The Portland daily press., 1867-08-17
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p5 The Duke Of Brunswick Is the last of his
race. After Ills death his dynasty one of the
Oldest in Europe, will be extinct. He is taci-
turn elderly gentleman, who spends most of
his time in reading theological books. After his
death the Duchy of Brunswick will become
province of Prussia. sH1i % u
The Paris Academy of Medicine possesses
a skull found in a tomb of the Incas at Cuzco,
and having on the left side of the frontal bone
an opening which appears to have been effect
ed by regular trepanning process.
Lewis Downing, who was recently elected
as chief of the Cherokees, was one of the loyal
men of Il at tribe, and served during the war
as lieutenant colonel of regiment of loyal In
dians, commanded by Colonel William A. Phil
lips, of Kansas. He is a man of intelligence
and education, liberal in his views, and will
make capable ruler 5HA .s'H'-
A Boston boy has invented a process for
the rapid and extensive manufacture of turtle
soup. This is the formula: pour a quart of
water into painful Of hash +t-
The Lisbon Journals mention the almost
total destruction by fire of the palace of Xabre-
gas, which at one time belonged to the Mar
quis de Mia, and has recently been converted
into an asylum for houseless wanderers. The
general opinion is that the building was set on
fire by the inmates, who prefer the free life of a
street beggar to the restraints imposed upon
them in the asylum. eHn'- 20
A person bathing recently, between Cor
nigliano aud Scstri, in the Gulfof Genoa, was
seized by large polypus, and the creature so
interlaced its numerous tentaeles round him,
that he unable in spite of all his efforts, to
free himself, and was dragged under water and
drowned. None of the other bathers ventured
to go to his assistance.
The article ia the North American Review
ON the Judiciary of New York is reported to be
from the pen of Thomas G. Shearman of the
New York bar. -ta4
Masses for the rest of Maximlian's soul
have been celebratedin nearly all the Catholic
churches of Europe o4
4+ "A number of American ship carpenters
sail for Japan in the Stonewall, having been
engaged 10 work in the Japanese shipyards.
When "Peter Parley" (NIr Goodrich) told
Mr. Greeley in Paris thathe was coming home
to write his autobiography, and asked Mr..
Greeley what he thought of it, the latter, with
his sarcastic squeal, replied, "why, 1 shou d as
soon think Of running down the Champs Ely
see half-dressed as of doing such a thing my
self" Horace has forgotten this or changed
his mind for he is now writing his life in the
LEDGER"
The cholera is still committing serious raw
ages in Sicily, and also extending throughout
Ttalv last week quarantine of thirty DAYS
u,as imposed on all arrivals from Leghorn and
its vicinity, and on the receipt of a telegram
from her Britannia Majesty's consul at Genoa
that the disease has also maze its appearance
in that city, the same term was established on
vessels arrivingi in Malta from Genoa Passen-
gers coming to Malta from cholera infected
Countries are not allowed to land
The Boston Post contains the following
graphic report ofa model miniature picnic that
recently transpired in its vicinity: Small
picnic parties are enjoyable if made up we'll
A wei, known citizen, his dog and cane, con-
st;tuted a very pleasant gathering on an island
in the harbor on Saturday"
"A French paper gives the following Incl =
dent in the career Of the betrayer of Maximili-
an, of Mexico. Lopez one day fell into an
ambush OF the enemy. He at once command
ed a retreat, during which his horse was shot
under him. One of his own men then took
his Colonel up behind him, but the mans
horse, proving unable to carry the double
weight, Stacked his speed. Lopez, pereeiving
that they must both be captured, drew pistol
from his belt, shot his preserver through the
head, rolled him out of the saddle, and es-
capped alonei