The Portland daily press., 1867-11-15

warn Inc people of dlfterenI secuOns OF the
country of the approach of storms, Two can
non are to be stationed at each county seat.
When the telegraph brings the news of an
approaching storm, the cannon will be fired
oatdiferent intervals, which viii indicate the
idirection whence the storm comes, and it is
expected that the sound can be heard through
most parts olthe county. These signals are
also to be used along the coast for the benefit
OF navigation. auiiCi si -af.is so .r-. 'i54.-..1
-.gdcs sld 10 iNarieties.araI aideaieu
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"a A stupid English paper says that the radi-
cal Aineffcan iournais attribute the fact thata
white spotted negro has, been seen in Norfolk
to the effects Cof emancipation. The English
editor actually believes that the American pa
pers ADVOCATE this theory. t't,,l d I. ..g s..ff
B-There is, said TO be in this country por-
trait of Keats that has never been engraved
Itbei5Dged to brother of the poet who came
to this country and settled in Kentucky. -d5t
: -at-Lords Eloho recently said at meeting of
volunteer riflemen: stNo one could take up a
newspaper and see the uncertainty which ap-
peared to prevail throughout Europe without
feeling that, whatever might take place abroad,
we were, thank God, safe at home" ,g.I.o
-"Wild Bill, a few months ago the helo of
q sketchin Harper's Monthly, is now in jail in
Illinois for bank robbery. ''Wild Bill is 80
called either because his name is Henry
0Conner, or in spite of that circumstance.
1al---An anecdote is told of a clergyman who
gave notice one Sunday, from his pulpit, that
he expected to go, in the course OF the follow
ing week, on n mission among the heathen.
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and said: "Why, my dear sir, you have never
limited a word of this to us before. Pray, what
are we to do during your absence?' 40, my
brethren, replied the minister, abe not troub-
led; don't expect to leave town on my mis-
sion.sll nidi sssaf bs47t4. a.aHh3 .Ull It
81 -ATheFe is really, at last, some prospect of
there being railway from Jaffa to Jerusalem.
Blasting powder and some implements for
roadmaking arrived at the former place from
Constantinople in the middle OF September.
and 1t is said that the work is to be set about
at once 3'''la"h ''1 a'e 'Ai i
WIN l. Dickinson, of fredericksburg, va.
had a narrow escape with his residence q few
weeks ago. 1t seems the family were about re-
firing for the night, when they were aroused
by the smell Of fire. On searching they found
smoke coming out of a rat-hole and at once
cut away some wooden work, discovering
rats nest on fire, and a piece of match that
had not been consumed. Half an hour later
and the house, and perhaps lives, would have
been lost, while the cause Of fire would have
ever remained mystery. Moral: take care of
your matches.
1.-The oldest couple il Ohio are Mr. and
MIS- Boyd, at Ironton He is ITO and she 107.
They get mad at each other every little while,
aad threaten te obtain divorce. The other
day the dame refused to sew on a shirt button
for her spouse, when he Indignantly inquired
"if he had got to live so all his Hfe" "' o. ''
The people of New Orleans are seriously
considering the Feasibility Of establishing CO.
operative kitchens as remedy for the evils
arising from the restless and unreliable char
aeter Of their hired help. They propose the
employment of a cook and steward by an asso-
ciation of individuals b,l f7s s.ia.ls -.f.s
| "A correspondent Of the Pail Mall Gazette
says: II have frequently been on duty in the
county Jail at Cork, and have been struck with
the singularly wan and emaciated appearances
of the prisoners Once happening TO detect a
peculiarly hungry looking convict, employed
in cleaning the guard room, in the act of swift
&
| up heap about to be cooked for the mems din
ner "a. theft, by the-by, I did not think Of re-
Isnortinel, J, inquired OF the gate-keeper: How
o,seh ase. 40 .he pf''~----a have meat issued to
them? ~ sOnst a year, every Cnrrstu...s- ..-,il
was the response 4 rr l.,H 200 aso .1W
b--A Dukeiof France, young, in good position
and very rich, and about to be married to a no.
Bile and beautiful young lady, has been fool
enough to enter the Papal Zouayes as a pri-
vate soldier. The title of this new Quixote is
Duke de Chevreuse.3 lo -ogalusr ,..i .I5.islr
--Ittis reported that a few days since, in Al.
ieante, Spain, two men were found closely
locked together and both stone dead. They
were terribly stabbed and each had dagger
in his hand. $50 19H0isriDInla1 ~ .1i1iQ -
Rev. James Lynch, a negro preacher. well
known in Pennsylvania, took prominent part
in the recent canvass Of Mississippi The Car
ton Citizen said Of him ''He is BY far the be 1
orator and most sensible man the back-and-
tan party have sent into this State.'' 1-aulg
Ian English lad OF fourteen.years recently
read the history of Dick Turpn, aud was fired
| with the desire to emulate the deeds Of that
bold freebooter. Accordingly he broke into
stable at southsea during the night, and stole
i
her through the streets of the town, was ap-
pretended at Portsdown Hill When he was
searched a couple of loaded pistols, quantity
of ammunition, and black mask were found
in his pockets, and he was wearing a belt .laa
when an official post is vacant in this
| country there ar e generally sufficient num-
Der Of applicants to fill dozen positions. In
he Canton Of Uri, in Switzerland, recently,
Mr. Charles Mniheim was condemned to
fine OF 800 francs for refusing to accept the
Presidency ofthe district tribunal 14
New Zealand is TO have q University
But as preliminary step, scholarships are to
be established, TO enable scholars to pursue
their studies in any university OF established
reputation These are to be competed for.
The Toronto Globe relates how General
Doyle, Lieutenant Governor of New Bruins
wick, was recently yictimized by a sharper.
Some weeks ago the General was accOsted in
one of the streets of Fredericton by a tall,
soldierly-looking man, who Introduced him
| self as Colonel Graham, recently Military
| Secretary to the Emperor Maximilian He
said he had once belonged to the Generals req
iment, and had heard the General make a
brilliant speech on an occasion which he men
tioned'in the United Service Club. The too
creduious General invited Colonel Graham TO
| Goyernment House. and made much of him
| introducing him to the dignitaries of the prov
ipce, and replenishinS his pockets, while he
was waiting impatently for remittances from
1 England, with several hundred pounds ster-
4 ling. The Colonel's drafts on his London
agent have been sent back to Fredericton. and
the Colonel has disappeared, vanished as sud
denly as he came. The last trace Of him was
lost at Toronto.
i AT the New York Theatre adramltization
| of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's story of New
i England life, Norwood" was to be brought
4 out on Monday night The novel ended in
the number of the Ledger which was publish
ed al 10 o'clock that day, and the last scene of
the play Produced in the evening would repro
duce the spirit Of the last chapter upon the
stage This may be- called theatrical enter
prise. y.t.f ...4.......
i Last week girl in New York brought a
suit against one Herbert, a German tailor, on
complaint that he and his wife had abused her
and refused to pay her dues-l6 cents pair
for making pantaloons. Herbert was arrested,
when it appeared that he received SC cents