The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-09-30
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BR Hydrophobia is prevailing to an alarm
ing extentin Indianapolis. The Journal says
about twenty persons have been bitten by mad
dogs within few days.. "A number of cases
Lave proved fatal. G8A 48sN 34sS
BB-Two New York companies have recent
ly purchased lead mines in Missouri. The
Lamothei is S45o,OOo A smaller mine sold for
$4,000. 4s44 .t94s, f4Itst baA k-sA =
BB-A New York policeman was taken sud-
denly i'll in the street Tuesday morning, and
while STOPPING his revolver accidentally fell to
the sidewalk and exploded, the ball entering
the forehead of the officer and killing him in
few minutes.
BB-At the Illinois State Fair at Chicago,
representatives Of two rival artificial leg estab-
lishments had walking match. The victor
made his mile in nineteen minutes
BB- It is reported that General Ortega, who
win be the Constitutional successor of Presi-
dent Juarez in few months, has succeeded in
effecting very large loan for the republican
government in Mexico, based on the security Of
confscated property " ~ u.
EB The Portland Argus has an editorial
asking, rWhat is the effect of Religious Or
ganizations ?" The happy effect . in this
country within the. last four years has been to
very largely aid in burying the copperhead
party [Biddeford Union. e
WBeniamin M. Farley, recently the Pres
ident of the New Hampshire bar, and for near
ly half century one of the most distinguished
members Of the legal profession in that State,
died at Nashua, on the 10th inst.
BB Pendleton the Virginia loyalist running
for Congress, calls Thaddeus Stevens she'll
cat" From which the Tribune infers that Pen
dleton has been pardoned. ''sN NJ 1sH
The London Times is trying to @hrak
! back" 1t. now insists that Waddell of the
Shenandoah shall be captured and treated as
pirate. Who put Waddell in power, and gave
him a ship and all the means of piracy -xg
~A Philadelphia paper tells a pleasing
story of a dealer in butter in the Girard Ave
nue. market, who disguised everybody by de-
manding one dollar pound for his lump but
ter. A lady. offered to. give him ninety-fve
cents, but the dealer refused, and while the lady
was talking with him, the clerk of the market
came up and commenced to examine the Jumps
offered for sale. Each lump was weighed with
great precision, and to the number of forty.
were found to be nnder weight A more de-
lighted crowd was never seen than when the
clerk marched off with the entire lot in his
basket. hasf X staga'& ssc2k oN
% Hon. 7. e. Chambliss, who wishes to
represent Virginia in the next Congress, says !:
The great primary cause of the late war can
be traced to the infdel principles of Mr..
Thomas Jefferson"
i w There is in New York club plumber
ing thirty members, devoted to the game COM
monty known as "checzers" The club is two
years old, has well7appointed rooms, and meets
for play every evening" biA6 4t1 y
BB A contemporary is puzzled by myste-
rious advertisement Of Wanted, two good
Liquor men, two Coal Burners, and one Blow
up man. The advertiser is the proprietor of
sugaf refinery. ar ss.ds - IIsor
The New Orleans Picayune SAYS Gen.
Beauregard lis now sedate, quiet citizen and
civilian in his native city, who has no idea of
leaving his country, and will remain here to
meet all the responsibilities and discharge all
the duties Of citizen -eeg7
go In the case Of Captain Anderson, of the
ship Viilafranca, who has been underexamina-
ton before United States Commissioner Os-
born for several days on charge of ill-treating
and starving his passengers, q decision was rem
dered on Tuesday. The Commissioner held the
captain in the sum of $1,000 bail to await the
action of the Grand Jury.
d BS Commodore Vanderbilt Is said to be the
] best euchre playerin New York. "a M