The Portland daily press., 1886-08-17
AN UNPROFITABLE VENTURE.
cleveland Leader
THE ONLY DRAWBACK.
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Samuel J. Tilden had $4,000 invested at
type, ETC., of the Louisville Courier-Jo Journal.
OF the men who launched the anti-slavery
movement in Boston, only Mr.. Sewall and
Oliver johnson, one of the twelve who
formed the first New England society in 1882,
are now living.
The Thirteen Club, of New York, COM
posed of gentlemen who do not believe in
the superstition that thirteen is an unlucky
number, held their ffty-ffth dinner last Fri
day. Gentlemen were present from similar
clubs in the West.
A third edition of 10000 copies of Gen. Lo-
gan's book has just been issued. A large
part of it is to be shipped directly to Cali
fornik as result of the Grandi Army meet
ing there. From present estimates the sale
will reach $4,000 copies.
1t is said that when the President told Tim
Campbell that he could not sign bill which
Tim had worked to get through Congress, on
account of its unconstitutionality the New
York member replied that he reverenced the
constitution, but he didn't think it ought to
be allowed to come between friends"
A movement has just been started in Gin
cinnati to remove the body of ex-President
William H. Harrison from the old vault at
North Bend, and place it in Spring Grove
cemetery. The consent of Senator Harrison
has been obtained and the removal will take
place in September, when the body of ex-
Governor Chase is brought to Spring Grove
The Rev. Moses A. Hopkins, Minister Res
ident and Consul-General from the United
States to Liberia, is dead He arrived with
his family at Monrovia ON December last,
and wrote hopefully of the prospects of the
republic Mr.. Hopkins was of unmixed At
rican blood, was born a slave forty years
ago, and was one of the most remarkable
men of his race.
The Tennessee campaign is novel, if not
unprecedented, in the fact that the two par
ties have nominated two brothers as their
candidates for governor. Tennessee is
State which the Republicans have for years
been hopeful of capturing, and as they came
within about 1000 votes of electing their
nominee for governor in 1884, they enter
the canvass of 1886 with great confidence.
A monument to the memory of the late
Postmaster General Fawcett of Great Brit
ain, has been unveiled on the Thames En-
bankment, London. 1t was erected by the
contributions of women, in remembrance of
his efforts in opening post office and tele-
graph appointments to their sex. He was
also leader in the cause OF the higher edu-
The Patriotic Union of Dungannon, Ire
land. will send deputation of Loyalist ora
tors to the United States and Canada to adj
dress public meetings throughout both
countries in the interest of the Irish epposi-
ton to home rule. The orators will leave
Ireland as soon as Parliament adjourns in
the fall, and among them will be Major T.. J.
Saunderson, Tory member OF Parliament 1or
North Armoph and Mr. RuSSall
The James Baillie Hamilton, of Worcester,
Mass, who has married Lady Evelyn Camp
is of noble lineage, being the son of Admiral
Hamilton, and the grandson of the Earl of
Haddington on his fathers side, and of the
Duke of Abercorn on his mothers. Lady
Hamilton will still rank as Dukes daugh-
ter above counteSSes and next to the wives
of dukes sons. The couple will appear in
the Gazette as Lady and Mr.. Baillie Hamll-
ton.
The objects for which an English candi-
date for Congress is required to expend
money are shown by the summary of Mr..
Gladstone's expenses for the last election in
Midlothian. AS shown by the sheriff's re-
turns, they were Returning officers ex-
penses, e7 lis; personal expenses, $40 los;
election agent, e63; clerks, Els los; printing,
advertising, stationery. postage and tele-
grams, EGO IS Cd; meeting and committee
rooms. e31 las cd; miscellaneous, EGO Us I'd;
total. e19l 3s Id, or some over nine hundred
dollars. This is small sum compared with
the three or four thousand dollars paid by
some candidates.