The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-01-07
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General Boyer Coquerro, son-in-law of
ex-President Gefrard, has been allowed to re-
turn to Hayi from exile Coquierre is a man
of fine military talents, and fought with dis
tinction in the French army during the Cri-
mean war.
"A curious accident happened the other
day to butcher in Cleveland, Ohio. He was
getting ready to kill a sheep and holding the
knife in his mouth. The sheep gave a vieor-
Gus kick and knocked the knife upward, edge
foremost, sllcing off the end of the mans nose,
Sir e. G. Culling- -Eardley-the son and
successor of the baronet of that name who
was so well known in connection with reli-
gious movements-wls examined at a London
Police Court recently on "a charge OF bigamy.
In 1859 he married Miss Magee, an American
lady, who is still alive; and in September last
he married lady, named Aleu-the latter
ceremony being performed in London ith-
out, it is said, any attempt at coneealm mt
The case for the defence was that Sir Culing
was under the impression that the q rst mar
riage was illegal, and that he was, therefore,
at liberty to take a second wife. He was sent
TO prison, the Magistrate refusing to accept
bail. 1t seems to be new edition of the yell
verton case, The baronet thought his first
wife would not be able to get her rights and he
might marry as many more as he pleased
TIE year 1858 has begun in Chicago. The
Tribune says Another year has flown into
the bosom OF the eternities, and though lust
gone out OF sight is even now sinking into
the profundties oblivion
The 18th Highlanders, now stationed at
Montreal, are having severe test OF their
powers of endurance in that cold climate. Al
though there has been only about three inch
es OF snow, the weather has been extremely
cold, and frosted ears and faces are very COM
mon. Until few days ago most of the sol
diers wore kits, but they are now allowed to
wear trowsers, and most of them have so far
conceded their natural rights as to adopt the
new order. The pipers, however having OBJ
jected, are allowed to wear the kits. Before
the adoption of the trowsers the men might
have been seen with bare legs, while on their
hands they wore very large and comfortable
gloves. The 18th is the regiment the sound of
whose pibroch was so welcome to the besieged
garrison at Lucknow India during the Sepoy
rebellion
"A Boston correspondent ofthe Providence
Journal tells a remarkable story about :;
trunk Of valuables which has recently been
discovered in one of the banks in that city.
The story is that between. thirty and forty
years ago, q wealthy Boston family, when
about to embark from New York for long
residence in Europe, packed a trunk OF valu.
aOle heirlooms AMI other rich articles, and
sent ito Boston for safe keeping. The gem
tleman to whose care it was sent placed it in
bank vault marked with his own name and
that of the owner, with a memorandum that
the trunk was to remain until called for by the
owner. The owner, after many years absence
iii Europe, suiposing the trunk to be lost or
stolen, never called for it; and now, after a
third of a century, when nearly every member
of his family is dead, this valuable trunk has
been discovered and restored in perfect order
to the surviving aged widow of the owner.
"A gentleman in a Massachusetts, town re-
Gently sent a telegraphic despatch to Bos-
for two dozen bananas, and was considerably
surprised when the expressman delivered u
pair OF Bremen geese at his house. The tele-
graph and exprcssman slightly mixed matters.
"A new pulpit has been prepared for Ply
mouth Church, and is to be used next Sunday.
1t is made Of wood from the Mount of Olives,
and consists of straight standard on which
rests only simple board, all carved and orna-
mented, and bearing a Hebrew inscription,
and the words, "Mount of Olives"
Bridgeport (Conn) man who keeps two
COWS, forgot, the other day to close the door
which opens from the cow stable into a de-
partment in which feed was kept. The AMI
mails were not long in discovering the mistake,
and at once embraced the opportunity to help
thap1salvcq do r1a nd
voured every pound of feed, which amounted
to one barrel of bran, half bushel of shelled
corn, halt a bushel of oats, and the contents
of large box of cut hay, mixed with bran.
The large picture by Eugene Delacroix, in
the centre OF the ceiling of the Galerie d'Apol-
Ion. of the Louvre, which represents the Staying
of the serpent Python by Appollo, is reported
TO be literally falling to pieces by decomposi-
ton, and will have to undergo the tedious pro-
cess of transferring to a new canvas.
Miss Maria Hall died in Lawrence on tho
18th ult., alter nearly eight years suffering
from the effects OF the fall of the Pemberton
Mill-January, 1860. She was rescued from
beneath fallen beam only a few minutes be-
fore the ruins took fire, and was wholly confiu-
ed to her bed for two years after the disaster.
"A personal advertisement in the Her.
aid says: "Cdra mia, baby est revenue.'-
Whereupon Guppy expresses his desire to
hire that infant to purchase shoes for one in
his own family that is anything but revenue
The st. Croix Courier thinks "the town OF
st. Andrews ought to erect a statue of Adam
Smith, ESQ., editor of he Standard, in view of
his being the father of Charlotte County. Press,
and for his long continued aud efficient adyo-
cacy of the interests of the shire town"
"A Boston physician recently wrote a pre-
scription, and as he desired to apply the med-
cine to child, wsited till it was brought
from the druggists. Upon giving the child a
drop 1t uttered cry, and the doctor immedi-
ateiy suspected something was wrong. He
placed drop on his pantaloons and it was at
once discovered that the apothecary had put
sulphuric acid instead of sulphuric ether into
the composition. The child is not yet cut Of
danger.
A st. Louis boarder thrashed the lady
keeper of his clearinghouse because she ask.
him to pay up, Fined.