The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-02-20
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through the earth, and you were to go in at
this end, where would you come out?" "Out
of the hole, sir" replied the pupil with an air
of triumph.
-Ihe English papers announce the death Of
Sir Edmund Head who was Governor General
of Canada from 1854 to 1861.
Edwin Booth became so much excited in
playing Macbeth at Chicago, that he severely
cut Nagle (bIacauff }, in the combat scene.
AT Wilson's Skating Park, near the Riy-
ersde House, Springfield, Michigan, "Silas,"a
huge negro, bet that he could skate three times
around the bay on his head. A large skate.
made of iron for the express occasion. was
strapped on his woolly sconce, and by the as
sistanee OF two umpires, they placed him upon
his head-each one holding his pedal extremi-
ties. BY movement of the head and the mus-
cles OF his neck, he propelled around the bay
three times in just nine minutes, but on the
home stretch his guides landed him in an air
hole in the ice and he went down four feet in
the river. He was Immediately rescued, and
no damage done to his head.
"A punning exchange says the point at is
sue between the President and General.in-
Chief may be thus briefly stated:
"You hel" says Mr.. johnson.
Ulysses Grant.
Meanwhile the people are in doubt. their
credence being pair-olies-ed. Now if we on
ly had national Apollo to "strike the Tyre
we might find out who is the real culprit.
The Tennessee "Kuklux Klan" derives its
name from the Greek word kukIos-a ring or
circle.
The following ludicrous incident took
place in a certain church which shall be
nameless:
1t once happened that the man who usually
acted as organ-blower was III, and his place
had TO oe supplied one Sunday morning by
green hand. Everything went well till the
end OF the second lesson, and then, to the sur
prise OF the congregation, the organ did not
te."
The reason of this was that the man never
blew; so the organist, after waiting a few SEQ
onds, rushed round to the back of the organ,
and said: u b.. leff
aBlow-why don't you blow?"
no 10 which the intelligent deputy-blower re-
why, dangnation, was oury -.
you to begin to play! .... = =
The distress among the Nova Scotia fish
ermen continues. In twelve counties many
persons win die of starvation unless relief is
afforded.
There are fourteen Baptist associations in
Massachusetts containing 263 churches, with
1874 members. There are 3O7 ministers, 207
of whom are pastors, and 80 members of the
churches are preparing for the ministry. The
amount of money raised by the churches for
current expenses and benevolent objects was
S62S,6O0. The pastor who has been longest
settled is Rev. r. H. Neale, D. D., of the Som
erset Street Chdrch, Boston. He was settled
in 1887. The largest Baptist Church in the
State is the First LOWELL with ,O41 members.
The cholera is raging terribly in Buenos
Ayres, there being from 60 to 1870 victims dali
ly. The citizens were flying from the city at
Villa Nevada. 210 ont of 250 laborers on the
railroad had died almost at once and the peo-
pie were flying in all directions.
The Secretary OF State has received from
Commissioner Beckwith table carefully cal
culated and verified from official data at Paris,
which shows that With all the drawbacks and
obstacles which the United States labor under,
they are number one" in grand prizes, and
exceed every nation except France in general
proportion of awards to exhibitors and in pro-
portion of gold and silver medals and honor
able mention. Austria, Prussia and North
Germany slightly exceed in their proportion
of bronze medals to their number of exhibitors.
In the general average We are just double the
rate of Great Britain and colonies, taking all
things into consideration. This is considered
most marvellous triumph at a competitive
trial of results of the inventive and industrial
energies of the American people, yet we were
far from being fully or fairly represented.
st. Louis is represented as being in great
danger. The Mississippi, at the point of con-
fuence with the Missouri, has eaten 2600 feet
into its Illinois bank. If this goes on for a
dozen years it will be impossible for vessels of
any considerable tonnage to approach St.
Louis
A Paris letter says it is positively assert
ed" that the engagement between Mile Patti
and the Marquis de Caux, Master of the Cere-
monies at the Empress private balls, is brok-
en- off.
Navigation is about opeuing on the Mis-
issippi, and boats are already loading for St.
Louis at ports further down the river
Mr.. Burlingame's salary is not $55,O00 in
gold, as at first reported, but $4,000 and ex-
penses.
Compared with 1866, the London Times
lost over $50, ,010 and 5000 subscribers last year
According to a letter from Italy. Bayard
Taylor came near being one OF the victims OF
the land slide at Naples, which destroyed so
| many lives. He occupied, with his family,
| house at Santa Lucia, which was one OF those
overwhelmed by the avalanche, but fortunate
| ly. on the day it occarred, they were absent on
| visit to Sorrento. 1t is said there were two
| Americans in the omnibus buried by the slide.
-Japanese news is made almost unintelligi-
BILE by the confusion in the names OF the differ
ent functionaries. 1t will be of great service
, l reading these dispatches to remember that
the title of "Shogoon" has superseded that OF
GTycoon." The present difficulty in Japan
arises from the opposition to the liberal policy
of the sboeoon in opening Osaco, Hiogo, aud
otber perts TO foreigners. Tho opposition is
headed by Satsuma, one of the powerful Da-
mics.
Trouble s brewing between Mexico and
England. Mexico proposes to repudiate all
her foreign debts except that to the United
States, as a means of revenging the reeogni-
ton of Macmillan. Rumor says that Eng
land will send fleet to Eold the Mexican
ports until redress can be obtained.
The Chicago Post wants statute that
shall make the use in print of either of the
following words States prison offence, viz:
"skatist," 'walkist," "singist," tournament"
as applied to billiards, and carnival in refer
ence to skating parties.
In taking leave of his last audience IN
Washington, Mr.. Dickens said: Ladies ana
gentlemeu.-In all probability shall never see
your faces again, but can assure you tnat
yours have yielded me as much pleasure as
have given you"