The Portland daily press., 1866-12-21
VARIETIES.


An express train from Bedford to London
was stopped on the 26th ultimo near Kitchen,
owlng to one of the second class carriages TAX
ins hre. The passengers were unable TO attract
'ne attention of the guard by their united shout
"sS' "histlngs, and bangings Of doors for at
"'. ten minutes, during which time hole
% "ro ournt IN the roof and the carriage was fill
ou "i'h smoke The fire was soon extinguish-
ou' anu the passengers removed to another
carriage The fire was caused through a tar
pauiih having blown over the oil lamn and be-
come ignlted An American SIGNAL rome
would have saved the passengers from their
panic. n''- l.t H... .i
Mr.. N. P Willis health is rapidly imurov-
ing, and contrary to the general fear he has an
tar recovered as to be able to resume his edito
rial labOrs on the Home Journal .t.,
There is a village liz Pennsylvania called
Longacoming. ,, ....-t....., ..,.,..
English whiskers, or light moustache,
are the only facial adornments which are now
considered irreproachable in Paris
"A man accidentally hung himself near
Bellevue, Iowa, few days since by being
caught by his comforter while descending from
tree. "l ...iEiN.. lE. .all
What appears to be the tomb-statue of Hen
ry, eldest son of Henry the Second of England,
and brother to Richard the First, has been dis
covered during the recent ex xeavations in Rouen
Cathedral .el.f..fII Il. .r...,....
The Commission on the Reorganization of
the French Army, of which the Emperor is
the PRESIDENT it is said will end by adopting
purely and simply the Prussan system-that
is to make every man, sound in body and
mind, subject to military service with no privi-
lege of exemption. "
The Nation says: According to an official
record published in the press of New York, Nor
rissey has in the course of his adventurous lite
been eight times indicted for assault with intent
to kill, assault and battery, and burglary, and
hasserved nine months at hard labor in the PEN
ijentlary for three several breaches of the pub
lie peace, A contemporary sees no reason
why this convict should not occupy his seat in
Congress, because hundreds of men who have
been there deserve as many years confinement
as Morrissey has had days" i.'t
On the 18th ult. London was enveloped in
such dense fog that several persons were run
over in the streets, and one young man walk
ed into the river and was drowned. II.
, General Grant has sent check for twen-
ty-six thousand dollars to q real estate agent
IN st. Louis, to be used in thepurehase of the
old farm owned by his father-in-law, ten miles
from the city, as final homestead for himself
and family. , \t..
The Gettysburg Cemetery Monument is to
be completed by July 1, 1868. The statue of
General Reignolds is to be erected in the cem-
etery, and not on the spot where he fell. 1t is
intimated that the Freedmen's Lincoln Monu-
ment Association win apply for permission to
place bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln in
the cemetery. t.H o. .tl....I.... ....-.
1t is said that the Attorney General of the
United States is about to perpetrate an i'm
mense joke. He is preparing report to de-
monstrate the impossibilty of supplying Con-
gress, as it requested, with the names of those
persons pardoned by the President, unless the
clerical force in his Office is greatly increased.