
Croix, with the reversion to her two nieces, one
Ut whom is married.
Mr.. VOORHEES,, the new Senator from Indiana,
has yellow hair and heavy red moustache and
imperial. he has rosy face and large body
mora than six feet high, which has given him
the title Of the "Tall Sycamore of the Wa
bash"
A Madrid paper states that titled lady OF
that city is collecting photographs of the pref
test women she can find, to be sent to the Paris
Exhibition of 1873 as specimens of Spanish
beauty.
AT recent sale of autographs in New York
great men seemed at discount. Gen. Grant
only brought $.1.40, Frederick the Great 81,
Bismarck fifty cents more, the Empress JOS
ephine $40, while Benedict Arnold ran ahead
of all competitors, and was exchanged for $22.-
90.
Mr.. John Habberton has been lecturing in
Chicago with but small success, as the news
papers of that town report. His subject was
THE Small Boy" treated altogether humor-
GUS way. The Chicago Tribune says: "His
audience sat in solemn silence while Mr.. Hab-
berton read his article, and not even the know
ledge that this was the author of 'Helen's Ba-
bies' that was talking to them could produce a
smile or thump of applause. Mr.. Habberton
is very poor reader"
The temperance party in England have sus-
tanned heavy loss by the death Of Major-Ger-
eral Eardley Wilmot. Fifteen years he was
one of the foremost British officers in sanction
ing the temperance movement in the army, land
in order to influence his men he himself be-
came q total abstinence man.
Wong Ching Foo the Chineee who started to
show the Americans how much better Bud
dhism is. than Christianity, is identified by
Chinese papers as Wong Sal Kee, formerly of
Shanghai, renegade, bigamist, and conf
dence man. And yet he is only 26.
The managers of an entertainment course at
St Paul, have devised method fer drawing
seats which is a great improvement on the
4irst-come 6rst-served system The names Of
those wishing seats are put into revolving
wheel, which throws them out at random, thus
deciding the order of choice, and the plan is
said to work like charm.
The much talked of Yellowstone division of
the Northern Pacific Railroad, 205 miles long,
seems actually to have been started. Prepare
tions are in progress for an early spring cam
paign along the whole route, and sq1atters are
already building shantes along the liue and
laying out paper shanties.
Billy Pastor, the minstrel, who died a few
days ago, was the latest possessor of the ia
NOUS emerald, known as 'the gravestone, .
which superstitons actors believe causes the
death Of every enc who wears it. 1t is certain
ly curious circumstance that every recent
owner of this handsome stone has died soon af-
ter coming into possession Of it.
The United States minister at the Hague
says there has not been bank failure in Hol-
land for the last forty years, while there is no
such thing on record as the failure of fire in
surance company. The railroads grant no free
passes, and pilfering officials are scarcely ever
heard Of Dishonesty of any kind or failure in
business means public dishoner. Four nail
lions of people live within an area of 10000
square miles, fact unprecedented in any other
country, and all appear to be prosperous and
happy.
The late Senator Morton was at one time one
of the most striking of our public men. OF
large frame, with flesh enough to fill it out
symmetricaly, with broad shoulders, long and
large arms, a deep chest and massive head
he had all the physical advantages which SO
greatly help the orator who would influence a
popular audience, and even when leaning on
the crutches which were necessary to him OF
late years, he made upon his hearers the i'm.
preston that he was man of unusual vitality
and of uncommon physical strength and en-
ergy.
A decision of much interest to the gambling
fraternity has just been made in New York A
stranger was enticed into a gambling Cen in
that city and f1eeced, and the district attorney.
finding by experience that conviction on the
charge of swindling was almost impossible, in.
dicted the man for larceny. 1t was contended
that there could be no larceny in the case, as
the victim gave up his money voluntarily; but
the judge charged for conviction, and the jury
brought in verdict of guilty. The case was
promptly taken to the court of appeals, which
has now confirmed the decision of the lower
court.
Missouri CHANGERS have sent to Washington
to the committee on banking and currency a
petition measuring 127 feet in length and con-
tanning 5,573 names. The memorialists ask for
financial system independent of a metallic
basis They insist that the whole theory of
specie resumption is unphilosophical and un-
sound; that values being relative. the only
thing which can be said to standard of value
Is necessity, the mean relation of all commodi-
ties; that money is simply creature of law, an
instrument of commerce, stand ard of pay
msnt. They claim that those who hold the
real collaterals, as improved forms, must have
the privilege of borrowing money from the pub
lie treasury on equal terms with those who hold
bonds.