The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-09-24
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.

g Professor Park Of Andover, has arrived |
home, invigorated by his years absence.
RWhat part of speech is a kiss !? A con-
junction And what form ? A lip-tickle
EIf a young woman hopes ever to have the !
honor of giving the mitten, she must learn to
knit.
"Did you pull my nose in earnest, srf'
Certainly, did, sir" "Itis well you did, for
don't take joke in that way
R-A man in England recently stated that his
wife had consumed one hundred pounds of opium
since they had been married.
FLt. Col. Luce, of Auburn, late of the 23d
Me- regiment. has been appointed Provost Mar
shall of the second district.
- Horace Beals, Esq, proprietor of the
Togus House, Chelsea, died on Thursday morn
ing.
RGove, abe murderer Of Smith, is to have
his trial at the Supreme Court now being held
at Houlton.
- The Grand Trunk road is being thorough
ly repaired, and is said to be in better condi-
ton than for years. sqR
The patriotic town Of Sumner has 6lledits
quota, under every call of the President, with
citizens of the town.
- The Company of State Guards atNorway,
Capt. 5. Cobb, Jr., fred salute Wednesday
evening, in honor of Sheridan's victory.
R-In one of lot of old army canteens re
Gently purchased by hardware speculator in
Memphis, was found, the other day, roll of
Treasury notes amounting to $4,000.
e Gen. Hood, just yamoosed from Atlanta,
is to marry the daughter of VIM. Preston, of
Kentucky, the rebel minister to the new Govern
ment in Mexico.
q Alphe.s R. Eaton of Denmark, whose
trial for forgery has been assigned for Monday,
has been drafted and ordered to report at Lew
iston. SO
FHon. B. F. Wade of Ohio. delivered Lin
coin speech at Meadville, Penn, on the 18th
He gave a scathing exposure of the Copperhead
policy, platform and ticket. malbaa
R-The body of man named Thomas w.
| Armstrong, who belonged, as he had stated, in
Boston, was found dead in Elm street, Man.
chester, N. H., on Wednesday night.
EThe cornerstone of a new Masonic Temple
in Boston is to be laid on the 14th OF October 1t
is estimated that the occasion will draw together
$4,000 or 10000 masons.
81 There is q report that large and swift
steamer is afoat, commanded by Semmes, and
carrying forty guns and manned by three hun
! dred men.
R The Union men of Jersey City are to have
first class daily evening paper, to be called
the "Times.'' The first number was issued We'd
nesday afternoon.
81 Among the drafted men of Bridgtou is
Mr.. Charles Bennett, graduate of Bowdoin
College, and Principal of Brunswick Grammar
School
e F. L. Carney, Esq, of Newcastle, has
now on the stocks and nearly finished, a bark Of
600 tons, all oak frame; also in the same yard 0
brig of about $50 tons burthen.
~ Lieut.. F. H. Dickerson, Belfast, now al
home on sick leave, has been assigned command
on Lieut.. Gen. Grants personal escort, at thu
headquarters of the army of the Potomac.
- Democratic orator says General McClel.
Ian will be Overwhelmingly triumphant Tc
the hero of the Peninsula this will certainly b.
new sensation.
80 Last Saturday there was horse trot at the
Fair Grounds in Topsham. A large crowd was
present. ''Lady Ste ckbridge'' won the frs
prize of $40; time, ass. 'sUucle Joe'' of Lew.
iston, won the second prize, $40.
81 Rev. Charles Miller, of Skowhegan, q
B ,ptist clergyman, over 10 years of age, rodt
twenty-four miles in an open wagon, through q
drenching rain, on the 18th inst, to deposit hi
vote for the Union.
- The N. Y. Express says the Printers
Union, by their last strike, will bring 2,O0s
women into the trade within year, and half al
many apprentices. Much of the printing labol
4 in she s..-..t-y 10 now performed by women.
EThe New York World says the Printers
Union in that city has been practically disbanded
it having been resolved to permit each printer
to make his own bargain with his employer, il
the natural way, without interference.
y The Labor Reform Association of Boston
has made arrangements to supply coal to tn,
members of the association at $l3 so per ton
and to citizens generally at trihing advance OF
this rate. Quality and weight are guaranteed.
~ The Surgeon General has ordered tina
sick and wounded soldiers of States holding
elections in October shall be granted furlough
from the lst to the 18th of that month, to enabl,
them to vote.
. Br"They'r re always giving things diferen
designations from what they used to have
said Mrs. Darlington to Ike. SIN my opinion
what they call the new ralgia is catamount tt
old rheumatic"
YA down-east debating society is discussing
the question: (which makes the best citizen
the colored patriot, who cheerfully fights for tn
flag, or the white copperhead, who will neithe
fight himself nor consent for negro to fgh
or him Pr
~ A negro deserted from Atlanta to ou
lines under the following justi6able circumstan
ces, as related by himself "Mr. Hood was burn
in up his ammunition and his cars; the millisf
was swearin', the buns was fyin', and he
thought it was time to leave"
gSuch arrang emcnts have been made t.
complete the work, that it is hoped the Inter
national Telegraph line may be in successful
working order, between London, New York
San Francisco, and St. Petersburg, by the middl,
of 1866.
GTThe Union campaign is progressing fnel!
in Ohio. Large meetings are being held every
where which rival those of last year in enthu
siasm. Governor Brough, Senator Sherman
Generals Schenck and Garfield, and others, ar,
hard at work.
R-When Gen. Hooker appeared on Wall St.,
New York, the other day, large crowd imme
diately gathered, to force him to make speech
The General. however, took refuge in the Banl
of America, whence he escaped the cheers of tn,
throng by making his exit at private door.
VJust step in to the Board of Underwriters
at its next session, and ask it, atany time during
the two years of McClellan's military career, il
was not possible to have got his life insured fol
less premium than that on the life of farmer
in hay field IN. Y Tribune slaa
R-The people of Western Illinois, emulating
the noble examples of other parts of the loyal
states, propose to hold Sanitary Fair at Quincy.
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