The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-09-01
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ORIGINAL AND snI,nn1Rn

course, be deposited upon this network ,-b;ot,
can be easily removed, and from which The
.crustean be easily detached.
6Y Gen. Fremont, at the head of a co,,,ra-
ny OF eastern capitalists is about to ~,
the business Of manufacturing railroad iron
The company has purchased extensive tracts
OF mineral land in Missouri
BS- Dean Richmond knows WHARF 64,oo.ol,
for his old political friends. While in R,eala
the other day he directed the retluction of no
ges on the New York Central, of Which III l.
President. This caused strikes An oxa,r,o~-
ated oommitte Of strikers telegraphed to him
that they would not vote the Democratic ticket
next fall if they did not get their forn,e, NOV,
A reply came back more forcible than elegant.
THE Democratic party has gone to IN and
you may go there too y,ea s....gs
vs. Horace Mann, the son and namesake of
the late President Of Antioch College. has IN #
returned from scientific, exploration Of aicT-
teen months in the Sandwich Islands and cai-
ifornia. ADMINISTRATIONS were ennti,,ad 49,
y to the interesting botanical speculiaritias Of
those countries 49, ikW N
The Cleveland Herald saws t,,o,o Do;
dent Jehnson's plan throws to the rebe, s.tatas
arope with which they can make their choice
tie up to the Union, or hang themselves sf I
The statue of Jefferson, executed in
marble by the late Virginia artist, Alexander
Gait, Of Norfolk, now lies in the University Of
Virginia boxed up just as it came from En-
hrope. - 49,, ~ e sssR ~
BB~ 1t has been chemically ascertainedr that
the paper Of books printed in the sixteenth cam
fury contains particles of copper and even of
gold. This may be explained by the fact that
tne STUN employed in those days for the manu-
iacture of paper often contained. metallic
threads, as it was the fashion then to wear a
good deal of brocade a q gaesa 'vA Z
va The usesof the term horsepower lis
very common, yet few, except good mechanics
and engineers, attach a definite meaning to it.
1t means the power required to lift $s 600
pounds ayoirdupois, one foot high in one min
ute. ne CARA a3Sgs iehfafsI aDas 20 ,lsslff
Vs. The sensation in Wall street on Friday.
was a Virginia family in wagon. in which
they had ridden all the way from Culpenner.
Virginia The party consisted of a man and
wife, three small children, and span of horses
and were bound for Brooklyn to find their rela-
tions. T. Is q 4. #. $1,000 M @e, go
Va Our readers will regret to learn that
Hon. Emory Washburn of Cambridge. had his
collar-bone broken few days, since, near Lake
Winnepiseogee, by being thrown from his car
rage in which he was riding with his wife and
one of his sons. He is quite comfortable but
not yet able to bear removal to his home. TTrav-
eller .sSi05c
Gaf- French chemist has discovered that q
superior Illuminating gas may be made from
the pomace Of apples after the cider is express
pressed. It is easily made and very cheap. e
B8 The London papers tell of a medium,
who holds sedaaces in Fleet street, and. ON ac
count of the noisy traffic in that mighty thor
oughfare, begins proceedings with the solemn
adjuration, "Sperrits is re questcd to ran loi,d
COS O the buses s. ~ s. ~ 81 .,s. 1,
The Providence Journal says, s'The tele-
graph is the most prolific inventor Of words.
A dispatch which reached. US yesterday an
noupced that silyer-ware mandatory was
bargldrized. We shall probably soon hear that
the owner of the factory was naatrderized or at
least pict-pocketSzed" 1fass ee
g8 1t is stated that w. H. f. Lee, son and
late aid Of the rebel general, has raised a fine
crop of fifteen hundred bushels of corn from
the White House estate, entirely by free labor.
n ga What constitutes responsibility? A
London paper informs us that "a respectable
Seotchwoman" of that city, @has been brought
before theApolice courts three hundred times
for drunkennessSS e 3s'ss4 l4saa tla 3iaef s.
B9 letter from London says Fashion is at
the seaside, bobbing up and down in eight
inches ofmuddy salt water at the tail of a BATH
ing anachiiie. alA$ - gs4a4 sls
g8~ Water pipes made Of clay and bitumen
strong enough to Withstand pressure OF five
hundred pounds to the square inch, without
showing signs Of weakness, are manufactured in
England and France. M 9tt Ai y
BBFThe London Quarteylg Recie,o says @Jef-
ferson Davis simply followed the example of
George Washington. Both Were Southern
ers, both slave-owners, both levied war against
an older Government. Washington, subject
of the British crown, under which he held a
commission, committed an act Of unquestiona-
BILE. treason. Jefferson Davis was never the
subject of Abraham Lincoln and continues
through twenty pages of similar arguments
BBf- The New York correspondent Of the
Boston AdUortieor says: Seen. Hooker, COM
maader Of this department, is stopping at the
Astor.ia Rumor has announced his purpose to
lead to the altar lady of St Louis. do not
know the authenticity of the report; but clas-
sic authorities remind US that Mars and Aphro-
dite go often together. It is the worlds expe-
rience. Good future to gallant Jo'
E8 August 1st was the sixty-seventh ami
versary of the battle of the Nile Five Bril-
fish veterans who were engaged in the fight
still survive
Is BzF At a camp-meeting, the. officiating cler-
gyman suddenly called cut, s'If the lady with
the blue hat, red hair and cross eyes don't stop
talking, she win be pointed out to the eongre-
gation,Y 4sfo s fsae6, gtni lsaaF
gB-The New York Citizen thinks that either.
Gen. Dix or A. It. Stewart win be the next
Mayor of New York. ts,,.,..s..
BB The population of Illinois is Just found
to be 100000, ofwhich Chicago claims 1885
though before the actual figures were ascer-
tanned. 100000 and over was the estimate. The
facts in the case show an increase of mora than
20 per cent. in five years.
The Boston Adcertiser saws at is nrc-
posed to introduce pure water into Portland
bringing it from the town of Poland in andre
scoggin County. Some of the property hold
ers object to any such movement, but without
good reason, it would seem, Phunny, isn'tit?
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS. ~
% Mr.. John Kimball of Bath, was seized
with hemorrhage of the lungs Monday after
noon, and Immediately started for home. and
had nearly reached il when ha fall n, III q