The Portland daily press., 1867-07-30
Varieties.

40. ....t. goo .tfi .aA 'N
Gov. Low, of California, illustrates the po-
s;tion of the Democrats of that State by an
anecdote of a man who entered the Pacific
Club, the rooms of which were formerly oecu-
pied as gambling house, and stepped up to
party of gentlemen who were playing cards,
offering to bet dollar. |But this is not a
gambling house." "Is that se?' said the man,
looking about. "Why, this Is the same old
place and the same old crowd"
On. the eastern coast of Yorkshire and
Lincolnshire In England there is submarine
forest, about seventeen feet Under the present
high water level; and this forest appears to
have extended eastward, as stumps of trees
and roots may be seen at low water at a con-
siderable distance from the coast. -.i q aa'a
"A tourist in Europe writes: "The same ex-
ecrable chig'aon, which had hoped some-
where to escape, is at the back of every femi-
nine head in every capital of Europe varying
only in size and shape-being smallest in Tu-
rim and Geneva; while Its American magni-
tude and ugliness are barely equaled by the
gayest dancers Of the Can Can in the Jardin
Mdbile." '.n '"l -. ~
Harry Norman, Of Newcomb's Minstrels,
of New York, was shot at Choate's saloon.
Cincinnati, on Thursday evening, at six
o'clock. The wound is probably mortal. He
says that one Crawford threatened to shoot
and did shoot him. ...,....t...... .f. .,
News has reached the Interior Depart
ment that work is being pushed on the North
ern Pacific route so as to have the material
for report to Congress at the next session.
-Tha koa
providing that at every military post supplied
with the proper ordnance and ammunition, a
morning and evening gun shall, in time of
peace, be fired daily at reveille and retreat. A
six-pounder and damaged cartridges are to do"
the salute. r...
I'd "A Mobile paper relates q conversation be-
tween couple of lively danes ON the street
cars. The talk was about a fan. "I
set great deal by this; IL is an old Confeder-
ate fan, the only thing have left to remember
the Confederacy by" Il should think you
had something else" "Ye-es, 1 lost both my
husbands in the war-and my sweetheart. 1t
nearly killed me" -l.. -. ..... .
Alta trial in divorce case a witness re-
Gently in England made the following replies:
Mr.. Sergeant Tindal-He treated her very
kindly, did he not? Atkinson-Oh, yes, very;
he kissed her several times Mr.. Sergeant Tin
dal-And how did she treat him7 Atkinson
We'll, she retaliated.
"A father residing In the town Of Portland,
Chautauqua Co., N. Y, brought suit in JUS
tices Court, against a liquor seller in that
place, for selling liquor to his minor boys. The
suit was decided in favor Of the liquor seller
by the Justice. The father appealed to the
County Court at Mayville, and the jury rem
dered verdict Of 800 against the liquor deal
or. .........r ....0 ..I.
John Slidell Is at present living near Par
is, as well as his son-in-law, Erlanger, the He
brew banker. 1t Is said, although he is most
anxious to pass his last days in America, he
has latterly given up all hope of ever again
seeing his native land. n..
The Boston Transcript thinks II the Presi-
dent removes Gen. Sheridan it should be done
to-day, the anniversary of the New Orleans
massacre.
"A letter in a Cincinnati paper says: "Of
the fifty thousand Germans to whom st. Louis
affords home, most Of them are free think.
ers; the more aristocratic and wealthy ones
patrons of the Club, and the poorer classes de-
riving Sunday consolation from the Sunday
theatres and beer gardens"
"A nervous old gentlemon recently attemp-
ted to remove large bug from the bonnet OF a
lady who sat in front of him at a theatre. The
re. ult was he uprooted all her back hair, the
bugs office being to hold head and hair togeth-
er. -,
-sHe leaves two wives and three children
to mourn his loss" are the concluding words Of
n Utah obitnarv notice. We don't believe
these forlorn widows win cry their eyes out
A verv able writer in Ohio, Mr.. E. d.
Mansfield. gives his opinion that the absolute
money value of the crops this year will be five
hundred millions Of dollars greater than that
in 1866. Such yield from mother Earth forms
the basis of a nations prosperity.
Sir Morton Peto clngs to his seat in Par
lament, although he cannot vote He does
not want to give the Conservatives chance to
send man in his place. ....
AN eminent clergyman once supplying
Boston pulpit on hot summer day, after SER
vice eould not help overhearipg the remarks OF
| tb.ee vouno men discussing the sermon, which
.l, admitted to be excellent, but why in nature
n should be fifty minutes long, neither could
comprehend Touching them on the shoulder,
| he said Pardon me, young gentlemen, for
saving your remarks are eminently just, and
| assure you 1 shall profit by them in future"
The greatest excursion ever planned in
this country will come off in the fall. 1t wall
be on the occasion of the opening OF the Pa
ciiic Railroad to the Rocky Mountains.
The Providence Journal is correct In say
| ing that the English worship success, and
would have feted JEFF. Davis more bountifuliy
| had the Confederacy succeeded, than they
| have Mr.. Garrison. I.....