The Portland daily press., 1865-03-29
ORIGINAL AVID SELECTED.

90 The Kennebec river is clear of ice.
- Fast day in New Hampshire is appointed
for Thursday, April 18th.
81 The Columbia river is said to be the best
salmon river in the world.
B The inquiry is raised whether, on losing
one OF his wives, Brigham Young can be con-
sldered wldower, and if so to what extent.
RH. ", Taft was recently chosen town
clerkof Sunderland, Franklin County, Mass,
for the fftieth time.
'--- % The overland stages are running from
Acthison, Kansss. The Indians don't trouble
them now that the snow is gone
ETA New York butcher has been fined 81 800
for running his horse and cartoyer little boy
in the street. =ho 531e 1o51u
81 The argus talks about eoffice-seeking
vuttures" swarmiDg to Washington. There were
no vultures there we presume when democratic
saints reigned II Whig. 'AH
% The Bangor Whiqreports that Charles A.
Turner Of Monroe, aged II years, was washed.
overheard and drowned from brig Robin of
Frankfort, Dec. 22d. ~ .s ss9 y ! 1o9- -5g
90 The Utica, N. Y, Female Seminary was
destroyed by fire yesterday morning All the
inmates, one hundred in number, escaped. Loss
heavy. gr7gls "a III al y
HMore than thirty patents were issued in
the last six months of 1864 for inventions rela-
ting to petroleum. So petroleum is alubricator
of inventive genius.
u During 1864 the imports at Honolulu in
creased SO per cent, and the exports 60 per
cent The development of the sugar trade has
caused the increase in trade. baes sssssi
8rThe Sherbrooke Gazette, L. c., comes to
US in a new dress and looks neat as a pin. The
Gazette is good paper and always well filled
with interesting matter. .ssstmyl al se tssH Z
EE-We are indebted to ensign Fred. ]. Locke,
U. 8. N, of this city, now on Admiral Dahl
green's staff, for late files of the Charleston
papers.
RThe city authorities of Philadelphia, hav-
ing found that the squirrels drove the birds out
of the parks by plundering their nests, have de-
cided to get rid of the squirrels.
RAt public meeting held in Toronto, by
requisition of the Mayor, it was resolved that
traders and others should continue to take
American silver at par.
EThe fortieth year of the pastorate of the
Rev. Nathaniel Bouton, D. D., of Concord, N.
H., expired on Thursday lasr, and was duly OBJ
served by his Pensioners and friends.
B"Jo King is received, but we have no
cut of the electrical hand" which he has sent
us. and know of no process by which we can
''transfer" it to our columns.
BAt st. Charles, Mo-, recently, an English
traveller was drugged and robbed of $500 in
gold and watch valued at $500 by a friendly
individual who cultivated him at St. Louis.
u A Frenchman cannot pronounce ssship."
The word sounds sheep in his mouth. Seeing
an iron-clad, he said to boy, SIS this war
sheep n ''No, = answered the boy, Sits q
ram" am fffaW
IA man in New York has had to pay 1915
for slapping another man in the face with a
pair of boots which had been removed from o
vacant seat in ferry boat and placed upon the
floor. sase9,s -r1sJds asass bo. s. ssaL
90 Philadelphia still turns colored men, SOL
diers at that, out of her street car; and her
rowdies beat inoffensive negroes in the street.
The city of 'Brotherly Love- with ven
geance.
The person who is in the habit of stealing
the Press from the door of one of our subscribers
in Free street, is informed that he is known. and
is requested to desist from the practice or fur
Their steps will be TAKEN al
V0f population of IS 900 in Desert City,
Utah, there are about 600 ss6entles," Il. e. per-
sons not Mormons) and these people had public
religious services for the first time on Sunday,
January %. ls 4is eoa5s
IA man in Boston had the curiosity re-
Gently to note the names of IS of the gold spec
...lsts.s, .. certain board, and on referring to
the tax list he found two OF them assessea-...,
on $40 and the other on $3.50 income.
81 Mr.. John Dorr. of Cherryfeld, has six
sons and two grandsons in the Union army. A
seventh son offered to enlist but was rejected by
a recruiting officer on account of having lost
the two fingers of his right hand.
gA lady whose girls were all misshapen
consulted the celebrated anatomist and lecturer,
DR.. Hebbard, on a prevention. "Loose dresses
and plenty of air, just like the boys was the
excellent reply of this gentleman. q
H Collector Draper of New York, who ar
rived at home on Saturday, describes Savannah
as being very quiet, and the population sparse.
The families of nearly hundred rebel army
officers still reside there. There are about 5000
colored troops in and around Savannah.
BSome of the extremely delicate copper
heads think it outrageous that Senators and
their ladies should have gone down to Charles
ton on pleasure trip. They object to having
their southern friends so Inundated as to be
looked upon in their extremity.
EFT is supposed the great gudgeon at the
North Pole is kept creased with petroleum. A
Philadelphia writer says sit is vegetable oil,
which is produced in the Pacific Ocean by the
decomposition of sea plants; and mixed with
salt water, it pervades the open Polar Sea,
discovered by DR.. Kane. and prevents it from
freezing" .la8 r
~ Captain Fox, Assistant Secretary of the
Navy, and wife, John G.. Nicolay, the Presi-
dents private secretary, ]. NJ. Forbes of Boston,
and daughter, and others left Washington yes
terday, for Charleston and Savannah. The
trip is one of business on the part of Captain
Fox, and of recreation on the part of the other
members of the party.
81 The Danville (Vt) Star says the sugar
making season is fully inaugurated, the weather
being very favorable far the flow of sap. 1t is
expected the yield will be very large The La
COMA Democrat says ''twice as large as COM
mon." Other accounts say the spring came on
SO suddenly as to give promise of very short
and unproliic season.
49, - The gentleman who has written us from
Plymouth in relation to the manifestations
of the sboy medium is informed that nothing
commendatory could have been copied from the
Press into the paper he names, for the reason
that the Press has contained nothing of the