The Portland daily press., 1868-10-05
arieties.

justices Justice" is again exciting atten-
ton in England. A young girl is now serving
out . sentence of twenty-one days hard labor
in Colchester Jail for plucking sprig of Law
ender from an open garden on public road.
The movement in Canada against Ameri-
can silver is failure The people say that the
money is good enough for them, aud that it is
only the banks that are interested to get rid of
it.
1t is rumored that the State of New Jer-
sey 10 sinking into the sea. The Commercial
Advertiser remarks that as 1t never belonged
to the United States, the territorial area Of the
Republic will not be diminished.
"A crowd of hungry men and boys stormed
peach preserving establishment in Cincinna-
ii the ether day. Four hundred girls employ
ed there jumped out of the windows and ran
home, but the male employees fought the
crowd with peeling knives and soldering irons
and saved the sweetmeAts.
The London Geological Society rejoices In
the possession of two-horned African rhi-
nocsros,-the only individual Of the specie.
which has reached Europe alive since the
days Of the Romans. It 10 young male, was
captured in Upper Nubia, is six feet long, 10
quite tame and in good health, and cost the So
ciety e1OOO
The loveliest woman in America is said to
have been married at Staten Island, a few days
since. "Name," ""name"
The potato riots in Cork have been renew
| ed. Bands OF women station themselves
across the roads and search all carts which
they suppose to contain potatoes, and on find-
ing any they seize upon them. They fear
scarcity and high prices, and take this
methed to prevent the expectation which
they think leads to these results. Sew
eral of the ringleaders have been arrested.
"A Prussian artillery officer recently made
bet that he would swim across the Spree, ly-
ing on his back, and bearing on his breast
board, with two full bottles of wine, six eggs
in dish, and four tumblers. If one Of these
articles should fall from the board, he would
lose the bet. He won it.
Realism has reached its climax in Austria
liza, where theatrical manager sought to pro-
| duce fine effect by introducing genuine cam
nibsls on the stage. In the progress of the
play the hero was delivered bound into their
hands, when, instead of going through the
motions. the "irst native" took good mouth
full out of the captains leg. The hero howled
and the curtain FELL
| "A fellow in St. Louis was recently stabbed
| by his paramour, upon which q local paper
| comments, Unfortunately for the city and
morality, his wound is not dangerous"
| "A Partisan photographer claims to have
discovered q process by which the use Of albu-
menized paper is dispensed with. The pic
lures taken in this way are softer than those
made by the old process, and engravings may
be copied SO that it is difficult to distinguish
between the original and the copy.
"A jumping match at Staten Island was
decided by leap Of IL feet inches.
"A tobacco firm is to put up theatre tickets
In packages of the chewing article. Theatres
will provide spittoons.
Somebody given to classic studies wants
to know whether the myth OF Jupiter's descent
in q shower Of gold originated in the fact of
his being . reigning sovereign.
"A history of the Corp d Etat by NJ Tucot,
showing how the NapoIeonic projects shot
down the peasants and common people, is be-
ing circulated throughout France and is pro-
ducing tremendous feeling against the pres
snt order of things.
-Apropos OF private executions, the London
Spectator says: at cannot be disputed that
social order has gained by the abolition Of pub
lie hanging, but choking q man in a dark hole
is not and never can become an English insti-
tuition"
1T is reported that Chicago is spreading
out. 1t has been swelling up SO long that
from elevating it has taken to elongating il
self
On Lookout Mountain there is an Educs-
tional Institute, which, BY aid from the Pea
body Fund, is enabled to help scholars, prepsr-
ing to be teachers. This, and not Frank
BlAir's, is the kind of revolution that is to save
the South, and one of the changes the Battle
above the Clouds" was fought for.
The Hartford Post says, in reference to
the claim of General McClernand to have
FURNISHED the brains for Grants army"-"The
only thing that gives color to the claim Is the
fact that he hasn't any lett. Hes done some
thing with them, if he ever had any,"
The activity of Englshwomen in the po-
litical contest between Disraeli and Gladstone
is something remarkable. Not only have If
teen or twenty thousand of them demanded to
be registered as voters; but we notice appeals
from them IN the English papers to vote for
this candidate or that; and we notice that la
dies of high rank, ike Asuy Hoiey anu Lazy
Amberley, are among the callers of political
meetings and the hgure-heads on the plat
form. In the Reform Parliament-if there be
Reform PsrliAmen.-a tremendous effort
will be made for female suffrage.
Lady Franklin is staying at Bagueres dc
Luchon. A letter from that watering-place
states that notwithstanding her eighty years
she has just made the fstguins ascent OF P0rt
de vsnasque., accompanied by DR.. Pegos Oh
the thermal hospital
The citizens of Philadelphia have maze
provision to furnish ten thousand warm meals
daily for the members of the Soldiers and sal
lors' Convention.