The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-11-09
oR1GrNAn AND sF,r,n0rrD.

GB Mr. Elbridge Ruggles. of HardSsiek,
Mass, recently slaughtered siebt MOS fourteen
months %, all belonging to the same litter.
which weighed, in the aggregate -30o6 hounds.
Inc largest one weighed 40 pounds. The pigs
brought their owner the snug sum of s641 Is.
B3 A Southern paper adyert;ses az follows:
Wanted, at this office, a journevmanprinter
s-one 'who can do press and job work. Is a 'Un@
ion man, believes in the existence of God,
and don't drink whiskey." Who will say that
the standard of Southern sentiment haslnot
been elevated -
BB- Mr.. Greene, of Hartford who few
nights since killed his wife and emf his own
thfoat, was 50 years Of age, 3 man u wealtb
respsctability and good social position. Ever
since the death of beloved daughter last
spring, he has been very low spirited, and for
months has given evidence Of insanity.
E- The Boston TrGveller suogests that if
the only thing done by the Portland milkmen
isto skim the milk before retailing it, they hare
not learned their business. In Boston, says the
same paper, they first skim it, then water it,
and after that chalk it, when it is ready II the
market
wirz is to be hung tomoTrom between
the hours of and IL A NJ.
BB~ Dropped outTthe bottom of the Demo-
cratic party. - = ; 2 e's'sA - f-VS
4 BY- A new United State-New jersey; ad-
mitted to the sisterhood by her own act, on
Tuesday lastas tsg9aks sas gnEsaao gson szG 2 III
Bg- A Washington dispatch to the Boston
Advertiser says some of the State blanks cons
verted into national banks have been giving
the government trouble. They still continue
toeirculate the notes Of the State banks as well
as the national notes. In, one instance q State
bank with acapital of 100000, had in circula-
ton 100000 of its old paper, and also at the
same time 100000 circulation innational notes.
Threats of punishment for these violations of
law are gradually bringing banks within the
limits of the statute"
Esq General Longstreet has had an inter
view withd General Grant, and subsequently
visited the State Department, where he took
the amnesty oath, which is the preliminary to
his application for pardon.
B31 The Wolfboro,, N. H. eNeses says Mr..
Lorenzo Horn, Of that town, raised, the present
season, from one bean, l2O1 pods and 1926 beans.
This beats not only our Tuftonborough fir end,
but all others that we have seen noticed.
BBF- The dwelling house and outbuildings
of Mr.. John Pike of Ossipee, N. H., were de-
stroyedl BY fire ON the list inst, supposed the
work of an incendiary because of the owners
ardent interest in the temperance cause. llesA'
~ Sunset Cox" was speaking in Ohio on
the Presidential canvass He, gloried in the
name of Copperhead and said it was a Copper
head that saved the nation of Israel in the will
derness- alluding to the lifting up of the Bra
zen Serpent in sight of the stricken people. A
man shouted out in the crowd, "Yes, but the
Copperheads bit the nation, and no relief was
gained till the chief Copperhead was strung up
on pole in sight of the camp. The orator
subsidized - los ~ AHA z-ess~ sss@ e
E- "Just what 1 expected" exclaimed a.
Democrat yesterday, after reading the dispatch
relating to the elections in New York and New
Jerseys II knew" continued he, shat when
Jack Van Buren, and Mont Blair commenced
stumping New York they would contrive to
upset the dishiof the Democrats as they always
have done before. And when found that G.
G. Bur was stumping New Jersey, knew
that State would go against US, beyond doubt, =
Highly complimentary this to the Democratic
orators. esgEt4N1IHa GFaEHl
VS. The National Rep,t5gicdss denies by ar
thority the statement that it has been depriv-
ed of the Government advertising, which it re-
ceived from President Lincoln, and which it
continues to receive by the written order of
President johnson.