The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1864-11-09
ORIGINAL AND SELECTED.


R The Union sentiment in Texas is incress-
ing.
RCounterfsit tens on the Fairfield Co. Bank,
Norwalk, Ct, are in circulation Il ~ ~
- Mr.. Hiram Low has recently established
Piano Forte Mandatory atSanford.
"a Three young girls, about fourteen years
of age, were recently seen staggering through
the streets of Toronto 1890.
EE-A man whose name is supposed to have
been Martin Laury, fell in street in Boston, on
Sunday last, and almost instantly expired
- The streets Of st. Joseph, No., the Her.
aid says, are filed with women with cigars in
their mouths.
,.R The Portsmouth Chronicle says monu-
ment to the Kittery soldiers is to be erected in
the new cemetery near the Navy Yard
81 A man was knocked down and robbed
in street in Manchester, N. H., on Friday eve
ming. .W032GYE
q Revenue stamps are not required on any
documents used in collecting pensions, bounty
or back pay Of soldiers.
81 Prof Geldwin Smith presented the check
which be received for his Fraternity lecture, to
the managers of the Sailors Fair. = syf
q The Offices of the Globe and Telegraph,
St. John, N. B., were destroyed by fire on Sun
day. s'.,.'.s {. IA
~ Henry Ward Beecher will lecture before
the Mercantile Library Association, Boston, on
Wednesday evening Of next week 1
V The communication from SO. C. Co.
New York, came to hand too late to be used be-
fore election. 81 9HfF kfDWtlfIr4
e Seventeen bears were killed in q recent
hunting match near Princeton, Washington
county.
e. II yon want to have aman your friend,
never incur the i'll will of his wife. Public opin-
ion in great measure depends on the average
prejudices of womankind. 2 - 80 res3a Hr 4
HThere are now three female American
sculptors, to wit: Miss Hosmer, Miss Stebbins,
and a Mrs. freeman, now in Italy, who is just
becoming known to fame.
q thief who broke out Of jail in Ohio the
other day. being captured, told the Sheriff that
he might have escaped, but he had conscientious
scruples about travelling on Sunday. 'lssss.o
81 Several boys between 10 and12 years Of
age have been detected in attempting to, obtain
letters from the Post Office in Lewiston for the
purpose Of obtaining money from them. adi 70
W Mr.. John Reed, "a eompositar in the office
of the Boston Post, had his arm severely frac-
tured on Sunday evening, by falling under a
horse car, sliseqeo
saEyr tits said that upwards of nine hundred
women are going out to India to be employed
on various telegraphic lines Of communica-
| ton. s@ sH@NSs
/ ~ The Lord Mayor and City Chamberlains
Of London have promised to take part in a
meeting of the National Temperance League
about to be held there. bgA
| ~ Claims for compensation will be presented
to the government by the shareholders Of Mary
land whose sleeves bsye been emancipated by the
new constitution.
~ The depot master ct Rochester, D. H.
was robbed, on Wednesday evening Of last week
while on his way from Comic village to tina
town, Of s57l and his watch q ~so42 no
81 Martin Daley cell from staging in Man
chester, N. H., on Friday, and Yves fatally injur
ed. Two other workmen fell from the staging
ut the same time, but escaped serious injury.
V Mr.. Ten. Brock, the American horse
jockey of England, is about to retire from tn
turf His horses ara advertised for salem on,
lot.
ETA boy, four years Of age, son Of Mr.. Jas
Flood, of Nantucket, Mass, was burned to dealt
on Thursday last. by his clothes taking frewhil
engaged in parching corn.
81 We understand that Chaplain Knox, 0
the Maine 10Th. was killed few days since b.
being thrown from his horse. Welearu no fur
| Their particularly Lewiston Journal.
~ Josiah Little, ESQ.,, of Newburyport
gave $500 for the Lewiston Falls Academy fund
and $500 for the purchase of chemical appara
tus. es nhe .e,''i- ft2ias.tA
L U - Permission has been given to sgentlsmel
interested in the Sailors Fair, at Boston, to oc
cupy space on the common, embracing por
ton Of the pond, for the exhibition of model
eight feet long, of a monitor.
4 E5-Welearn from the Saco Democrat that
fine house in Alfred, owned and occupied b,
: John L. Grant, ESQ.,. was totally destroyed b.
fire last Saturday afternoon. The loss is estima
ted at $500, 9 part Of which 10 covered by in
surance.
n sEB- The aggregate amount of cottonn oW d
the way to England from the East Indies is M
less than 22i 1854 bales All these vessels are a
sea. and their arrival at Liverpool atsdifferen
periods will keep the cotton mills in operation
for considerable part Of the coming winter
The new. fields seem to be doing weli.--l----
81 Lieut.. VIM. B. Cushing, the young naya
hero, who blew up the rebel ram Albemarle
and who has beeB the leader in many romanti
and brilliant exploits, is only twenty-five year
of age, and entered the navy whea he vas abeu
fourteen. TT
V Commodore Rogers, q. S. n, has writ
ten a letter, proposing that every soldier ii
the Army Of the Potomac, the James. and tn
Shenandoah, also every vessel of the blockadin
fleet on the coast shall be provided with
thanksgiving dinner. This is an exeellent sn o
gestion. sss'aa 20 szsao
|, Rr The Tallahassee was feportedsfin NOR
places during one day last week, than she coul
have occupied without increased power of loco
motion. The report of her being in Delawar
bay originated from salute fired by Fort Del
aware on the sriyal Of the q. s. ,gunboas Ga
lena.
l., " According to the report Of the Board Of
Education for Freedmen in Louisiana. there ar
already IS schools in New Orleans and adiacen
parishes, having over 5000 pupils This repor
/ says the children evince . quickness Of appre
hension and a general capacity for ACQUIRING
knowledge that is surprising. ge "a,
81 7. B. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia
have in press and win issue on Saturday. Nov
i 10th. new book, entitled oswald Cray b,
Mrs. Henry Wood. twill be published by then
some months in advance of its issue in England
and as it is said to be superior any of her for
mer works, it viii no doubt command q very
large sale. ass ea.,s fsssi.5 + 49, q
- A copy Of a rebel song. comprising te,
or fifteen verses, was picked up in deserted
camp Of Forests Cavalry, by one of the Fed
eral pursuing party after their late attack on
Memphis. The gist of the whole is contained in
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