The Portland daily press., 1866-01-18

eH The most extensive brewery in the
"orlu Is at Dublin, and turns out Is 600 hogs
heads OF beer day. 1t was started in 1880,
and has amassed princely fortunes for its own
ers. In all it has manufactured an ocean of
beer; say four hundred million hogsheads.
va owing to the extortionate demands of
the New Orleans Gas Company for lighting the
streets OF the city, the Mayor has authorized
eau TO DE made for proposals up to the list of
hiarch to light the streets with the best quality
OF petroleum and furnish 5000 lamps.
VS. On recent trip of one of the Illinois
river packets-a light draft one-the passen-
gers were startled by the cry of "man over
board!" The steamer was.stopped and nrena.
ratlons made tie save him, when the sound of
MS voice was heard exclaiming,-"Go ahead
WIN your Old steamboat! I'll walk along be-
hind you"
Va The last arrangement for SMUGGLING
whiskey over, from Canada, invented by the
newspaper correspondent who has lately turn
ed his powerful mind in that direction. ;sto
| have pipes running across the bottom of the
Niagara river, and pump the liquor across into
| concealed reservoirs
B-The Brooklyn Jail seems to be "michty
onsartin" place to keep convicts in. Within a
snort ume seven convicted prisoners, six of
whom were sentenced to State Prison. have es-
capped In mysterious manner from this insti-
tuition, the last one being Roberts, the notori-
GUS counterfeiter.
B~An exchange tells of a little girl who
on making her firstvisit to pig-sty, exclaim-
ed, why grandpa, should think the pigs
would faint away-they smell so p
W. Colds in the head are rapidly cured,
says the Gazette DIES Hopitau1, by inhaling the
tineture of iodine, vialof which is to be held
in the hand and placed under the nose The
warmth of the hand causes the vaporization of
the tincture The inhalations are to be made
every three minutes, and soon all symptoms of
the malady will disappear.
eEB In Russia a coffin fair is held once
year. Every peasant who has an aged parent
buys coffin. The present is always accenta-
Bile, for the receiver feels assured that he win
have christisn burial and he is proud of the
son VINO thus cares for his last resting place.
| GY-The prettiest skater in Chicago;s Con-
cord young lady named Carrie Moore. She
wears crimson silk skirt, velvet BASQUE trim
med with ermine, and jaunty skating CAP
Her evolutions are described as very graceful.
and when she waltzes on her skates hundreds
of gloyed hands beat applause.
/ VS. 1t is stated that Mdlle Zoe's share of
the receipts for two weeks engagement at the
st. Charles, New Orleans, was $3.467. and in
Mobile for like period, $2997.
| EY John Bell, in recent letter, pronounce
es for negro suffrage with the Massachusetts
qualification. SEA
gY The choicest family sewing machine is
not Wheeler & Wilson's, nor Grover & Ba-
ker's, nor yet the Florence, but the kind that
wears crinoline. True, it may be the most ex-
pensive, and often does the least work
| ER" Two sons of Erin were standing by q
hydraulic press superintended by friend of
mine, when one called out to the other: "Jim.
I'd like to put We under and square the divil
out O. ye." "Would you, indade, my boy?" was
| the answer "Squaze the divil out O. you and
| there'd be nothing lettl"
~ John 81. Surratt is reported to be in
| Texas.
VI 1t SIS stated that General Carl Schurz
will edit the Chicago Post, new daily paper
"a Crosby's opera house in Chicago hay
ing been built from the profits of the whole
sale whiskey trade, paper in that city says sit
is cemented with the tears of drunkards' or
phans, and has barrel of hell-ire for its cor
ner-stone ]"
GR The explosion in London by which two
or three persons were killed. was not caused by
the combustion of Pharaoh's serpents but of
the "Mephisto Chinese fire" which is said to be
preparation of gun cotton, designed to burn
various colors.
The Louisville correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette has just seen Kentucky
| farmer in the cars who had not heard of Mr..
Lincoln's death or of the emancipation of the
| slaves
Vs. The Chief Quartermaster of North
Carolina has just deposited about seven hum
bred thousand dollars in the Treasury, on ac-
count of sales of government property in his
| department during the last two months
E The st. Louis Republican, says:-"We
learn that Captain Price, son of Gen. Sterling
Price, has returned to Missouri for the purpose
of escorting the remaining members of the
family to Mexico. They will go to Cordova,
the seat of the Southern colony, which is being
| formed there under the auspices of NJ F. Maui
ry, 10 Shelby and others. General Price is
represented to be satisfied with the prospects
of the colony, and had decided to take up his
| residence permanently there.
D@ The Cincinnati Enquirer records an in
stance of drunkenness among colored men as
"proof of the advance of African civiliza-
ton"
E The internal machine received by ex-
press at Washington from San Francico, by
Judge Field of California, did not explode as
stated by telegraph. In opening it carefully
the Judge discovered, as the lid was slightly
raised, several copper wires, and his suspicious
were aroused. Operations were suspended,
and the box placed in a tub of water unit the
next day, when it was taken to the War De-
partment, where it was opened, and twelve
| large metallic cartridges with heavy ball. nice
ly adjusted with Illuminating powder so as to
explode upon the raising of the lid, were found.
There was single line written upon the inside
| Of the lid, as follows :-"Last October you de-
eided the Puebla case"
+ vs. A letter to New York paper from OF
tawa, Canada West, says that the Government
organs state that Hon. George Brown resigned
because his colleagues would not adopt retail
iatory policy against the United States, and
compel the resumption of the reciprocity
treaty. The same letter says the loss of free
trade with the United States has cast gloom
over the lumber and produce trade, and there
is much anxiety for a market to replace the
| loss. N - -
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