The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-31
N"-~s and Other Items.

- - Pope has founded
Aov Dlsnoprcs 10 Europe there are 5S5 pre-
lates; in America 70; in Africa IL in Asia 10;
and in Australia 81.
A family near Slaus hterville, KY. has been
driven from home by ratllesnakes, which have
taken up their quarters under the house. The
neighbors have rallied. and at last reports had
killed q, and were still On guard.
The state of Texas has just purchased 14OC
acres of land, with valuable buildings and i'm
provements. near Hampstead, for the State
University for colored youths The price paid
was $4,000. The intention is to combine the
state university with the agricultural and me-
chanical college.
A party of emigrants from PIttsburg to Ar
kansas are getting to their new homes in a.
cheap and novel manner. They have built
themselves large boat. on which they intend
to place all their household goods, and to float
by way of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to
the mouth of the White river, from which
point they have their boat towed up the river to
the lands in Arkansas upon which thew inte nd
to settle
A writer in the Medical World asserts that
nervous diseases are on the decrease. because of
higher and better mode of living, a more
bountiful use of nutritious food, and indul-
gence in recreation, the erdency to diminish
the increase ct families ard the declining in
finence of the terrors of dogmat,c tbeol
ogy.
Qaeen Victoria and the Princess Beatrice
nave been making lint at Balmoral for the
wounded of the Eastern war, and the occupa-
ton has, in fashionable circles, driven cut fam
cy work.
The Rev. John Allison was, fifteen years ago.
an eloquent and popular preacher of Oconomo-
woo, WIS, but, taking TO drinking, lost his
church, was deserted by his wife and refused
shelter by his son. Then he took to practcipg
law, but his career at the bar was stopped by
his love OF drink, and be became a drunken
tramp, without, home, occupation or ambition.
After sleeping out one wet night in the woods
after debaucb, be resolved to reform and
abandon liquor, and now he is preaching tenn
perance sermons in Oconomowoc
The San Francisco Bulletin says: "a glass
OF intoxicating drink bears a multitude of
names on ordinary days. But on election DAYS,
when the law enforces total abstinence new
names have to be manufactured by the gran
army OF the thirsty. On such days it has ordi-
narily been known as a coffee beam or a
Glove but even these names have now become
stale Yesterday a thirsty elector walked
along Market street, stopped in front of sa-
loon whose door was few inches siar, and
seeing some one peeping through the opening
he said: Say, friend, do you know where l
can get some legs for No. stove? Yes
was the prompt reply, right in here And
the door flew open wide enough for the thirsty
elector to slip inside he was seen tn emeroe
soon afterwards stroking bountifpl mons
tache.''
President MacMahon visited Gen. Grant on
Saturday and invited him to the opera. Vice
Admiral Pothuas, the Connt Depario and the
Duchess de Cszes also visited Gen. Grant on
Saturday. The following are ex President
Grants definite arrangements: He dimes Nov.
lst with Consul General Torbett, and on the
81 with President MacMahon. A grand ban.
quet will be given by American residents on
the 6tn, and an extraordinary performance of
Italian opera will be given in his honor IN the
Sth. AT the end of November Grant and his
family go TO Spain,and thence to Lisbon. They
will return to SaviIle and take the American
steamer at Malaga, conveying them them to
Gibralter and TaDgier, ard skirting the coast
of Barbary. Disseminating at Alexandria,
Grant will stay some days in Egypt and return
by way of Malta TO Italy, where be will remain
some time.