The Portland daily press., 1869-01-20
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led to an alteration between young Cuban
and Spanish officer in Havana. The officer
ran the civilian through the body and killed
him. He was ordered to be buried secretly by
the police the next morning, but crowd of
1000 was in attendance, awed into something
like silence only by battery of artillery.
The Marquis de Boissy, who married the
famous Countess Guiccioli, would never in his
lifetime allow his wife to publish her "Recol-
lections of Lord Byron" The old genlleman's
hatred of England amounted to a mania, and
Parisians used to say it was sort of postum
nous jealousy of Byron. Having disposed of
her lover, the Marquis, is about to enter upon
memoir of her husband.
"A Cleveland girl of sixty, sues youth OF
seventy for $4,000 damages to her affections By
breach of promise of marriage.
Sleigh bells were never heard in Austin,
Nevada, until last month and then the sleighs
had to run on frozen mud.
One of the New Hampshire pastors lately
received a letter through the post office, desir-
ing him to prepare lecture on temperance,
For" the writer asserted, 81 am an excellent
extemporaneous speaker, if I had my lecture
written for me-"
Mr. Henri de Rochefort, of Lanterne noto-
rty, is reported to have arrived at Flore nee
| en- route for Madrid, in order to be present at
| the meeting Of the constitutional Cortes. A
Diogenes has long been wanted in Spain, in
order to find the fright man for the right
place" and perhaps this may be the object of
| the author of the Lanterne's visit to that coun-
| try.
Among the Mormon saints it is not un-
| common for the bishop, elder and missionaries
to borrow money occasion ally for the use of
| the church. Sometimes they do not pay
| promptly, and the leaders go to Bri cham, who
| has all the church funds in trust, asking for
redress. Having been bothered by some men
who had loaned money, he preached sermon
| in which he laid down the law as follows: "If
an elder has borrowed from you, and you find
he is going to apostatize, then you may tight
| en- the screws upon him; but if he is willing to
preach the gospel without purse or scrip, it is
| none of your business what he has done with
the money he has borrowed from you. II you
murmur against that elder it will prove your
damnaton."
"A Missouri justice has fined lawyer ten
dollars for whispering in court.
| In the North part of Saratoga county,
town of Greenfield, N. Y. recently, there was
trio of weddings in the same house, at the
same time, on which occasion an old lady and
her two daughters were led to the altar. The
| mother was a widow; the first daughter was a
widow Of two months, and her husband wild
over of four months; the other was a girl of
seventeen, and the espoused a man of about
| thirty years, who had recently obtained di-
vorce from former wife, The minister was
| considerably confused to know when he had
finished, and it was understood that he was to
be paid at Wholesale price, and the equivalent
| to be paid in fire wood.
| Notwithstanding the decision against Rit-
ualism lighted candles were used at the high
celebration" of Christmas, at st. Adams, Hol-
born.
The Canadians call Lacrosse "the nation
al game" of the Dominion. This year they
play it on skates upon the ice.
"A young man rushed through the streets
of Toledo, Ohio, the other day, followed by
very excited German. The latter was shout
ing as he ran: "Bolees, bolees, shtop der man;
1 he ish going mitder reever, und der ice under,
for to suicide commits" Several citizens join
ed in the chase, andssth fugitive was captured
Just in time to prevent him from leapiDg into
the half frozen river.
"A marine curiosity just presented to the
Connecticut Historical Society is the work OF
| she'll fish from the Philippine Islands. 1t is
shelter for the little creature fifteen inches
long and from three-quarters to one and half
inch in diameter, shaped like a cornucJpia,
and resembling delicate fabric of lace work
wrought from asbestos or spun glass
Parton says that few women would ever
| take to writing If they were happy, and that
at is melancholy to think how many glorious
and delightful works we p ,ssess, which were
only written to relieve the gnawing anguish OF
the noble woman who wrote them" "Gnaw-
ing anguish" indeed; if Fanny Fern doesn't
paw him off for that she is not the spunky
creature she used to be, before Parton mateo
with her, that's ALL
Prince Salm-Salm, who began his miiita-
~ career as a cavalry officer in the Austrian
army. afterwards served in Algeria and Spa'n'
,ben went through the American civil war as
Union officer and became brigadler gener-
:, .f ,,olrn.ear. and who finally ohered his
- q, .h.. Emperor Macmillan, aud wit
-, ~. ,amentable end, has inst entered
- p-,,soiap army as a major of tie Queens"
mt of erenadiers, sta toned at Berlin.
yoddo Japan, has hotel furni he'd
,.,obout viii black walnut furnit ure made
in San Francisco.
There is more timber il. Southern MiDne-
sofa than there was ten years a-@o' INC Pa"
rie fires are stopped by the roads AM "e'NS
"A polite philosopher once thanked
who had been singing to party for an h. .N''
by saying, MADAM, you have wasted cur time
charmingly."
"A New York paper calls the boy of the
Period" "dirty, lawless, lying, conscieneeleSs
unbearable barbarian and nuisance"
What is the difference between the oid
year and a sprig Of holy7 The ones ohrist-
mas leaves and berries, the other leaves anu
buries Christmas.
The London Builder, speaking Oh tue euu,
cation question, says: "a traveher observed
tbot as he was walking one occasion under
tho ,rc.de of the horticultural Garoens look
;nr ot the works of art displayed there, he
oaT,e mon two well dressed ladies examining
= s,atuette of Andromeda, labelled Executed
in terra Gotta Says one, Where is that?'
am sure don't know, replied the other; but
pity the poor girl, wherever it was
David Stiles, a centena-iau, attended
Masonic installation at Prescott, Wisconsin,
December %. He has been a Mason " years.
and met President Monroe in o lodge IN TINS
city, and Brant, the celebrated Moha"A
chief, in Canada.