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

Horace Greedy, Thurlow Weed, Henry
Ward Beecher, Judge Daily and five other
New York gentlemen, have each given 500 TO
the working women's union Of that city, be-
cause q friend thereof promised 70 give 500 ON
condition that nine others should 10 the same.
The prospect In Central Illinois Cor large
crop Of whest was never better than at the
presenttime. Should the warm. dry weather
continue Cor q sew days longer. The winter
wheat viii be ready ZOE harvesting
The latest invention is sad "a BE- ink made
from india rubber. II has beea sareessed
that writers inclined o. stretch q story vin
make use Of the article.
The latest Yankee Inventions are econ
omic ehersots, which are tu lce The lenrth of
the ordinary. and hersia /. The economy rhs
governments tsrss cigars vithest regard -
length. and the spplicatisn 81 . knie wn
make ose of thess into toe II "a isssaut
-ThariOw Weed eaatinass ia an slma.s
hopeless state of heAlth. aud Il is karsa that
he may never b. able - sall Cor Kurope.
Miss Brsddou. ths nJvslist. talks q com-
ing n the Uaited States.
The Hartford Pest rsloiess In N great
ness u its STATS thnss well. sstting aside
politics. i not Connsctieat gstfisg 10 b.
pretty Important statsg shs kad he chair
man q The Chicago Convsaaioa. aad prom-
insut candidate kss Vios-Presideui. aud now
she Is likely 10 furnish . ehairman ios the
rammany Convention. and q candidAts Cor
Presidents p-rhaps, and Vice President prob
ably. RAh i0r the Sutmegsf"
-Worcester is soon % have q arst class
theatre-aBd Portland. too. We hope.
There is talk Of electiag some deaconesses
in Mr.. Beecher's church at Brooklyn. The
deaeons themselves proposed Il. Mr.. Beech
er approves OF n aud and several ladies in the
church have declared themselves ready to
accept the Office. SO Mrs. Lady Stanton says
in her paper.
-valentine SteilIer and wife, residing at
scottsville, near New Albany, Indiana, started
tor the latter place, driving a blind horse, and
on the way they Tell asleep. The road over which
they drove ran along the brow OF precipice,
from sixty to one hundred feet in height
formed of jagged, projecting rocks. The
horse being left to himself, got off the road
and fell down this declivity, dragging the wa
gon and its sleeping occupants with him.
| The horse was instantly killed, the wagon,
broken in pieces, aud the occupants fatally in
jured.
| The Trustees of Wilberforce University,
| in Ohio, whchis controlled by colored men
have perpetrated an unconscious pleasantly
in lately published appeal for pecuniary aid,
Dy giving the following list of rcferences.-
One feels as the old lady aid about the pic
ture. How life-likei but 1 don't see very
pood-whicb is Daniel, and which is the lions?
Here is the list:
| 1,b;asJustice Chase, President Johuson
| covarnor Hayes of Ohio, Clement l.. Vallan-
d;Dabam. Benjamin F. Butler. Hon. A. G.
Thurman, @. B. Flood, Ulysses S, Grant
Judge Swayne, of the Supreme Court, Col.
Coates Kinney, Sunset Cox, and Senator
Drake of Missouri.
The Majesty of the Law was fearfully sus-
tanned by Lord Eskgrove, who it is related
once sentenced a tailor, for numbering SOL
der. in these words:-"And not only did you
murder him, whereby he was bereaved OF ms
life, but did you thrust, or push, pierce or pro,
mel the lethal weapon through his regimen'ai
breaches. which were his majesty's
"A daughter of General Grant mas JUST
, come out in Washington.
Mr.. Disraeli's supporters-tne fremier
legs. Judy.