The Portland daily press., 1868-11-07
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1t is asserted that two-th1rds Ot the thirty
thousand patients in French lunatic asylums
are perfectly sane, but have been placed in
them for various infamous reasons. e-r...,s
"A pamphlet has appeared in Paris entl.
tied Anarchy in Spain" II declares that ,
Don Carlos, il raised to the throne. would be
really constitutional king. The Gazette de
France considers this pamphlet to be the pro.
gramme of Don Carlos.
The Revolutionary Junta of Seville has
authorized the Minister of the United States
to build Protestant Church IN that city.
The Pope reoites daily, when celebrating
mass. a special prayer for the re-establishment
of order (Bourbonism) in Spain.
In England, the wife of sailor, whose
mind hal been unhingsd by the fear of power
5, took her two grandchildren, aged four aud
seven, to the banks of the Oase, threw the ell
der boy into the water, aud with the other
child walked into the river until the current,
which wcs running strongly at the time, car
ried them both away. The scene was witness
ed at distance by woman who was unable
to reach the place in time to prevent the un.
happy woman accomplishing her object.
The newly discovered silver mines in the
"White Pine" district in Neyads r---'.
Very rich. The mines a.e much II
thsae1r-otH nouSes IN toe cbulrery1 s..o -.
habitants living in tents or brush houses. In
April last eight feet of snow covered the
ground in the neighbo-hoed of the mine.
Very few persons will attempt to winter there;
but in the spring there will be emigration from
all parts of the country to the new mines, A
coed dea! of rich ore has been taken out, aud
will he ready for reduction as soon as The ma
chiEery of the mills can be { ut in operation.
"A Harvard alumnus writes to the Boston
Advertiser, suggesting the Rev. Edward Ever
EFT Hale as one whose "enersy, practical abii-
ty and scholarly attanmeuts,' as well as his
sympathy with the students, emnently qualify
him for the office Of President of Harvard
College.
in Chnleston, S. O., last Sunday evening,
several ladies' entered ST. Michaers church.
yard, visiting the graves OF deceased relations.
The sexton, not aware OF the fact, locked the
doors and went home, quite unconscious of
having oticiated as turnkey. DARK came on
and The ladies found themselves prisoners. It
was some hours before they were released.
The leaders of the Spanish revolutionary
party called on Don Ferdinand concerning the
vacant throne. The Prince said to them,
"You wish to make a King of me? Know,
then, that it have already exchanged a crown
for Panama hat, it is because the tormer
headdress was a bore" Then, pointing out of
the window 10 some magnificent vineyards,
"See, have turned vine-grower. / make CAP
ital wine, which is far better than politics,
which often turn sour"
The Burlington Free Press relates how
one of the excellent physicians of that place,
driving into town on election morning, was
met by friend, who hailed hi ian with the ques-
'tion if he had voted. mot yet" said the doc
tor; but have been out ali night after yo-
ter. got him, too" "When will he vote?"
"Oh, about twenty one years from now" "Ah
II see. Not bad. Well, look after him. doc
tor, and see that he votes right" No fear. He
can't go wrong with the name he's got His
father is Democrat, but when told him he
had got a boy, and asked him what he would
name him, he said: Ulysses Grant, by thun.
der So he'll do" ..
In almost all the cities and towns OF Spain
the statues of saints and the crucifxes placed
at the corners OF the streets, and lighted dur.
ing the night by lamp, have been removed.
"A French newspaper speaking of new
cemetery opened near Lyons, says: an. Gas
coigne was the first person who had the pleas
ure of being buried in this delightful retreatl"
"A sheriff officer was once asked to execute
a writ against a Quaker. On arriving at his
house he saw the Quaker'5 wife, who, in reply
to the inquiry whether her husband was nc
home, said he was, at the same time requesting
him to he seated, and her husband would
speedily see him. The officer waited patiently
for some time, when the iair Quakeress coming
into the room, he reminded her of her promise
that he might see her husband Nay, friend;
promised that he would see thee He has
seen thee. He did not like thy looks; there
fore he avoided thee, and hath departed from
the house by another path"
The story of the disconsolate widow who
announced on her husbands tombstone that
she still carried on his business 1T the old
stand, is matched by one Mr.. Merriman, an
English politician, who has lately had the mis-
fortune TO lose his eldest son; and in announe-
ing the fact to his friends through the newspa-
pers in the usual way, adds that he himself Is
zone of the candidates for the representation
of Nottingham"
The United States contains the following
,iugularly named post offices Marrow Bones,
sorrel Horse, III III, Toto, Why not, Alone.
Backbone. Carryall, Fame, Time, Stony Man,
Sal Soda, Newborn, Yankee Jin's, Rough and
Ready, Pipe Stem, Shicbshinny, Overalls,
Snowshoe, Miracle Run, Simmer, Lookout,
Paint, Last Chance, Ogunquit, Memory. Tally
Ho, Spuyten Dayvil, Tired Creek, and Our
Town.
Somebody sends to a Boston paper this in
stance OF precocious wit: 'In passing Faueuil
Hal. the other evening, we caught some boys
stones at that venerable structure.
hat are you doing, you young rascals?' we
demanded. Merely rocking the Cradle re.
piled one OF the youthful reprobates"
"A Methodist church in the West asked the
conference TO send II siugie man as minis
ter. The request was granted, but the desig-
mated pastor stopped ON the way and got mar
ried
Mr. LongfelOw is in Paris, at the Hotel
Windsor
-Ihe Rev. L. c. Bolles, of this c;tv, deliy-
erel lecture in Providence, r. l., en- Wed.
nesaay evening, which IS very highly spoken
Of by the papers OF that city The lecture was
one of a course of entertainments for char