The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-09-09

OF board flying from a -circulayS
sawsat Erie, "a, few days since. sfrucl Iosorbl
Evans on the throat with such.force az - 49,
'ne wlndpipe and arteries Instantly. he snr-
Vived' gasping and bleeding, for son,a -,
utes. ...4-..-s-.- W soine mill
gB Hay is worth $175 per ton in norror
although receipts are much heavier thar thav
were last year. III 80" Snssy
"a One of our Contemporaries bo
ineh''ary nouce O. Or. Charles Maelxav the
correspondent of the London TINES who
posed through our city on his way to The Rrit-
ism North American provinces. Foroivenass i
christian virtue, yet we cannot at go 81.
ges that DR.. Mackay, as correspondent - ~
Times, was one of the most lnsc,,,
lgners and calumnators of our c.,,,a.,.,.-,
alu our cause mat even that infamous ;onrnal
employed. He was the more mex On sabla Ia
cause ne Turned his back upon al. earl;er a,,as
Detter deeds and writings to betrav the sso.ad
cause OF human progress and frAaao,., W.
trust our people will always treat ..-:.,
courtesy; put to load such apostates with COM
pnmen'ary words Is unworthy Of our mat ional
self-respect lions Advocate 4. - -0'''''
EB Special notice POSITIVELY no mora hod
jokes about waterfalls or the Atlantic -a,,,o
mitted to this column. Both the subiacts. ana
the public are exhausted Boston ADV
va The following toast was rec.ntlv nro-
nounced at a fireman's dinner, and was re-
celyed with great applause 1.-THE ladie their
eyes kindle the only flame against which +hora
is no insurance. .9,s i3' ! 1T
va Miss Tucker says it's with bachelors as
with old wood-it's hard to get them ,tarted
but when they do take flame thew burn nro-
digiously. si.es ,3 sd' . alsll1s
GB-"oh, mother" said very little child
"Mr. S. does love Lucy-he sits by her. he
whispers to her, and hehugs her." aWhy. Ed
ward, your aunt does not suffer that. doe
she 2" Suffer it no, mother = she loves
it." h s-,i1
DB on don't know anything about SCARE
crows. II you'd seen one that my uncle Ben
made once, you'd think SO too. Whve he made
one, and set it up in his cornfield. that nearly
frightened the feathers off every crow that
looked at it; and, by lingo, one crow that had
been pecking around the field for two OF three
Gays, after he had seen it, actually flew away
and brought back all the corn he had stolen"
Barnum's new theatre, connected with
his new museum, was opened to the public on
Wednesday last. Mr.. Barnum appeared be-
fore the curt in and made characteristic
speech. He thinks nature intended him for a
Snowman, that he is fitted to the grooves, that
though able to re ire at the age of fifty-ive, he
has resolved not to do so, Providence favoring,
until he shall have establishes museum that
will be a credit to the United States.
lu--- - =.
Il 10 Gen. Grant as clerk in a country store,
is said to have been obliged to make several
trials before he could do up bundle neatly.
He did up the rebellion the first time trying.
EBF- Mr.. III. r. Helper of the Impending
Crisis, made speech at Buenos Ayres on the
Fourth of July, in which he gave the names of
seventy three generals in the Union army be-
longing to Southern States. $50
GR The price of milk has been raised
penny quart in London on account of the
cattle disease 1t now sells for five pence
quart, which, about ten cents.
Va At the fall DO K sale in New York,
Thursday, prices were fully up to the standard
of previous sales. * s.s.l3iyisl' slair
BB Sir Frederick Bruce, British Minister
to the United States, was stopping at the Par
ker House, Boston, yesterday e2 ph
gB During the sickness of the late Gov.
Brough, eight regular surgical operations were
performedion him, besides the opening of three
carbuncles and twenty-fiv Assesses 1t is no
wonder that he died.
30 General Fisk, Assistant Commissioner
OF Freedmen's Affairs, reports to Gen. How
ard from North Alabama, that the Freedmen
are complaining Of loss of pay and other acts
Of injustice being done them. The Freedmen
subsisting on the Government numbered seven
thousand on July LIST, but now have been re-
duced to less than thousand, while the
white refugees in a similar condition have been
greatly reduced - la9zf