The Portland daily press., 1878-10-24
THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. "a.

view of the fact that the country was overrun
with these animals. The result 10 one county
is shown by the hage sackful of rabbit ears,
representing s68 rabbits, which now lie in
the Office of the County Commissioners, who
are at loss how to dispose of them.
The Manchester New Hampshire Union
heralds the coming OF better times in the fol-
lowing significant item: "There were upon
the pay rolls of the Amoskeag company in
September, 1875. 1925 hands; in September,
1877, 3,666 hands, increase for the year, $50.
Last year the dividends amounted to less than
per cent on the capital stock; this year to
more than 10 per cent.
While he is governor general of the dominion
of Canada the Marquis of Lorne will outrank
his wife-a privilege he is denied at home In
the procession at the grand opening of Albert
hall in London, the Prince and Princess of
Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh and the
Princess Louise came next after the queen,
while the Marquis of Lorne came far behind.
almost lost in crowd of royal attendants.
There is said to be terrestrial globe in the
Jesuite library of the Lyons Lgceum which is
one hundred and seventy years old, containing
In great detail the curious system of African
lakes and rivers which English and American
travellers have lately rediscovered. 1t is two
metres in diameter. and an inscription near
the north pole says that it was made in the
year 1701 by f. f. Bonaventure and Gregoire,
brothers of the Third Order of ST. Francis.
Mr.. Moody, the evangelist, will devote his
energies this fall to work in Baltimore; but as
there is no building there available for holding
large meetings, he will go from one church to
another, paying his attention to one church at
time. He hopes to get time for theological,
stuGy this winter He gave up his trip to the
continent with Sankey on account of the
necessity of speaking there through an
interpreter. Mr.. Moody says he was never
feeling better physically in his life than at the
present time.
The rumor has prevailed lately at Newport
that Ida Lewis, the American Grace Darling,
was engaged to be married to well-known
gentleman at present residing in that city,
foreigner and man of letters, but he declares
that there is no foundation for such a report.
Farther than this, Miss Lewis has been
married to an honest seafaring man named
Wilson, whose home is at Black Rock, Conn.,,
q.
1t is said that Wilson is hard-working,
honest, wel-conducted man, but Ida, for some
unexplained reason, refuses to live with him.
A Wisconsin church, finding that its finances
were in deplorable condition, recently
devised novel plan of raising the wind.
Horse-racing being by far the most popular
amusement in that section, the church COM
mittee advertised race, dozen nags were
entered, the people turned out en- masse and
the gase-money was sufficient to pour
notable contribution into the treasury. One
deacon, however, became angry because his
horse had been beaten by brother
deacon's mare, the PASTOR who acted as one of
the judges took sides with the latter, and the
quarrel spread until the pastor was requested
to resign and went sadly forth to seek new
fields of labor.