The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-01-15


ERE" and "That air" A few moments after
wards she quietly requested him to close the
window, remarking, ''This ear is affected by
that air." >---s---,-
Ia The second choice in the sale of seats
in Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's church was
purchased by Mr.. Joseph Howard, somewhat
notable as having forged Presidential procla-
nation in 1864.
Ey The locomotive of a freight train on the
New Jersey Central Railroad exploded at
CoanVllle junction on Thursday. The engi-
neer, fireman and brakeman were instantly
killed,
The citizens of Richmond are holding
meetings in favor of the reduction of rents,
not knowing that the only way to accomplish
that object is to multiply houses. ,
Esf- Four hundred and twenty thousand
copies have been sold in England of popular
ballad entitled Mother's Last Words" !,
E- Mr.. Frank Moore is said to be engaged
on a work entitled Women of the War, their
Heroism and Self-sacrifoe." 5.t75#
ET The Wilmington DELI Republican says
that four colored persons were sold in that city
few days since as punishment for crime,
and brought from twelve to fifteen cents each,
and their purchasers Immediately letthem go
The Republican calls this sort of punishment .
perfect farce"
E- The number of railroad accidents in
1865 was 1888; in 1864, $40; but the loss of life
by the former was 1856, and by the latter, 4O4
E@ A twenty-mile race in sleighs lately
took place in Minnesota. The winning horse
did his twenty miles in one hour and twenty
minutes.
G~ Among the passengers by the steamer
New York, from Aspinwall. which arrived at
New York Friday, was Governor John M.
Goodwin, of Arizona, Delegate to Congress
from that Territory. S
GB- Rev. A. A. Ellsworth, son of Hon. Jere-
miah Ellsworth, of Bath, is preaching in New
bern, N. G.. He is Congregationalist, and by
courtesy is allowed to occupy Sabbath evenings
the Presbyterian church. OH Ga G VI
Bc In consequence of a leak in the pipe, a
terrific gas explosion took place in the base
ment of the dry goods store Of Anderson,
Heath & Co., Winthrop Square, Boston, on
Friday last. The destruction was quite ser-
GUS, The wood work of the apartment was
torn into shreds, the glass in the basement and
first story windows was much broken, and
some of the sashes were torn from their places.
The Office of the entry clerks was partially de-
molished and filed with fragments of the
wreck. The explosion was accompanied by a
heavy, thunderous sound and the conclusion
produced by it was so great that many panes of
thick glass in the windows of the stores on the
opposite side of the street were broken So
much for hunting after gas leak with light
ed match
B-g The Portsmouth Chronicle thinks jeff.
Davis should be tried first by Military Com
mission, as Wirz was, and then let the sentence
be suspended till after trial by the civil courts.
The voice Of the people would suspend the
criminal instead of the sentence.
E A weekly paper has been established in
Canton by missionaries, at the cost of two mills
copy.
| DB- An italian savant is said to have dis
covered a process by which sounds may be
transmitted by an electrical process, any dis
! lance, SO that two persons--one in Rome and
the other in Paris-may converse together, rec
ognizing the sound of each others voices u
| BB- The Prairie Farmer gives the weight Of
seven Cotswold sheep at 1916 pounds, of which
one two-year old buck weighed 344, one two
year old eve 23O, and yearling buck l61
pounds. r. oil 2'ifi 90 g
BY- The Louisville ADVOCATE sharply re.
proves the Alabama Legislature for its foolish
negro code, and pertinently asks" Can't ou1
Legislature learn, without being pricked by
the bayonet, into getting every lesson The
negro is free; the Amnesty Oath said so; the
Convention ordained it; the Legislature con.
stitutionally ratified it,; and now why does the
Legislature deny it by such legislation ?"
E- new color is reported by the Partisan
| journals as produced from coal tar. It is call
ed ttiantssse, and occupies medium position
between the deep purple and the brightest rose
color. ~. ec.7ee ASA r-t ~,
| U.s. Rev. DIR. Todd of Pittsfeld, Mass, fell
upon an icy sidewalk in Worcester, on Wed.
nesday, and broke his arm. lTu' "a 50 40
! 20 The frozen body of a New York mer-
chant was found on Tuesday morning in the
Harlem Railroad Tunnel 1t is supposed he
fell from the platform of the train, and was Ell
ther instantly killed by the fall or so injured as
to be unable to move until he was frozen to
death.
90 Says the Newburyport Herald, ''the
Republican party in Congress, though the
members differ widely on some points, do not
mean to divide. There they show wisdom. In
essentials, union; in non-essentials, ibery."
E An entire family, five in number, in
Brooklyn, N. Y, have been poisoned by the
use Of musty flour, purchased at q neighboring
grocery. One has died, two are still danger
ously sick, and the remaining two arc conva-
lescent. -e#-
E A Boston correspondent of the Ply
mouth Memorial learns that Collector Hamlin
had occasion to pocket about 81 800 last week,
as his share Of forfeiture. A we'll known
firm was detected in smuggling ottar Of roses
to the value of about $4,000, and were fined
$4,000. views .h,ae.rt1
BB- From "Perley's" special dispatch to the
Journal We learn that Collector washburn of
this city, and Col Hale, Of Ellsworth, have left
Washington on brief visit 10 Richmond
D3- John Daily entered the gas house Of tho
Norwich Bleaching Company, at Greenville,
with lighted lantern, Friday evening, where
upon An instantaneous explosion occurred, kill
ing Daily, thr wing his body Atty feet from tho
spot, and blowing tho building to atoms.
Dv A young son Of Austin S. Parks, of
Winchendon, Mass, was kicked by horse on
the 9Th inst, and died almost instantly.
LITERARY GOSSIP. ..g -
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