The Portland daily press., 1865-09-14
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! "a There is report that MORGAN Jones ran
resentins one of the New York lAistricts IN
congress, will resign so that Fernando wood
can be elected.
=. sf=Ehe Dr. Kane and Miss Fox story is. de.
MED in Philadelphia. If it is true. and she
gets her money it win be the best rap she. ever
made. AA'sA AtAAA AAErTTf 80 vt
Eszs- THE Southern Star" ia a. new daily
paper published in New Orleans by Edwin Z,
Jewell OF DIS 94GC1 SGT
eB3f@ Another tourist = Herr Honiner of
Dresden-and his guide, have lost their lives IN
attempting the ascent of the Ditlis Mountain in
the Alps ~ z5a aa rsns8 rs T
"a A correspondent Of the, Portsmouth
Chronicle says that Mr.. Elias Ansel STABLES 81
Eliot one day last week, rowed souII Of his
own making distance Of three miles n 10
miles out and back by measurement, in ii IL
minutes. s sol n salsd IS En-
% The Portsmouth Chronicle saws some Of
the farmers in that vicinity have been 80 busilv
engaged in fighting fire." for few DAYS past.
as to be unable to gather their vegetables for
market. 9 snA
The Arago, late New York pilot boat,
has been seized at Buffalo for smuggling goods
from Canada into the United States Z.
E While New York and the Eastern States
are distressed by drought, the region of the
upper Mississippi is remarkably well watered,
and the river is in fine nasigable order
BB A rumor that Bierstadt, the artist. and
Miss Kellogg, the singer, contemplate natri-
mony is contradicted. Madame Runor lis an
awful liar a.d #
"a ---Messrs. Trubner 8 Co., Of London. an
nounce Tor sale nearly two hundred different
American books on Military History ard Sci
ence. ,es- ssa .H..se4- .sff =
% Bartlett, the New Haven sculptor, has
three of his works on exhibition in that city.
They are the Connecticut GIRL bust Of
Prof Jonathan Knight, and another of Lowell
Mason. sci Fs4 sidaugs.F g
The Brooklyn Eagle says that the in
dignation of the democrats at the comments on
their convention in New York, calls to mind
the old darkey, walking along the streets. car
rying a small coffin to its destination for an
undertaken, and shouting to the boys, who
laughed at him, "Shutup, dar; Use a funeral, >
Ey- One of the South Carolina railroads
takes as fare specie, greenbaoks corn, bacon,
taiiow or lard. Tickets must be purchased be-
fore entering the cars, for notice warns the
passengers that ano produce will be taken BY
the conductors on the train aill.a A
va The Troy papers report that the cattle
disease has appeared in that part Of New
York. ri -. IL Nj
% Gen. Fremont, Col. Zagony, and another
gentleman, have taken out patent for expel-
ling sap that produces rot in wood, and inser-
ting sulphate of iron and other substances that
render it incorrupible. If the discovery is
what they believe 1t, it will be fortune to the
owners Of the patent The wood can be pre-
pared very cheaply, and will be used for rail-
road ties wharves, ship timber and various
other purposes .. n s3ss y,
I Vs. Returns from 146 towns in Vermont
fbeing more than three-ifths OF all of the
towns of the STATED show that thus far 1888 Re-
pubicans and eight Democrats have been cleo
ted to the Legislature. In these LAG towns,
four only give Democratic majorities for Gov
ernor, while in eight towns the Democratic
candidate did not poll a single VOTE
GB-The q. s. Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
viii meet in Baltimore next week. Judge
Kjngsbury, one Of the Representatives from
the Grand Lodge of this state, leaves his home
this morning to attend the session. I.