The Portland daily press., 1869-06-24
Gleanlngs and Gossip.


"A two-million dollar New York Hotel"
to be is erected in Vienna.
-7At Terre Haute, Iud., there is a preacher
who is liquor-guager in the Internal Reyen-
ue service. I'll m
Peter Cunningha the we'll known anti
quarian writer, died recently at Herts, Eng
land, where he had lived since failing health
compelled him to withdraw from his literary
occupations in London, eight or ten years
ago. ,' "ft "' e' io'-
"A couple were married in Mount Pleas
ant, Iowa, the other day standing in their car
riage while the ceremony was performed A
stern father caused the necessity of this novel
mode of marrying.
"A valuable bed of bloodstone has lust been
discovered by Professor Shepard, one mile
from st. Mary, st. Geneveve county, Mo-
There is only.one place in the United States
% small deposit in ohio) where it has been
found. -i'@ W 'fii il-
; The Press of West Florida appears to be a
unit in favor of annexation to Alabama.
PATHS warts come thick aud fast, and she
will have to be operated yearly. s,
l-Ex-President johnson expects to be in
( Washington about the 1st of July.
/ The Conscience" money found in the
United States Treasury now amounts to over
$4,000 afaa
"A. j. Hamilton has decided to run for
Governor in Texas against the regular Repub-
lican candidate. aiae l7fi
/ "A woman has been arrested in ST. Louis
for beating co o'ored servant to death.
berlin has been provided with water works
costing $2,45O,OOO.
The University Of North Carolina contains
three sophomores and four freshmen. The
Governor of the State and nine trustees at
tended the recent closing exercises of the col
legiate year. ..e,-
when John G. Breckinbridge went into
the rebellion he sold much of his land in st
Paul, MINI. One piece, of forty acres, ad-
joining the city, which he sold for ST. cash,
cannot now be bought for $4,000
"A Connecticut gentleman has peony in
full bloom, the root of which was brought
from England more than two hundred years
ago. , 53uaA aa rs
The Connecticut Legislature as well as
that Of New Hampshire, is discussing the abo-
lition, or at least the modification, of the usury
laws. m n, r
lit is declared to be an offence against the
law to utter ones hope for republic. Was
it for this the Bourbon was driven outl
-Itis regarded as a remarkable fact in Eng
land that only one man committed suicide in
consequences OF losses at the late Derby races.
He was a coachman. aia E .aI-s.a
"A Tribune Washington dispatch says, in
formation has been received at the Treasury
Department that in consequence Of tho death
<xf - -..sr f.s..r e.
will be detained from his duties for several
weeks. --
Mill says that the rise and spread of Nor
,nnonisn in the nineteenth century is a fertile
subject for thought bearing on the rise of any
religion, and, indeed, Mormonism seems des-
tined to go through all the phases through
which all Other religions have passed
Lizzie Lacry, of Martin county, Ido., re-
Gently walked forty-flve miles in twelve hours,
stopping several times for rest and refresh
ment. She is said to be a nice girl and good
talker, though she is likely TO be better known
by her walk than by her conversation
The French are sad people; they are by
nature unfit for parliamentary form Of gov
ernment and yet they squirm under and kick
against Imperialism Probably no nation Ton
the globe, with the exception of Germany
which in this particular, has borrowed much
from France-has sung so much and spouted
SO much about liberty, equality and fraternity,
and yet has so little practical idea of what
those words mean.
"A Norwegian who settled in Detroit about
two years since found among a party of his
| old neighbors who arrived by the Cleveland
boat q few days ago, young woman whom he
had known at home in times gone by, and af-
| ter an hours courtship the twain were mar
| ried