The Portland daily press., 1877-11-08
News and Other Items.

News and Other Items.
The Dubuque Times says that Mrs. Sallie L.
van Felt OF that city is a candidate for the en-
rolling clerksbip of the Ohio House of Repre-
sentatiVes, and that she served to acceptance in
that position few years ago.
Wm' Mckee, the whiskey thief, has got
hnal Judgment in his favor in the civil suit of
the government against him at St. Louis.
The banner Republican county in Iowa at
the late election was Emmet. There was not
single Prohibition or Graenback vote in the
county, and in two townships not single
Democratic vote. In another township there
was only one Democratic vote to sixty-two Re
publican votes.
The latest charge brought against William
Welsh of Philadelphia as United States Minis.
ter to England, is that the firm with which he
is connected owrs sugar plantation 10 Cuba,
upon which there are 13S slaves.
The prospects in the famine visited districts
of India are now so good that the governor of
Madras has telegrsphed the lord mayer of Lon
don that the Mansion House subscription for
the relief of the sufferers may be closed. The
subscription now amounts to 50 23O, ,0OO, and be-
sides that $4,000 has been raised at Manches-
ter for the same purpose.
All the American missionaries at Philippe
lis, European Tarkey, have fled to Copst antino-
pie for safety, except Mrs. Anna V. Mumford,
who remains to help take care of the tortured
and outraged Bulgarian women who are 10 the
English hospital thers. Mrs Mumford is the
| widow of Union colonel who fell in the war,
and since her husbands death she has been en-
| gagged in missionary work in Turkey.
In the Supreme Court at Washington, Mon
| day, decree was rendered in the case of the
| Union Pacific railroad vs.. Thomas j. Durant,
ex-presdent of the road, to recover certain
real estate in Omaha conveyed to him 10 trust
for the road, and not for his own use as he
claimed. The lower court sustained Durant.
but the Supreme Court, through Judge
| Swayne, decides in favor Of the road and
sharply rebukes Durant for his action In the
i matter.
The Australian mail to England by what is
known as the American route, via San Fran
CISCO rail to New York and steamer to Eng
land, has again beaten the time of the PENN
sula and Oriental, or British line, although
the latter line had a short start. The mail ar
rived at Queenstown last Friday ~ days quick
| er than any previons mail.
over 1000 persons have taken the Murphy
temperance pledge at Newburg, n j., within
the last two weeks. Daily meetings are held
10 the opera house and crowds ara unable to
| gain admittance
| The morning of the day Senator Morton died
his wife had private interview with him.
She asked him if he was aware of his condi-
ton and be told her he was. They then talked
upon re- igious topics for brief time, in the
| course Of which the Senator avowed his belief
| in the tenets of the Christian faith and ex-
pressed his acceptance of the idea and fact Of
| Redeemer.
The boa constructor at the New York aqua
| rum, which lately gave birth to fifty young
snakes, is said to have transferred its affec-
tons from its young to common land turtle,
which occupies the same apartment coiling its
body under and about the turtle and embracing
it In the most affectionats manner. In this DO
sition the snake often falls asleep. The turtle
| seems to accept the position with the utmost
| satisfaction.
The Khedive of Egypt has the first choice of
all the slaves that are still sold freely in his
| dominions, and has no preference for any par
ticular hue, from Circassian to Nubian. The
war has ruined the slave trade this year and
| $500 Circassians were sold at $500, and pretty
Somai girls for $50, at the great Tanta fair.
their owners preferring to realize upon them at
any price rather than hold them for fatare de-
| livery at possible advance.
The practicng physicians of Wheeling, w.
Va, have pledged themselves not to give testi-
mony as experts before the courts unless re-
| ceiving the same fee as charged private indi-
uidnal for professional advice.
| Petty stock exchanges are being opened
and doing large business in New York CITY
where men and boys are allowed to bet on mar.
gins OF i've dollars. The high toned Wall
street brokers call these gambling shops and
are trying to suppress them. This shows the
the difference between margin of SIS and one
of $1,000.
A paper chimney, about so feet high, has
been erected at Breslau. The material is rem
dered fire and water proof by chemical pre-
paration.
The railway between Toxic and Yokohama
isvery popular with the Japanese. On the
otner hand the Chinese are so superstitious
that they have stopped railroad which had
been IN operation in their country for O short
time.
The recent passage of the Cunard steamer
Russia from Liverpool to New York was ter
ribly stormy one, and lasted fourteen days.
Bad weather was first encountered 100 miles
from Liverpool. On the seventh day out the
vessel narrowly escaped laundering and the
wind blew SO fiereely that the passengers dared
not venture from their cabins, aud officers and
seamen co1ld not leave the shelter of the deck
houses. So severe was the storm that for sew
eral hours the vessel only made two miles an
hour, and both passengers and crew expected
to go to the bottom. On arriving ia port the
passengers presented e10O to Capt Cook for
his efficient care during the voyage.
Ore of the largest diamonds ever found In
the South African fields belongs to Miss Schrei-
ner, temperance preacher. 1t is said that
one of her brothers Juld not become Good
Templar on any consideration unles he found
rare big stone. Miss Schreiuer, finding all
ordinary means of converting him to Good
Templars' principles in vain, at last prayed
that he might find a large diamond. Soon af-
ter the monster gem was upearthed and the
brother who was partner in the claim proper
| ty, was as good as bis word. He became, and
still 10, a consistent Good Templar. Local
merchants have offered S1OO, 900 for the stone.
The Republicans of Shreveport, La, elected
their candidate for Mayor, Tuesday, after
very animated contest
Cap and Bells.
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