The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-03-12
Original and Selected.

mayor Stevens Inaugural Address," "Two
Representative Systems" Adventure with
Snake" and other articles Nothing on last
page to-day. -Ft
"A pine, 121 feet in height, and at four feet
from the ground measuring 10 Is feet in cir
conference was sent to Keene IN. HI. saw
mill. At "a considerable distance fiom the
ground it divided into two branches 1t con-
tanned 5000 feet of sawed timber, worth $40,
and the decayed portion was estimated to con-
tain 800 feet more her"F
We know nothing, personally, of the mat
ter concerning which our correspondents at New
Market writes. We know that intelligent Cam
ada gentlemen look upon the matter with sus-
picion. -...s-..I5s, H'.'
State election in New Hampshire to-day
We shall probably have the substantial result
tomorrow morning. .,t,'i,asg hfr
An Iowa lady has just recovered $4,000
damages for defamation of her character by a
man who told scandalous stories about her.
"A bill has been introduced in the Mary
land legislature providing for monument to
Francis S. Key, author of the Star Spangled
Banner }ana iasq .fit -lr
| The editor of the Concord Monitor having
been talked of for mayor of that city, declined,
and among other reasons for so doing says:-
Cruelty and unnecessary punishment is for
hidden by the laws of New Hampshire. After
rigid differentiation of my past life I am
totally unable 70 find among my numerous
transgressions any sin of commission or omis-
| sion, of sufficient magnitude to merit the in
Fiction of such a punishment upon me by my
fellow citizens" ff .tiaigHeat a.iR
A bill has passed the legislature of Illinois,
and received the approval of the Governor,
which is considered a virtual abolition of cap
ital punishment. 1t provides that the jury
shall determine the sentence for murder;
whether it shah be death or imprisonment for
not less than fourteen years.
Ohio pays larger tax on whiskey and oil
than any other State. aua =8aeil l,t
There was but one fire in Montgomery,
Ala during 1866, and the damage was only
two hundred dollars. Is q s. i,foa -',R'
"A singular custom prevails in some parts
of Arabia, where upon the burial OF the corpse
of man, his wife often keeps his skull, and
makes it her CONSTANT companion. She carries
it about in her hand when she goes anywhere
on visit 't
"A Wisconsin woman lately tried to COLLEGE
five thousand dollars insurance money on a log
of wood, which she had placed in a coffin and
buried as her husband, but the trick was dis
covered. 3AFt Ust8i apF l.,i -a,1
"A bell boat which was sunk some twelve
months ago, has recently been raised at Homo
lulu. The wood is completely destroyed by the
teredo, a marine borer, being so bored through
and through, that hardly the semblance of
wood is left. .t FL .l4 30 io
The patron of a cheap boarding house
when accused of carrying off the pillows of
his bed, said he had by accident put them into
his ears for wads of cotton. 'i't' < 90
1t is said some Of the people OF Lynchburg,
Va, have decided to camp out for the summer,
on account of the high rents I'D f.ai
tis An lrishman who was brought up in the
Police Court some time ago, charged with
whipping his scolding wife, claimed that he
was acting in strict accordance with an ordi-
nance of the Board of Supervisors "Sure,
your honor" said he to the judge, Il was only
batting nuisance" .aa.|
The editor of an Ohio newspaper who left
the State capital in disgust, says: 'sThe princi-
pal amusements in Columbus during the win
ter are dance at the lunatic asylum, a lively
uiihO III oliC CuitcAuldTyy dlu d utDdLc Ill Tile
House of Representatives. 1t is difficult to say
which is the most cheerful" Ii49D'sfu3 .a
"A mind in the grasp of terrible anxiety
is not credulous of easy solutions. The one
stay that bears up our hopes if looked at long
will seem to totter ff4lf3 "1
An old Scotch lady had an evening party,
where young man was pre- sent who was about
to leave for an appointment in China. AS he
was exceedingly extravagant in his converse
ton about himself, the old lady said, when he
was leaving: "Tak' guide care o yourself when
We are AVA; for, mind We, they eat puppies in
China
"A crazy second Adventist in Herkimer
county, N. Y, has for ten years been feeding
big OK for a feast when Christ should appear
He has starved his other stock, and spent near
ly all his property in purchasing food for that
box; the OK fow days since died of surfeit
the owner having but two days before refused
$1,000 for the animal.
There are said to be about one thousand
Cashmere goats in Illinois. They are as easily
raised as the common goat and are very profit
able. ldi isa i] A r. tti
Lord Buckingham was once at dinner
where Mr.. Grub was required to sing. He
gegged to be excused, urging that he knew not
what to sing. Sing I'd be butterfly" sug-
ested the nobleman. t.. F.ga-.-,.
The members of the Minnesota Legislature
went in body to see circus lately.
The immense shell combs, such as were
worn forty years ago, are to supercede the wat
erfall. tri ia" Iut-
The colored citizens of the District of Co
lumba, are forming join stock association for
the publication of daily and weekly newspa-
per. "
The water was let into the Chicago lake
tunnel ON Thursday. The LIST of April is the
time set for giving it to the people.
The Boston Transcript, referring to the Ii
quor question before the legislative committee
OF that State, says zone of the most remarkable
incidents of the investigation is the scientific
testimony that was given Friday night. Ply
sicians and chemists, whose opinion is law in
their several departments, assert that alcohol,
under many circumstances, acts as food, thus
exploding one of the main propositions upon
which prohibitory legislation is based, viz: that
alcohol is, under all conditions, poison to the
human system" '