The Portland daily press., 1867-02-12
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tain, Missouri, to Pittsburgh, PENN to be
manufactured, and is then returned to Mis-
souri, to be sold. The St. Louis papers arc
briskly agitating the establishment of iron
manufactures to render this unnecessary
The "Infuriated BooUack,' is said to be
the title of forthcoming novel from Phila-
delphia publisher.
On the 9th ult., notwithstanding the snow,
the emperor and empress of the French walk
ed in the great avenue adjoining the palace of
the Tuilleries, and when near the gates were
saluted by the assembled crowds, with "Bonae
auneel bonnie danee"
Ida, Countess Hahn-Hahn, has recently
published a novel entitled ''Eudoxia," which is
of religious characer, like all her later writ
ings, not very interesting, though Astounding
in plot and incident
Mrs. Stowe has completed a story of New
England Life of the last Generation" Some
OF her friends talk OF it as her masterpiece
1t is said to be full of queer characters, ably
and humorously portrayed. 1t will not be pub
hshed until autumn.
The diamond Dickens has made shit"
The first edition of five thousand was sold
within few days, and the supply is not equal
to the demand. .a.
The Christmas dish in Austria is goose, of
which immense Numbers are slaughtered on
that occasion. AT Vienna the poultry dealers
decorate their shop windows with those birds
dressed up to represent in caricature individ-
uals of momentary notoriety. This season
the majority of geese figured as Marshal Bene-
dek or General Clam-G m-Gallas.
The lake tunnel at Chicago is now com
pleted, the chambers having been walled up
and the whole bore lined and cemented In
day or two the link connecting a temporary
well with the tunnel proper will be finished.
and Chicago will be furnished with pure wa
ter.
-An German inscriptions on the shops and
walls Of several towns in the Trent district
were effaced by the Italian inhabitants ON New
Years Day,
The New York Evening Gazette saws that
haif OF the manuscript of Henry Ward Beech
ers story is to be in the hands of his publisher
tins week. His title is reported to be The Call
OF the Clergyman, and will contain much of
ms life and many of his experiences in the ear
iy days OF the West, when he was poor and
lighting his way through the world. He re-
ceiVes half of the sum named (twenty-fiye
thousand dollars) for his book ON the conple-
ton OF the manuscript, which will be ready be-
fore the end of March.
"A contemporary says: A thief was lately
caught breaking into song. He had already
got through two bars when policeman came
up and hit him with stave. Several notes
were found upon him. ~.
"A rustic who witnessed a picture of Will
liam Penn in treaty with the Indians inform
ed his companion: "That ere is BENJAMIN
Franklin treating the Injuns; I've been under
that many time myself"
sleeping cars seem to be considered tho
best places for robbery nowadays. Thieves
appear to travel in them expressly, and steal
from passengers during the night. Our ex-
changes chronicle many instances of the kind
1t is stated that the new comic weekly
before referred to will be issued in New York
about the first of May, under the name OF The
Man of the World. i...-. ...-s
"A Mr.. Seth Hunt of New York is buiId-
ing an immense shawl factory at Burlinetoni
VT. 1t will cost half a million
The next Atlantic will coutan a politi-
cal article by Carl Schurz, and an account of
Chicago by James Parton.
"A writer in an English paper, after a
long study of the facts in the matter, gives as
his opinion that the repeal of the paper DUTY
by cheapening good periodicals, has almost
extinguished the exciting and immoral publi-
cations of former days.
BY an earthquake felt at Fort Klamath,
Oregon, JAN Sth Klamath lake was reduced
six feet, and Crooked Creek was completely
dried up. There was quite commotion in
nature. The sky was darkened with ashes
and the air filled with sulphurous vapors.
Mr.. N. p. Willis's famous country seat on
the Hudson was named in this way 1t was q
Portion of the farm of Nathaniel Sands, love-
ly, kindly, gentle old man, whose sweet
persuasive words from the high seat of the
Quaker meeting have won many hearts to the
peaceful faith he had espoused He decided to
sell the tract to Willis, naming some very
moderate sum of money as its price, because
Nathaniel it is only an idle wild" Il will
take it," said Willis 'and it shall be called Idle
Wild"
"A sensation was caused in Oxford street.
London. after the great snow, by the appear-
ance of man driving a sleigh.
Dried artichoke is the latest substitute for
tobacco.
Prince Arthur, now boy of seventeen. en-
tiers Woolwich Military Academy, this month
as cadet. Alfred was given to the navy, and
Arthur goes to the army All right, as he
was named after the Duke of Wellington, the
greatest of modern British generals, Perhaps
the Prince may become a great soldier, as he
belongs to line that used to turn out first
rate fighting men. The last king OF England
who led an army on the battle-held-at Det-
tingen-was George IL, his great1great-great
grand father. As Mr.. Oldbuck says, its a
shame to the English language that we have
not less clumsy way ofexpressing relation
shin. of which we have occasion to think and
sneak so frequently"
A Spanish letter-writer says:-"whatever
Cordova may have been in the ages past. il Is
one OF the cleanest, most quiet and best flavor
ed of Spanish towns I use the lsat adjective
because Spanish towns usually rival italian in
their deposits OF filth in the cutters and the
streets Twas the earliest paved city in Eu-
rope, and 1 should judge the original pave
ments were here and that the ages had pro-
duced no effect upon them beyond the sharp
anino ~ tho nontsn