The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-06-18
Gleanings from the Mails.

1t is estimated that the population of Kansas
will be increased by 600 this year, and there
is a similar influx of settlers into other Wes-
tern and Southwestern States.
The will of William Lloyd Garrison, after
giving $500 to each of his grandchildren, be-
queaths the remainder of his property to his
five children, to be equally divided.
The Empress of Japan interests herself in
silk raising, has established q silk manufac-
tory within the precincts of the imperial pal
ace, and has secured the cooperation of many
distinguished ladies.
1t is now proposed to introduce American
grain elevators into use in the port of Havre, a
committee composed largely of American resi-
dents in France having been recently formed
for this purpose.
The cotton mills in the vicinity of Montreal
are to employ large increased force of hands
and an agent is now in Lancashire seeking
workmen and women to be sent to Canada at
the expense of the manufacturing companies.
Lord Roseberry, on hearing of Baron Lionel
Rothschild's sudden death, withdrew all his
horses from their Manchester engagements ex-
cept Visconti, which he permitted to run for
the cup because the animal had been freely
backed by the public.
A characteristic reply is attributed to Prince
de Bismarck when Prince Alexander Batten-
berg asked his advice whether he should ac-
cept the Crown of Bulgaria. "Don't hesitate
about this; in any case it will be one of the
agreeable "reminiscences of your life.'
Talmage has received, according to the New
York Heralds dispatches, Zone of the most
tremendous ovations ever paid to an American
minister in London" An enormous congre-
cation assembled at the Islington Presbyterian
church. Colebrooke road, to hear him, and the
streets were blocked by an enthusiastic multi
tude.
The police of Chicago had occasion to make
raid upon the Office of "ticket scalper'' in
that city recently, and among the stock dis
covered were passes and thousand mile tick
cts to the value of nearly $500, which had
cen granted by railroad companies to various
individuals, and by them disposed of for "a
money consideration.
Moody's most remarkable convert at Balti-
more last winter was Prof. Reider, Jewish
rabbi, who has now entered the Protestant
Methodist ministry. Prof. Reider was station
ed at Chicago at the tme but during visit to
Baltimore attended one of Moody's meetings
and became an earnest believer in Christianity.
The convert will shortly give a series O. lee
lures before the Baltimore ministry explaining
how and why he became Christian
The recent international meteorological con-
gress at Rome paid the United States weather
bureau high compliment, particularly as to
the simultaneous observations and the daily
and monthly review and the charts recon-
mending that similar reviews be published in
Europe. 1t also spoke, in its report, of the
stations on Mt. Washington and Pixies peak
(the latter the highest on the earth) and urged
that even more observations than are now at
tempted be taken at those points.
The ceremony of unwilling the memorial to
Bayard Taylor. presented to Cornell Universe
ty by the graduating class took place Monday.
The presentation speech was made by Edmund
J. Moffat of the Senior class, and was re-
markably fine eulogy on the deceased poet and
traveller. The memorial was then unveiled
and was accepted in fitting terms by Judge
Douglass Boardman on behalf of the trustees
of the university. Prayer by the Rev. DIR.
Manning of the Old South church, Boston,
concluded the services. The memorial con-
sists of fine gray marble slab the upper half
of which is fitted with an accurate medallion
likeness of the famous poet, while the lower
half contains the following inscription
Lecturer on German Literature" together
with the dates of birth and death.