The Portland daily press., 1868-07-25
Varieties.

Several steamboat loads of cholera and
choera-morbus have lately been landed in this
city, and are for sale at every street corner
They are in the form of green apples, and 9TH
er fruit, wretched, colicky-looking stuff, all of
it. Walking down town yesterd ay morning
we saw enough spread out on the fruit stands
TO kill all the children in the city; and it is
frightful to think that every poor little inno-
cent that can beg cent is in danger of buying
and swallowing this poison. The police ought
to clear it out.
The Duke of Argyll said the other day in
the House of Lords, in the course of speech
against the English Ministry, that he detested
government by minorities, because it "is a
great law OF nature that all creatures which
cannot live by strength shall live by cunning"
-'.W- waiter. 9at ma a b-beef-steak. co-cook-
ed r-rare." "W-we have no b-beef steak, was
the reply The country gentleman getting an
cry at the idea of being mimicked, rose and
was about leveling blow upon the impudent
fellow, when second fellow rushed up and
exclaimed "D-don't s-strike that man; he
s-stammers the s-same as w-we do"
"A few days since as Mr.. Algernon Swim
burne as in the reading-room of the British
Museum, engaged in reaching down book,
he was seized with violent fit, fell to the
floor, and was considerably injured about the
temples and the back of the head. Two medi-
cal men were Immediately in attendance, but
it was some time before the paroxysms could
be subdued.
The great English divorce case of Derng
VS.. Dering and Blakeley has come to a most
romantic termination. The petitioner, who is
the son of Sir e. Dering, the member of Par
lament for East Kent, prayed for a dissolu-
tion of marriage on the ground that his wife
had committed adultery with. Captain Blake
ley. A verdict was returned in Mr.. Dering's
favor but on the 9th of June the case again
came up on the question of damages, when it
was shown that Captain Blakeley and Mrs.
Dering have both died of yellow fever at Lima,
in South America. With this swift retribu-
ton on the heads of the chief offenders has
ended one of the greatest scandals of modern
English life.
The Princess of Wales, on July 4th last,
became the mother of a daughter, her fourth
child. She was married on March 10th, 1868,
and has now two sons and two daugh ters, the
eldest being four and half years old. The
names of the three who have been baptized
are Albert Victor, George and Louise. The
child Just born makes the thirteenth grand
chill which has been born to Queen Victoria.
Twelve are living.
-Prang, the chromo-lithograph man, has
purchased of Eastman johnson the original
OF that artists "Boyhood of Lincoln"
"A tond mother in Cincinnati broke her
arm while spanking disobedient infant the
other day. 1t is pity that the infant was too
young fully to enjoy the catastrophe.
Canadian laborers refuse to take their
wages in American silver unless at discount
of ten per cent.
"A groom in England, charged with hav-
| ing poisoned racehorse at Barnstaple, has
| been sentenced to five years penal servitude.
If the fellow had beaten his wife till he broke
every bone in her body, his sentence would
have been less severe.
The Princess de Ia Tour d'Auvergne has
made a gift to the French Government of q
niece of ground on the Mount OF Olives,
which, according to tradition, is the very spot
on which Christ pronounced the Sermon on
Mount" The Princess reserves to herself the
right of completing some religious edifces
which will call to mind the Campo Santa at
| Pisa.
We have wood hangings for our rooms to
| take the place of paper, and now a New York
paper says the paper-hangers and paper
makers are much excited just now with news
| of the invention of gutta-percha paper, which
| for durability and imperviousness surpasses all
| previous attempts at fabrication OF damp-re-
| sistine mediums. 1t is to be very shortly in
| the market
pr;nce Achille Murat, son of our tat
| e-;,,a of Bordentown notoriety, has married
| r;rcess of Mingrelia. OF course there were
root doings and great presents The sister of
| nn-;nca Achille about a year ago married the
mike de Mouchy, one of the Empress's match
=. Rnt that affair turned out badly. Mouchy
,vou,d whip his wife. She stood it once, and
cave him warning that if he tried it again she
would quit his house. He tired numoer two'
and she left him sole occupant Oh tne prlnceiy
mansion.
TIVE late Mrs. General Hooker, when Miss
oo.,hoc,, of Cincinnati, was one OF the hand
80, and most elegant women OF the West,
sou 80 several years was the belle of SaratO-
md Newport, where, as well as at Paris
and other European capitals, she was dstin-
puished no less for her beauty than her thor
ough breeding and brilliant conversation she
was excnedipsly accomplished, and was for va
r;o,s seasons a reigning belle at Washing-
81. sbe was said at different times 10 De
engaged to John Van Buren, and other ,risnS, %eT A.
s;a,;nction. But it was thought by her irienu'
she had resolved upon celibacy un'n na1aro, a~
late in life she accepted the hand % Soa', -
Hooker She had ever since her u"rl''e -, 49,
in delicate health, and afte' her return ''on
her last European tour it was known Sn0 00"''
: not live long.